Top 5 Tuesday #8 - Top 5 water themed charts

I am attempting to be more specific with chart categories, I hope you don't mind, and have all of March's picked out. As April is traditionally A to Z challenge month, the top 5 will be quick top 5's.

Today's theme of water was one that I didn't think I had actually stitched or had any in my stash...but then I remembered...in my stash I have one water design...

The Great Wave of Kanagawa by Hokusai - I got my chart from Diana70 on Etsy

Then I remembered that I am doing the Under the Sea SAL hosted by Lakeside Needlecraft, I have just finished the second part. I started on a slightly small piece of fabric so I am leaving off the seaweed and fish until the end. Here is it so far with the Octopus and Shark. I was holding the fabric at a slight angle when I took the photo, and I have used glow in the dark thread for the Octopus' eyes and the sharks teeth and belly. I changed the spot colour and sucker colour on the Octopus too and left out the black in the mouth on the shark. Tomorrow is the next part....I wonder what it will be?

Ok, so have I done anything else water related....hmmm...does ice count? I think so. This is the chart I stitched for my niece, its Elsa and Anna from  Frozen.

So I am left with two more water themed designs...I guess these will go on my wishlist :)

Nora Corbett Letters from Mermaids - K

and finally....

Chatelaine - Watergarden

Top 5 Tuesday #7 : Top 5 food themed charts

So, when I thought of this I knew that it would be a bit tricky, not least for me so without further ado...some food related stitchy charts...

Stitchrovia

Durene Jones



Tiny Modernist



Kawaii Food



Vincent Van Gogh

OK, so the Van Gogh chart I do have in my stash and intend to stitch this in tent stitches as I have dreams of a french kitchen and would love this to be hanging on my wall.

So...please go and checkout Keebs, Tiffs and Emma's blogs (links on top-left) and see what they came up with, thats what I am about to do! See you there :)

Top 5 Tuesday #6 : Top 5 Animal themed charts

1. I am totally addicted to Durene Jones designs and it wasn't hard to find one in her etsy store with an animal theme :) How cute right? Not to mention she often has charts in the cross stitch magazines too that are equally to die for.

2. Jayne Netley Mayhew has a lot of books out with animal themes and I have a couple of them. There is something about her designs that are realistic but not photographic and I like that attribute. Here is just one of many awesome charts...

3. I an a fan of the silhouette designs. Here is a lovely one, i like the mixture of animals and the lovely fabric it is stitched on.

4. It will come as no surprise after seeing the above silhouette that I also like tribal designs like this elephant.

And at number 5....

Fractal animal lion!

What are your favourite charts?

Day 12: Whats a good excuse for not blogging?

Hey Guys,


So whats a good excuse for not blogging?
Something more exciting than the truth of lounging in front of the telly watching an art show, having an early night and then staying up till gone 1am doing ancestry research?

Top 5 Tuesday #5: Top five BAP's

I’m late, I’m late for a very important date!

There is a reason which I consider to be valid…I struggled with this weeks Top 5, would you believe it? I have a burning desire to stitch a BAP but have yet to see one that grabs me, but that being said I do have one in my stash courtesy of Keebs and I have started one too….so I shall include them…

1. Aimee Stewarts – Stitching shelf

2. Aimee Stewarts –Treasure Hunt shelf (my progress next time)

3. Aimee Stewarts – Little Dreamers Tree

4. Long Dog Samplers – Death By Cross Stitch

Admittedly, this isn’t so much a BAP as a MAP but I am sure it will take me a while…especially as I am still deciding on thread colour!

5. Mystery Project

This project is such a mystery that I don’t even know what it is – because I have yet to choose it – I want to stitch something epic but I don’t know what…so any ideas?

Day 11: Would you be a unicorn or a pegasus?

Ok, so imagine there is an apocalypse and just before death you are given the option to live in a magical world but you have to choose between a unicorn or a pegasus...what would you be?

Unicorn:
The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. (wikipedia)

Pegasus:
Pegasus (Ancient Greek: Πήγασος, Pḗgasos; Latin: Pegasus, Pegasos) is one of the best known creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine stallion also known as a horse usually depicted as pure white in color. (wikipedia

Hmmm...well...both greek and both white horses...but do you want a magic horn or magic wings?

I have a fear of heights so I shall be sticking with being a unicorn, even though many images show me with a huge horn! :D