Eric suggested recently that I pull something out to stitch on that hasn’t seen the light of day in awhile. So, I decided to stitch on Mermaid Treasure Box (Chatelaine Designs). I bought this chart as a birthday present for myself in 2005, and began stitching it in late September of 2005 in between parts of Midi Mystery I (my first Chatelaine). With the move and the wedding and everything, it just got packed away in the closet and not touched since January of 2006. Above you can see how it looked last January.
Weekend before last I pulled this out again and began stitching on it. I’ve stitched on it the past two weekends and I am just loving it. I never fell out of love with it, it just somehow got packed away. I intend to keep stitching on it for a little while, and have included it in my May goals. I think I can easily finish up part 1 this month. I have a little more to do on those bottom corners, and then the rest is specialty stitches which go very fast. I’m going to save the beading until I finish the whole box top. Here’s what the finished piece will look like.
And this is my progress as of Sunday night on it.
If only there were a way to really capture how silks glow in person. I’ve never been able to do this with my camera. Anyway, over the weekend I also picked up a little bit of stash – BBD’s Flea Market Sampler, LHN’s Home of a Needleworker and some threads for my June sheep blanket. Perhaps once the sheep has all his blankets I will have to take him on tour and photograph him in different places like Yarn Harlot does with her sock.
I’ve been thinking about how to possibly work in some of my other crafting with my stitching. I want to bead, quilt, knit, paint. Oh, and did I mention I write poetry too? I’m thinking I may see if I can work something in on the weekends. I really need to practice my knitting if I ever hope to learn how to do anything other than a basic knit stitch. This weekend we are going to Austin to see my great aunt and visit with my sister and parents too. We’ll go on Saturday and come back Sunday, so perhaps I can work on something in the car again.
Oh and one last thing, take a look at this beautiful marquoir. Anne-Valerie is charting a sampler her stepmother’s great-grandmother stitched and releasing the parts of the pattern every couple of weeks as a freebie on her blog. I think it would be gorgeous stitched in muted silks. Part 1 is available, and Part 2 is scheduled to be posted on May 19th.
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Your Mermaid Box is wonderful – that is some great progress you made! I have always been enamored by that one!
Your Mermaid Box is wonderful – that is some great progress you made! I have always been enamored by that one!
It’s looking wonderful, Michelle 🙂
It’s looking wonderful, Michelle 🙂
Wow you got a lot done on your box. Keep working on that Chatelaine they’re too expensive to leave hiding!
Wow you got a lot done on your box. Keep working on that Chatelaine they’re too expensive to leave hiding!
Wonderful progress Michelle!
Love the idea of taking your sheep on tour (complete with blankets)! 🙂
Wonderful progress Michelle!
Love the idea of taking your sheep on tour (complete with blankets)! 🙂
That is one heck of a lot of progress 🙂
You are lucky to have a husband that supports you in your crafting arena! Isn’t that a nice thing?
And the lists of all your crafting inclinations makes my head spin! You’ll master them all I’m sure 🙂
That is one heck of a lot of progress 🙂
You are lucky to have a husband that supports you in your crafting arena! Isn’t that a nice thing?
And the lists of all your crafting inclinations makes my head spin! You’ll master them all I’m sure 🙂
Wow what a beautiful piece!
Wow what a beautiful piece!
Michelle, You make me want to drag my Mermaid Box out, too! But, I just can’t!! Too much to stitch right now!! :p I clicked on the Marquoir piece but can’t figure out how to download the pts. Love it! Help!
Deb
Michelle, You make me want to drag my Mermaid Box out, too! But, I just can’t!! Too much to stitch right now!! :p I clicked on the Marquoir piece but can’t figure out how to download the pts. Love it! Help!
Deb
Wow, what a fantastic piece. You have done a lovely job on it. Have fun stitching on your mermaid again.
Wow, what a fantastic piece. You have done a lovely job on it. Have fun stitching on your mermaid again.
Wow, you’ve gotten a lot done on Mermaid Treasure! 🙂 And your stash haul looks great. 🙂
Wow, you’ve gotten a lot done on Mermaid Treasure! 🙂 And your stash haul looks great. 🙂
Wow looks amazing!!! Can’t wait to see more!!!! And some gtreat stash as well!!!
Wow looks amazing!!! Can’t wait to see more!!!! And some gtreat stash as well!!!
Great progress on your Mermaid Box! It’s going to be beautiful! Great idea for the “sheep on tour”, too!
Great progress on your Mermaid Box! It’s going to be beautiful! Great idea for the “sheep on tour”, too!
The colors in this project are beautiful! At the rate you’re going, you’ll have this finished in no time!
The colors in this project are beautiful! At the rate you’re going, you’ll have this finished in no time!
That has to be one of my all-time fave Chatelaines – I had the amazing opportunity to see a finished one ‘in the flesh’ last year, and it’s just exquisite! I’m hanging out for it to be re-released in print form, but in the meantime I can drool while watching yours grow 😀 Your quilt blocks are totally scrummy too – love those bright colours! 😀
That has to be one of my all-time fave Chatelaines – I had the amazing opportunity to see a finished one ‘in the flesh’ last year, and it’s just exquisite! I’m hanging out for it to be re-released in print form, but in the meantime I can drool while watching yours grow 😀 Your quilt blocks are totally scrummy too – love those bright colours! 😀
Hi Michelle !
Thanks a lot for speaking of my marquoir, I didn’t expect it to get out for France!!
Hi Michelle !
Thanks a lot for speaking of my marquoir, I didn’t expect it to get out for France!!
You’ve done such a lot on the box top since you pulled it out again! It looks great 🙂
Sory I haven’t commented for such a while. I’m just catching up after the move 🙂
You’ve done such a lot on the box top since you pulled it out again! It looks great 🙂
Sory I haven’t commented for such a while. I’m just catching up after the move 🙂
You’ve made great progress! I had a look at what it will look like finished…it looks amazing! Great stash, i really like that LHN piece too
You’ve made great progress! I had a look at what it will look like finished…it looks amazing! Great stash, i really like that LHN piece too
This is looking great. You made great progress. I really have fallen for LHN charts.
This is looking great. You made great progress. I really have fallen for LHN charts.
I’m so glad you are back to working on your Treasure Box again. Silks never show up as well in photos, I think most of the fun with them is in the stitching of them. Great new stash too!
I’m so glad you are back to working on your Treasure Box again. Silks never show up as well in photos, I think most of the fun with them is in the stitching of them. Great new stash too!
I’m not much of a Chatelaine person, but that box is gorgeous!
I’m not much of a Chatelaine person, but that box is gorgeous!
Michelle, your Mermaid Treasure Box is going to be beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like it. You’re making great progress on it.
I love the idea of taking pictures of your lamb in different places. I’d enjoy seeing where he ends up next. Enjoy your visit with family, Julie
Michelle, your Mermaid Treasure Box is going to be beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like it. You’re making great progress on it.
I love the idea of taking pictures of your lamb in different places. I’d enjoy seeing where he ends up next. Enjoy your visit with family, Julie
You have really made lots of headway on your Mermaid! That is just really beatuiful!! Keep up the good work! Very very pretty! Debby 🙂
You have really made lots of headway on your Mermaid! That is just really beatuiful!! Keep up the good work! Very very pretty! Debby 🙂
It’s looking gorgeous
It’s looking gorgeous
Wow! great progress, this is really a beautiful piece. I cant wait to see its finish. I like BBD too.
Wow! great progress, this is really a beautiful piece. I cant wait to see its finish. I like BBD too.
It looks wonderful! Can’t wait to see it finished:)
It looks wonderful! Can’t wait to see it finished:)
Mermaid Treasure Box is looking gorgeous Michelle. I’m so pleased you got it out again and am looking forward to seeing more of it.
Mermaid Treasure Box is looking gorgeous Michelle. I’m so pleased you got it out again and am looking forward to seeing more of it.
I always loved the Mermaid box. You are really digging into it again! It looks wonderful!
I always loved the Mermaid box. You are really digging into it again! It looks wonderful!
Great progress Michelle! It looks lovely.
Great progress Michelle! It looks lovely.