Sweetland Stitching

 Fall. Is. My. FAVOURITE. Seriously. It's very basic of me but I love everything about fall. I loved school, so I loved back to school shopping, getting all my new notebooks and pens and erasers, heading out to the bus on the first day (or walking 4.5 km to school once I was in high school) and putting together my locker. I love the cooler weather, and wearing leggings and sweaters and flannels. I love the smell of backyard fires (I can't actually have one since I live in an apartment, but just wait!), the way dead leaves smell, walking the Phteven and crunching every step. I think pumpkin spice is delicious , and I love wearing hats and gloves, and burning candles - seriously. I'm obsessed with fall. Now that I've got that crazy person rant out of the way, here's my current WIP. It's Woodland Friends: Racoon by Tiny Modernist , but I don't think it's on their site, as it's in the October 2019 issue of Just Cross Stitch. I've been using all of t...

 Hello hello hello! It's another day in the Werk (In Progress) Room, and I'm feeling... spooky! My featured project this WIP Wednesday is the All Souls Vierlanden by Quiltify Designs ! This is such a unique sampler, I've never seen anything quite like it! It's charted in a single colour, but I decided to work it in shades of purples, pinks, and one metallic gold for detail work like the crowns and vases throughout. When I posted it on Instagram, Ben Drew himself of Quiltify commented and messaged me to say he liked my colour choices - it was a real " notice me senpai!! " moment!  I will admit freely that the 2020 has been picked out and recharted twice - I originally started this sampler in 2018, redid the date in 2019, and am now hoping to finish it in 2020! It seems appropriate for the year we've been having, both in terms of design elements and general vibe. I've been using a variety of DMC colours, as well as some SILKS4U  threads (can highly recom...