what was once lost is now found
I think I should also subtitle this entry as "WIP's and FO's too long ignored". Part of this afternoon was spent, once again, working on furthering the organizing of the crafting/genealogy space. I continue to be amazed by the stitching projects that I'm finding that had been placed into storage quite too long ago.
The following photographs are only some of the items that I'd come across in my efforts today. There remains a considerable amount of work yet to be done, especially in the area of sorting through all the accumulated/saved papers related to various projects, and matching those to each item.
The comforter in the photograph below is one that I'd started quite sometime ago, as to when; I really cannot say as it was during the period that I wasn't journaling my experiences.
The yarns used for this comforter are Dawn Sayelle from Caron, an 100% acrylic of worsted weight. As to the colours in the comforter, I fear I may no longer have the skein wrappers that would provide that information. I know that I'd stopped on this piece due to not having purchased sufficient amounts of the gold yarn to complete it, and had been unable to locate or acquire additional skeins at that time. The comforter is being worked in crochet using hook size 4.5mm (US G/6). I'm confident that a rummage through the container of partial skeins will net a few of the other colours. I'll complete this piece with the remaining rows of what looks to be the colour Autumn, followed by two rows of a Deep Forest Green. Though my initial intent was to crochet this much larger, I'll finish it to a size of approximately 72 inches in length by 40 inches in width.
To coordinate with the comforter, I'd been stitching a needlepoint pillow from Candamar Designs titled Daisies & Poppies. The pillow top is worked on 14 mesh 100% cotton canvas using 100% cotton floss.
The finished size of the Daisies and Poppies Pillow will be 14"x14".
Another needlepoint pillow top in the works is the Iris Paradise designed by Barbara Baatz from the Kooler Design Studios, Inc, and was purchased as a kit from Bucilla. It is being stitched on 12 mesh canvas using Persian wool.
All that remains to be done with the Iris Paradise Pillow is to purchase the fabric for the back, and to sew it together. The finished size of this pillow will be 14"x14".
The following piece I've not as of yet located the associated papers, and I cannot provide the exact title to the piece. It is, however, a kit from Candamar Designs. I'm rather fond of Sunflowers and this item held me spell bound, that is, until I needed to acquire additional floss to complete the gold stitchwork. Sunflowers is being worked on a mesh canvas using 100% cotton floss.
The finished size of the Sunflowers Pillow will be approximately 14"x14". I hadn't planned this piece to be a coordinate with a comforter, but, I'm thinking it may match well with the comforter in the first photograph above.
The following three projects are counted cross stitch pieces. Here too, I've not as yet found the papers for two of the items.
The above Iris pattern was from a booklet, and was completed in 2001.
Below is Calla Lillies designed by Karen Marie Zabroski, and is from Dimensions. It was worked on 14 count Aida cloth using 100% cotton floss. 
The stitching aspect of Calla Lillies is done, all that remains is to have it matted and framed.
Humming Bird and Hibiscus is another piece that I've not located the papers for as of yet. It is a counted cross stitch on 14 count black Aida cloth using 100% cotton floss.
Here, too, all that remains to complete this piece is to have it matted and framed.
These are a part of the treasures that I've found thus far today. Updates on the unfinished items will be forth coming as they're completed.
I guess I'll be quite busy during the coming months.


























