tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85961711317512656362024-02-27T15:09:36.032+08:00Toni's Favorite ThingsTonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-7517132443463701622014-10-22T13:07:00.001+08:002014-10-23T13:19:26.208+08:00A Rave And A Rant<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been in a cross stitch samplers kick lately and below sampler pattern has been in my list for so long I cannot remember. Then I recently got it, thanks to my sister's brother-in-law who brought it from the States. What I rave about is how Tanya, the designer of <a href="http://thescarletthouse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Scarlett House</a>, provided in the pattern the DMC conversion to the specialty threads being called for. I thanked her in my Instagram account and she replied by saying that she "<i>always try to offer a conversion to DMC, as she feels it is a good starting point for stitchers to pick their threads of choice"</i> (her words). Such a very considerate designer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tanya is so professional and kind, very different from the designer (Brenda Gervais) of With Thy Needle and Thread patterns, and this is where my rant comes in, who didn't even bother to answer my messages about thread conversion in one of her patterns. First, when I received the pattern, I emailed the listed website in the pattern twice and they just ignored my email. Second, I looked for the designer's Facebook Page to where I sent her two messages and I didn't receive even a single reply of "Sorry I cannot help you". Before writing this rant, I was contemplating so hard whether I should mention here the pattern company and designer, but since she/they are not considerate why I should I bother considering them. And also, this may serve as a warning to others who wanted to buy this company's patterns but don't have access to specialty threads. I have so many of their patterns in my list of "To Buy", but I just deleted everything from them. They should remember that there are so many designers in the industry that they should know how to take care of customers. Oh well... lesson learned: not to buy anything from them.</span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I received some emails from fellow stitchers (and wanted to thank them) suggesting that I search the web for DMC conversions to specialty threads. I did that when I received the pattern and before writing the company/designer. I would not write them if I have found a conversion. Actually, I have so many conversion lists on my computer which I have saved years ago. </span></i>Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-29617037702199131922014-09-16T16:46:00.000+08:002014-09-16T16:46:15.799+08:00Madli - FinishedHello there! It's been awhile again since my last post. Though I am always thinking of posting, there's always something that gets in the way. Then more than a month ago, my Mother-In-Law passed away. She's one of the kindest person I ever met and we were heartbroken that I didn't feel like doing anything. <br />
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Although I rarely blog, I discovered Instagram and enjoyed it so much because I am seeing so many pictures of needleworks there.<br />
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<a href="http://wiredtomyworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kim</a> was asking about my Madli Shawl. Actually, I have finished it more than two or three months ago. But I wasn't able to take photos. Here it is finished:<br />
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The finished size is: 73 inches x 22 inches unblocked.<br />
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Materials used: Generic yarn, 750 meters with a few meters left.<br />
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Needles used: Wooden knitting needles size 4mm<br />
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This is all for now my friends. Thank you for dropping by. Hugs to all!Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-1121006009210931672014-07-09T07:50:00.000+08:002014-07-09T07:50:02.481+08:00Sheeps - Virtues and In The Meadow<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember these from my last post? I know that I promised you I will tell what these materials are for ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was introduced to the Little House Needleworks' <a href="http://christmascitystitcher.blogspot.com/2013/02/updates-and-spring.html" target="_blank">Little Sheep Virtues</a> patterns by my stitcher-friend Rose of <a href="http://christmascitystitcher.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Christmas City Stitcher</a> blog and I know that I wanted to do these. But life gets in the way and forgotten all about it. Then I joined the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/653947327984733/" target="_blank">Little House Needleworks Facebook</a> group and I saw again pictures of the finished pieces of the Virtues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152230710046170&set=gm.671706289542170&type=1" target="_blank">Lynda</a> posted this and I fell in love. It was done by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/julie.mcconnell.52?fref=ts" target="_blank">Julie</a>. So lovely isn't it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was done by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204099729564179&set=gm.722102147835917&type=1" target="_blank">Cecile</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152850678069325&set=gm.717701754942623&type=1" target="_blank">Jodena</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are all so lovely and so pretty!!! By the way, I wanted to thank all the ladies I mentioned above for letting me use their photos here. Really appreciate their permissions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now onto my own sheep (singular for the meantime because I just finished one), LOL! Here's my progress so far. I started it last June 26:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I intend to follow Julie and Cecile's lay-out except the pattern in the middle, <a href="http://www.123stitch.com/item/Country-Cottage-Needleworks-Sheep-In-The-Meadow-Cross-Stitch-Pattern/11-1090" target="_blank">Sheep In the Meadow</a>, is yet to come, maybe around October when my brother-in-law will be here from the States. I think <a href="http://www.123stitch.com/" target="_blank">123stitch</a> doesn't ship to the Philippines so I really need to wait.</span><br />
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<br />Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-81362056821708138342014-06-29T19:55:00.001+08:002014-06-29T19:55:37.240+08:00Small Update<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I realized I have not posted anything this month, so before June ends, I will show you my small progress on Tropical Fruits. This was my update as of last year, July 21. It's been a year...how time flies so fast and my stitching has been left behind, LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This is now how it looks like (sorry the date in the camera is not correct):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lately, my stitching mojo is missing, so to make it return I have started a new cross stitch project, but I will show you first the materials, then on my next post, I will tell you all about it:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know that I still have lots of UFOs but I am really lazy stitching-wise so I badly need something that will bring back my enthusiasm. Will update you soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hugs :-) </span>Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-4790350265914882112014-05-27T08:33:00.000+08:002014-05-27T08:33:20.057+08:00A Place . . . - FramedJust a short one to show that my finished piece "A Place We Call Home" has been framed. I just can't decide where to hang it.<br />
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I've tried to have the same frame like the one on the "Journey" but it's out of stock cause I love the frame used on it, although my husband said he prefers the one on "A Place":<br />
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This is all for now. Sorry this is so short. I just want to let you know that I am still alive, LOL!<br />
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Thank you for dropping by and take care always!<br />
<br />Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-53261457058030680592014-04-21T22:28:00.001+08:002014-04-21T22:28:29.126+08:00For Framing<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I have promised in this <a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2014/02/signing-in.html" target="_blank">post</a>, I know that I owe you an update on my "A Place We Call Home". I took photos of it before bringing to the framer last Saturday, but since it was Holy Week here, they are closed. So maybe I will bring it again this weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really love stitching this one. I made some tweaking as some of the threads called for are not available here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I added metallic threads to the border design as it is so close to the leaves color if I won't make the addition. Also I enjoy using metallics. Am developing an addiction right now, LOL!</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I hope you can see them in the following photos:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I also learned something here, the hard way :-( I've used a metallic pen (sorry I forgot to take a photo of what I've used) for marking the places I am going to stitch but made errors in counting. When I've tried to erase the markings, it won't go away no matter what I do. So after that mistake, I will only, only use pencils for marking. Please see the marks beside the letters c, a, and l. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Thank you friends for dropping by. Take care always :-)</span>Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-40624131358415061032014-03-31T22:02:00.000+08:002014-03-31T22:02:08.296+08:00Madli Update<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I intend to write this post tomorrow but I don't want to start the month with a rant so I'd rather do it now. I feel so stressed out in the office that I was thinking is the salary I am getting really worth it? Is my thinking of "I don't wanna get bored and still want to use my head (don't wanna get it rusty) with office work" really justify it all? So many things to attend to...things that don't even concern my life....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I miss those times when I am a full-time housewife with weekend makeup work. I only get stressed when a client is difficult but it rarely happens. Right now, I don't want to think about anything anymore. How I wish I will just stitch/knit/crochet the day away while listening to the tv.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, I've got some line up of posts but I just don't have the time. So for the meantime, I will just give you an update on my Madli Shawl. This was how the shawl looked like on my <a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2013/08/madli-shawl.html" target="_blank">August 6, 2013 post</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It is so much longer now but i don't have the photos yet to show you. Promise, anytime soon. This shawl has so many errors good thing the yarn is not light-colored so I am the only one who knows about it, LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is all for now friends, already feel so sleepy. Have a great week ahead and take care always :-)</span>Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-7137723047448074002014-03-05T08:15:00.001+08:002014-03-05T08:15:04.004+08:00Another Granny<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know I'm supposed to post about my finished "A Place We Call Home" because that is what I promised before. But I feel so lazy last Saturday, procrastinating on some things that needed to be done that I just sat and crocheted another granny square. That's one thing I like about crochet, specially grannies. I will just get the hook and thread and sit and crochet :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what I finished. Another coaster. I tweaked the corners from three single crochet to four because I noticed from my previous granny that the three seems a little to tight. I bobble stitch the center but I prefer the previous one with the bobble stitch on the second round.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vikki of <a href="http://byhooks4u.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">By HOOKS 4U</a> asked about the type of thread that I have used in the granny in my previous post since she haven't heard about them before. I guess it's because Canon Thread and Anchor (shown above) are available only here in the Philippines and both are being produced by Coats Manila Bay and if I am not mistaken, they are the Philippine branch (?) of Coats since they do have the same logo. Anchor and Canon are softer than DMC Cebelia but stiff than DMC Petra.</span><br />
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Have a nice day/evening friends. Take care always :-)Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-60689724083647301062014-02-23T19:31:00.000+08:002014-02-23T19:37:09.252+08:00Signing In...It's more than five months since I last posted here. As usual, life, or should I say, work, always gets in the way. Although I am always absent here, stitching-wise, I am happy to tell you that I do stitch every night and if time permits, during lunch breaks at the office. I have really miss blogging, taking photos, reading your comments...nevertheless, I always do my best to visit stitching-friends' blogs. And also, I would like to thank everyone for always visiting my blog despite my absence.<br />
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I have two WIPs as of current. But for now, I will just show what I have been stitching every day. This has been in my <a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2010/12/some-wish-list.html" target="_blank">wish list</a> since 2010 that when my sister came here for a vacation more than a month ago, it's what I requested her to buy for me.<br />
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It's a Country Cottage Needleworks pattern titled "A Place We Call Home". It's such a fun and easy-to-stitch project. I just hope this won't start my samplers addiction, LOL!<br />
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I started this January 29 and this was my progress as of last February 9:<br />
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I have finished it yesterday and washed this morning that is why I cannot show you a photo of the finished piece, it's still hanging in the clothesline. I promise you will see it in my next post.<br />
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How about you, what have you been up to? I will be very glad to know :-)<br />
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<br />Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-79105692472308676092013-09-18T07:59:00.001+08:002013-09-18T07:59:52.349+08:00Cross Stitch SessionFinally, I was able to log in to blogger.com. For some time, for reason I don't know, I cannot log in to my blog. IT personnel here in the office said that blogger.com is not blocked by our firewall. So I just tried and tried everyday, until this morning, to my surprise, I came through.<br />
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And as usual, even though I am absent here always, I still do cross stitch everyday even at the office. And speaking about it, here's a photo of us having our cross stitch session during lunch break:<br />
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Everyday, we waited for 12 o'clock, then when it's nearing 1pm, we all wish time will stop so we can continue stitching. It used to be only the two of us, me (in black) and Phines (the one on my right) doing cross stitch. Then we were able to convince Claire (the one in checkered) to go back to cross stitching as well as Edith (the one on the upper left corner of the photo) and Shiela (not in the photo). We also have two new recruits, LOL, Alodia (wearing red) and Razzel (not in the photo, she's having a headache, maybe from too much stitching). And I almost forget, Claire also influenced her sister into cross stitching. So from two, we have grown to eight cross stitchers.<br />
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Hugs :-)Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-39384476954355392782013-08-19T18:59:00.002+08:002013-08-19T18:59:30.955+08:00My First Cross StitchI was compiling and organizing my cross stitch patterns last week when I came upon the pattern of my first cross stitch:<br />
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This confirms that my addiction started way back 1999 :-D<br />
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It's funny because after discovering this, somebody from a local Facebook cross stitch group asked the members to show the photo of their first piece and also to tell when did we start the hobby.<br />
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This is my finished project from the pattern, actually it was a kit from Anchor:<br />
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Have a great week ahead my friends. Take care always and thank you for stopping by.Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-72881465777833641212013-08-06T07:31:00.002+08:002014-03-31T22:10:12.110+08:00Madli Shawl<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometime last month, I was feeling stressed out with work and people (what's new, LOL!), so I did what I always do to relax... I went to my favorite yarnshop, <a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2010/12/dreams.html" target="_blank">Dreams</a>. The owner/teacher, Ms. Lilli, taught me to do the Madli Shawl, which I always dream of doing. I am always amazed and in love with lace knitting that I wanted to do all the lace shawls I see everywhere in the web...if only I have all the time in the world. Anyway, I need her tutorial on this shawl since it's the first time that I will do a shawl with separate parts and also the cast-on of this is not the usual long-tail cast on that I know. Here's the photo of the shawl taken from my book:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The book where it was taken, Knitted Lace of Estonia, which I like so much. I love all the shawls in this book. Again, if I have the time in the future, I will post here photos of all the shawls shown in the book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Those of you who have been with me since I started blogging know that I don't use hoops or scroll frames, I just stitched in hand. That's why clips are very important to me in stitching. In my post<a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2011/02/clothes-clips-styrofoam-clipboard.html" target="_blank"> here</a>, I've shown you how I use the clips and also have shown you my clips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then sometime two weeks ago, I happen to see these clips from our local bookstore and bought:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's how I use them on my Tropical Fruits:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's all for now folks. Have a great week ahead. Take care always!</span></div>
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Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-78716946634646555342013-07-15T20:56:00.000+08:002013-07-15T20:56:13.508+08:00Journey - Framed<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finally, my Journey is now framed and on the wall. I finished it around May and it was only mid June that I have it framed. One of the greatest happiness of a stitcher is seeing her finished piece framed and hanging and that is what I am feeling right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Am stitching my Tropical Fruits everyday and that's one of the reason why I can't blog weekly. Most weekends, all I wanna do is stitch, stitch and stitch. Then on weekdays, after a long day at the office, am too tired to bother opening the computer and composing a post, but I still manage to do some 200 to 300 stitches every evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I also am stitching a small piece at the office during lunch breaks. Will post some photos soon. Sorry, so many promises of posting photos LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hugs to all! Take care always friends :-)</span>Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-43354542124283688122013-07-02T10:50:00.002+08:002013-07-03T07:25:12.624+08:00Heavenly Stitchin' Moment Revisited<strike></strike><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More than two years ago, I posted about Heavenly Stitchin Moment </span><a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2011/02/heavenly-stitchin-moment.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Then after awhile, my interest shifted to crochet then knitting. Eventually, I got a full time job that I completely neglected my cross stitch, hence, haven't frequented the LNS (local needlecraft stores) where I buy my cross stitch materials. Then, as most of you knew, I am so stressed at work that I came back to cross stitching. Hobby-wise, it's my first love, so I always come back to it. And going back to cross stitching means going back and revisting my favorite stores, one of them Heavenly Stitchin' Moment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I visited the store some weeks ago to buy my favorite blue erasable marker and also to look into what's new in their patterns and kits. The feeling is still the same - whenever I am there, I go crazy, I feel like a child in a toy store that I don't wanna leave... I can stay there forever... I wanted to buy all the patterns, threads, notions, etc etc. Here are some photos of the store:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this rack, there used to be puzzles, but they are now replaced with Diamond Stitch, I think that's what they call those black boxes. From what I understand, Diamond Stitch is just like cross stitch, it comes with pattern but instead of thread, you will use beads. Just don't know what happened with my camera but I am sure I took a photo of a finished piece. When I go back to the store, I will see to it to take pictures again and will post here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there's this new Great Wall of China cross stitch, which is a bit different from a previous one, (again, I will post a photo soon of the old one to compare) that I, up to this time, am contemplating on getting:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />As usual, thanks for visiting and reading my blog. Take care always and have a nice week ahead.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i></i></span><i>For those residing in the Philippines, the store featured above is located at the SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City. For inquiries, you can call them at: 556-0133.</i></span>Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-14261063698633362342013-06-09T19:55:00.001+08:002013-06-09T19:55:55.854+08:00Springwater<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am absent again for two weeks here, and as usual, most of you knows the reason - work. Well, I am not complaining because I know that there plenty who are jobless and applying endlessly for work. Though there are some difficult and egotistical people at the office, I am still thankful to God that I have a job. Anyway, onto cross stitching...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have been looking for this pattern for so long that I suddenly thought of posting this on Facebook asking the help of fellow cross stitchers to look for it. And to my amazement, a friend, Lorinda, found this in their hometown:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am so excited that I immediately bought the threads for it:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks again for stopping by and reading, happy week ahead to all of us. Take care always :-)</span>Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-39674338351535155452013-05-20T20:50:00.000+08:002013-05-20T20:53:50.132+08:00Parrots<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I will start this post by showing you my progress on Tropical Fruits. Not much but I am slowly getting by:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then last week when I am having a chat about my finished cross stitches with Veron, my high school classmate, she mentioned that if she will do cross stitch, she wanted birds. So I showed her this pattern from DMC Philippines called Parrots:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When she saw it, she said that it's so pretty. So I told her why not we do it as our SAL (stitch-a-long) to which she said YES! But as of the moment she is very busy with seminars and school work, she is a college professor, so we scheduled it by end of this month or June. I was so excited that I immediately went to the market to buy the threads, total of 44 skeins:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I did not buy fabric as I have some stocks of 18 count. The pattern called for 14 count Aida, but I always wanted using 18 count. For 14 count, design size will be 15.1 x 16.6 inches, while for 18 count, it will be 11.7 x 12.8 inches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By the way, DMC Philippines has a promo:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So I got this by adding 4 more threads (threads I will use for a pattern that I intend to do in a distant future, LOL!) to my purchase:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thank you for stopping by, hugs to all of you and have a great week everyone!</span>Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-46823853506752225762013-05-12T21:49:00.000+08:002013-05-12T22:11:13.599+08:00Joy In The Journey - FINISHED!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last Sunday I was able to finish this piece, but I was overloaded with work that when I'm home, I just wanted to sleep, that's why it's only now that I can post about it. So, here it is, unframed:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I started working on Tropical Fruits, but progress is not that significant so maybe pictures will follow next week. As of last posting about this project, I think this was the progress I've shown here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I hope I can finish this soon but I am so slow I think it will take another year or two?... Then hopefully I can go back to my <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2011/01/stitching-goals.html" target="_blank">UFO's</a></span></b>. I am planning to follow this schedule:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First, Floral Splendor:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think it has lesser stitches to finish than Memory Lane:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Here's where I left off with my Memory Lane:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I really, really need to be a good girl so as not to start anything new... Well, we will see...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is all for now my friends! Thank you so much for stopping by. And big thank you for all of your comments. Am sorry if I wasn't able to leave comments on your blogs as it's really difficult to do it in the office. But I assure you that I always, always read all of your blogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take care everyone and have a great week ahead :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>To Alison-Jellybean, I haven't<span style="font-size: small;"> upgrade to </span>Google+ yet so I don't know how to reply to your comment. Because what I usually do is whenever somebody leaves a comment, I usually do my reply in their blogs :-)</i></span></span>Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-33437766079079499572013-04-29T21:53:00.000+08:002013-04-29T21:53:09.893+08:00Joy In The Journey Update<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello dear friends! Life is still busy as usual. But I can manage to religiously do my stitching at night. And here's the latest progress on my Joy In The Journey project:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Just for comparison, here it was last week:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I hope this will be finished by my next posting. Then, will decide which UFO I will be doing next. I should be a good girl and avoid starting a new one, LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">By the way, I was experimenting with Ipernity, but trying hard as I might, I cannot post a photo here from the site. Once, I know that I posted a picture here from Flicker and it was successful. Problem is, I cannot remember what I did back then. I hope someone can help me regarding this posting photos from Ipernity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Til my next posting... Thank you for visiting and take care always :-)</span>Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-15525541844450367282013-04-22T10:00:00.000+08:002013-04-22T11:03:22.490+08:00Hello Again<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Time has gone quickly. I can't believe it's more than 6 months since my last post. Life had been hectic, so busy and stressed out with work it's not funny anymore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A few weeks ago, while cleaning my closet, I came across some unopened cross stitch kits that my sister have bought for me maybe a year or two ago and thought why not start on one of those to get my stitching mojo back. Sounds familiar?...LOL! So I started this one from Janlynn, called "Joy In The Journey":</span></div>
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I just realized that I haven't posted for more than a month. Nothing's new except it's always busy. And though I haven't been here, my needles and hooks never go empty.</div>
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I have finished this Rhombi scarf maybe two or three weeks ago, but this photo was taken earlier. I did this for my brother-in-law. He lost one of his scarves in his trip to Europe so I thought why not make him a replacement. The pattern is courtesy of Ravelry. When I have more time, I will link the page here.</div>
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And these are my mini granny squares. At first sight, they look like regular grannies, but scroll down and you will see how small they are. The pattern called Daisy Square is courtesy of Annette of <a href="http://myrosevalley.blogspot.com/2010/03/daisy-square-tutorial.html" target="_blank">My Rose Valley</a>. Thanks Annette!</div>
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When I started <a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html" target="_blank">learning crochet</a>, the first project that I did was a coaster, that is a free pattern from Anchor. These are the first three that I made:</div>
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But since it's so fast to make a coaster (instant gratification, isn't it?), I did another in the same color as the one in the middle above.</div>
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Then two or three weeks I ago, I did this for my boss because whenever he has his coffee, he made use of table napkins as coaster. This is bigger than the previous three because I did not finish all the rows (9 rows total) back then, just up to row 6, but with this one, I extended up to row 8:</div>
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Then after finishing this <a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2012/07/doilies-unblocked.html" target="_blank">doily</a>,</div>
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there are still some thread left so I decided to make another coaster:</div>
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Here are the coasters together:</div>
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And when piled, they looked like pancakes. See how uneven my tension is?</div>
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Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-18135752458699755792012-08-06T19:31:00.000+08:002012-08-06T19:31:11.632+08:00Little Doily No. 89 - Finished!Remember this<a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2012/06/little-doily-no-89.html" target="_blank"> little doily</a> that I started more than a month ago?<br />
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From the book 99 Little Doilies:<br />
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Finally, I was able to finish it two weeks ago but due to being busy, it was only now that I can post a picture of it:<br />
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It is not blocked yet, so will just post a photo again, hopefully soon. I used Anchor thread no. 10 with 1.65mm crochet hook. It's indicated in the book that the finished sized will be 8.5 inches. Mine is only 6 inches so I guess I crocheted it too tightly. One thing I like about Patricia Kristoffersen's patterns is that, although they are hard to do, it is so easy to block them. Maybe it is because of the texture and details which I like so much.<br />
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Right now, although I cannot post regularly, my hook never goes empty. I'm doing some coasters that as soon as I finish them, will also post photos here.<br />
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Am really sorry for being always absent here...<br />
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Have a nice week ahead and take care everyone :-)Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596171131751265636.post-50474904027152510852012-07-24T20:48:00.001+08:002012-07-24T20:48:41.769+08:00New Thread Organizer<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
First of all, thank you for always dropping by and reading my blog as well as leaving your comments, despite the irregular postings. And I'm very sorry if I cannot frequently leave comments on your blogs. Life is always busy. Wish it is simpler . . .</div>
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I noticed my old thread organizer/box is already dirty and the color is not white anymore, instead, it's dirty white. So I decided to buy a new one from <a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2011/02/heavenly-stitchin-moment.html" target="_blank">Heavenly Stitchin' Moment</a>. Talk about justification, LOL!</div>
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The inside is adjustable:</div>
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with these separators:</div>
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And here's how it looks with separators:</div>
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Now, filled with some threads, needles, etc. Sooner I know it will be filled to the brim.</div>
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The friendly and kind sales people in <a href="http://toni-favoritethings.blogspot.com/2011/02/heavenly-stitchin-moment.html" target="_blank">Heavenly Stitchin' Moment</a> gave me these free DMC patterns when I bought the organizer:</div>
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This is all for now friends. Thank you once again and take care everyone.</div>
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<br /></div>Tonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271617173896093503noreply@blogger.com4