New Stitch Monday's Mahjong Sign

Ridgewood Needlepoint's "New Stitch Monday" series is tackling a mahjong sign.  First, Stephanie worked the background around the word and then beaded the letters.  (This is a 13 count design, by the way.)

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-209/

Now for the backgrounds behind the N, S. E and W.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-210/

The tile with two flowers is done. It's quite pretty.  I like fly stitch for leaves.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-211/

Pink dragons are the cutest!  And Stephanie's right--Baroque Silk is a great thread.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-212/

Now we move on to the green dragons.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-213/

The final design is the joker.  Of course the different blocks repeat so she has to finish all of them before framing.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-214/

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Dimensional Dog with Stitch Diagrams

Stephanie at Ridgewood Needlepoint is stitching one of the Sew Much Fun dimensional stuffed animals as part of their New Stitch Monday series.  These designs come with stitch guides but Stephanie is using her own stitches.  In this first entry from Ridgewood about this piece, she explains Scotch and Cashmere variation and includes a diagram.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-102/

Stephanie did more Scotch stitch combos for her dog.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-103/

The next two sections have stripes, one Stephanie made up when she miscounted the section.  It looks fabulous, proving that mistakes are when we get really creative.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-104/

The back of the first leg has a very pretty Hungarian variation.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-105/

More of the first leg, this time a Milanese variation.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-106/

The last of the first leg, using a Parisian stitch which is one of my favorites.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-107/

Now the second leg is started.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-108/

More on leg number two.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-109/

I think we are working one of the two front legs now.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-110/

The front leg with lots of stripes was apparently a lot of fun.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-111/

The second front leg is cute.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-112/

This is the last of the front leg stitching.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-113/

The ears, head and gussets are the last things to be stitched.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-114/

Here are good photos of the finished dog, posted by Stephanie to Needlepoint Nation.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NeedlepointNation/permalink/7221488861261543/

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1100672771574068&set=pcb.1100685498239462

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

© Copyright January 9, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Wisdom from Amy: Compensation Trick

Steph has shared a great tip from Amy Bunger about compensation on her blog.  Genius!
http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2020/06/tricks-i-learned-from-amy-bunger.html

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Stephanie Does Wings

I thought you'd like to see Stephanie's Painted Pony angel and the lovely stitch she choose for the wings.  I have a lot of trouble coming up with the perfect stitch for angel wings myself, so I am full of admiration for Steph's choice of this very pretty stitch which fits exactly between the little orange dots.
https://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2017/01/owl-angel-from-painted-pony.html?showComment=1483973856559#c2829783753607275815

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© Copyright January 9, 2017 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A SWAN Organizes UPDATED

Stephanie went to her SWAN group party and discovered how one member organizes her stash. It's fun to see!
http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2016/05/whats-your-needlepoint-set-up.html

I think the chest is a NORDL one but I'm not certain.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/bedroom/10451/

UPDATE:  Sara Leigh thinks this is the ALEX.  I think she is right!  Sharp eyes, SL!
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40196241/#/50264927

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© Copyright May 6, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.