Country Farmer - with color stains :(

Here is one of the pieces that I stitched couple of years back when I just started doing cross stitching. Once the stitching is complete, I washed the piece(totally out of ignorace).....I agree it is the most stupidest thing. Now seeing the piece, my heart really sinks.

Do you have any ideas on how to get those red color stains (near the apples and the head of the roster). I love this piece and want to finish it into something but seeing the stains I am backing off..... :(

I don't know what is the name of this pattern - so just made it up as Country Farmer. So here is the stained piece. Any suggestions are highly appreciable.........

Country Farmer (2007)

Happy Stitching......

Happy Dancing - Bunny Baby all set for framing

Yippee....one of the goals of 2012 is now complete. Bunny Baby is now ready for framing. I haven't yet decided whether I wanted to add any wordings to the piece but so far it is complete as per the pattern.........

So here is the completed piece so far....(Waiting to be framed).....

Bunny Baby - ready for framing (1/7/2012)

Need to to think on which one should I start next. How about Spring Queen(very tempting to start on it) ? Or should I finish Sleeping Beauty.....Hum.....let me think.

Happy Stitching..........

Hurray .....Spring Queen material has been delivered

Wow.....looks like today is really pleasant......nice cool weather (with high 52 - in Chicago and that too in the month of Jan) and cute bunny baby WIP going faster.......

To top it off, the material for Spring Queen has just been delivered. The pattern is stunningly beautiful.Couldn't control myself to start the work.........But I will have to hold off until I finish my beading work on Sleeping Beauty. Else Sleeping Beauty will be never be complete. 

Happy Stitching.....

Enjoying pleasant Chicago weather with Bunny baby

What a pleasant day it is here in Chicago........ Jan 6th(supposed to be peak winter with snow all over) and today's high temp is 52 degrees.....Went for a walk to enjoy the winter weather.........Very unusual during this period but truly awesome...... (Hum wait a min, should we be concerned that  global warming is taking its toll......)

Finally with few more hours of stitching, the cute little bunny is now ready. Didn't realize that the thread for the bow (backstitch) is missing.But other than that the flowers and leaves in the flower pot is pending. Looks like the pattern should be completed by this weekend. Wondering if I can add few wordings at the top..........

Bunny Baby as of 1/6/2012

Happy Stitching.........

Bunny baby - further update

With another 6 more hours, I was able to get the bow, flower pot and the outline for bunny......This pattern seems to be a euick and easy one......and is moving much faster than expected........Love the color and the pattern. Planning to do few more Ellen Maurer patterns......

So here is the latest update.

Bunny Baby - as of 1/5/2012

Happy Stitching...... 

Bunny Baby - Rework started

So as planned, I started restitching Bunny Baby with a 2 thread.......Started on 1/1/12. It is much easier to stitch with a 2 thread rather than a 3 count. (Using a 3 thread is a pain and will never do that again).

For the first time, I started stitching the patter from the bottom.....AsI bought quite  a big 16 ct fabric and I didn't want to waste the fabric. So left around 3 inches on the bottom right corner and started from the bottom.......This pattern seems to be moving quite fast especially after stitching Cinderella on a 32 ct fabric. Hopefully in another 10 days, I should be able to finish the whole pattern.

So here is the update that I have so far........

Bunnny Baby - Floral work as of 1/3/2012

Happy Stitching.......

New Year stitching update

Let me first wish all my readers a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2012......Hope you all are having fun stitching something new or something very interesting in this new year.

Now that I ordered the chart, fabric, Mill Hill Beads and Krinik threads for Spring Queen (fell in love the moment I saw the stitched pattern), I made a list of the required DMC threads needed for this project. Can't wait to start doing this beautiful project. Also I cleaned up the threads and arranged them for easy access. Here is a pic of my stash that I have collected so far..... :)

Stash at the beginning of Year 2012

 I am all set to restart my Bunny Baby. Rearranged all the needed threads and the fabric. Hopefully I will start this sometime today or tomorrow. 

Happy Stitching..... :)