Haunted Hideaway on 13th Avenue

Here is my most recent spooky finish. Called 'Haunted Hideaway on 13th Avenue' it is one of last year's Secret Needle Night projects from The Silver Needle. I stitched this as charted. However, I added the ghosts in glow-in-the-dark floss and gave the cat glow-in-the-dark green eyes.


The ghosts are based on the ones from Just Nan's Fraidy Frog which was a chart in last year's Just Cross Stitch Halloween issue.

Another Girls' Night Out

Here is my latest spooky finish. 'Another Girls' Night Out' from Just Nan. Stitched as charted, with the exception of the letters, which I did in black and not purple, my error! The fabric is 28ct Cashel Linen, Light Mocha. This piece is a gift but I will be doing it again in the future as a gift to me!

Poor Jack

This is a freebie called Poor Jack from Just Nan. It came from The Silver Needle with an order for Scream House and it's bits and bobs. It is stitched as charted and measures 2" x 2" on 28 count Light Mocha cashel linen, the chart suggests you use Country Mocha but I didn't have any.

Intro

I'm Marie, in South Australia. I love Halloween designs, shame it's not bug over here. That doesn't stop me though lol. So I thought I'd share a couple of things I did a earlier this year. The first is Just Nan's Count LeScarrot. I've also done her Trick or Treat Ort Box. The 2nd is Faby Reilly's Spider Biscornu

Boo needle book

Here is the Boo needle book from the Just Nan 'Over the top and in the tin' range finally made up.





Stitched on 32 count Crystal Peach linen the needle book measures 2 3/4" when fully open.

Boo needle book update

All the stitching on the Boo needle book from Just Nan is finished.


Now all I need to do is 'finish' it properly. I have made a start on the matching tin lid design but there's not much worth showing at the moment. After this I am going to start Midnight Ride, a freebie from the Kreinik website.

Boo needle book

This is my first Spooky start since joining this SAL. The Boo needle book from Just Nan's 'Over the top and in the tin' range. Here in the UK it is very difficult to get 30 count fabric so I have used 32 count Belfast linen (Crystal Peach). Shortly after starting, the middle and two pumpkins were done, this nearly became a UFO as I didn't like the way it looked stitched two over two. To me it looked really thick and 'clumpy'. So I started another one, this time doing it with one strand as you can imagine the coverage was poor. I was getting fed up. I really like Just Nan designs but this one was not working for me. A quick persevere with the two over two pep talk from my Mum and about half an hour later and I was back friends with the design, which is a good job as I have the tin lid in my stash and I had originally thought of stitching this again and turning it into a Halloween biscornu!