Dreaming Wings

There are those whose stitching love heads toward reproduction samplers. There are those who like serious compositions of still life. Others have a love of bug-eyed fairy girls. I am speaking of cross-stitch patterns here, not collectors’ items or photos on the wall, but it could apply there as well.

I have a few designers whose patterns I enjoy stitching more than others.  One of those is Barbara Ana Astray Mendez. Creative Poppy Patterns

is the best on-line source of her patterns that I have found. But then, of course, my preference is for PDF patterns which I can load into PatternKeeper.

The latest of hers has been released as a mystery stitch-a-long in three parts, the final one of which was released yesterday. Since I hadn’t really finished part 2, it took me until tonight to finish both parts 2&3.

Part 1 was only about 800 stitches and was comprised of the sun/moons/stars overhead. Part 2 was the wings – about 1600 stitches worth. So I should have been expecting the 2400 stitches of Part 3 which was the entirety of the young woman.

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About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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