In addition to this, every month I will choose a freebie chart or two from the many that I have saved on my hard drive from the talented and generous designers and bloggers that share complimentary charts with us via their websites and blogs. These will all be stitched from stash of course, but with the added "bonus" that they all have to be finished finished! I'm rubbish at finishing and most of my stitching ends up in The Finished Drawer never to see the light of day again. Each month I will also be stitching one of Mabel Figworthy's Songs of the Weather designs so that there will always be a little piece of Hardanger in my stitching projects each month.
January 2015 - percentage stash used 1.59%
Freebie project was the Seasonal Trees by Jardin Prive, all stitched on various colours of hand dyed 28ct evenweave using Mo's silks and Rainbow Gallery's petite treasure braid and petite silk lame braid:
The January square for Song of the Weather stitched on 25ct lugana using DMC stranded cotton, #5 and #8 perles and a Stef Francis #5 hand dyed perle:
February 2015 - percentage stash used 2.09%
Freebie project was Olga Maxden's Tree of Hope stitched on 28ct blue Jobelan using Caron Wildflowers and Threadworx threads, delica beads and sequins:
The February square for Song of the Weather stitched on 25ct lugana using Caron Watercolours and DMC perles and Mill Hill beads:
March 2015 - percentage stash used 7.58%
Freebie project was a spring design by La Comtesse stitched on 28ct Jazlyn by Chromatic Alchemy and using Mo's Sale and Silk Mill silks:
The March square for Song of the Weather stitched on 25ct lugana using Caron Wildflowers and DMC perles:
April 2015 - percentage stash used 9.07%
Freebie projects were by Glory Bee stitched on 28ct fabric from Chromatic Alchemy and using Thread Pickerz silks:
And a La-D-Da freebie stitched on 28ct Jobelan from Polstitches using Valdani and Colourworks threads:
The April SOTW square stitched on 25ct lugana using DMC perles:
May 2015 - percentage stash used 10.99%
Freebie project was a design by Le Chalet des Perelles stitched on 28ct Soft Yellow Cashel linen using an assortment of AVAS, HDF and Waterlilies silks:
The May SOTW square stitched on 25ct lugana using DMC and Anchor perles:
June 2015 - percentage stash used 12.15%
Freebie project was a design by The Samper Girl (no longer available) stitched on 40ct white linen using Dinky Dyes silks and PTB:
The June SOTW square stitched on 25ct lugana using Caron Watercolors and DMC perles:
July 2015 - percentage stash used 15.51%
Freebie project by The Snowflower Diaries using Chromatic Alchemy ooak 28ct jobelan and Nina's Threads in silks and cottons:
The July SOTW square stitched on 25ct lugana using DMC and Anchor perles, Caron Watercolours and Mill Hill beads:
August 2015 - percentage stash used: 16.18%
Freebie project by Jeannette Douglas using Crafty Kitten 28ct Opal Brittney Ltd Ed and AVAS d'Alger:
The August SOTW square was stitched on 25ct lugana using DMC and Caron perles:
September 2015 - percentage stash used 21.36%
Freebie project by The Sampler Girl stitched on 36ct linen hand dyed by Nina along with Nina's threads:
The September SOTW square was stitched on 25ct chocolate brown lugana using DMC perles and #5 Vineyard silk perle:
October 2015 - percentage stash used 22.11%
Freebie project by The Primitive Hare using Lakeside Linen and Threadworx cotton:
The October SOTW square was stitched on 25ct Lugana using Caron Wildflowers and Watercolours and Gloriana silk ribbon:
Winter Solace freebie by By The Bay Needlearts stitched using Lakeside Linen, GASTS and PSLB:
November SOTW Hardanger square stitched on 25ct lugana using DMC perles and Caron Watercolours:
December 2015
- percentage stash used 26.43%
Snow Tree Poem freebie by Erynne Chard using Crafty Kitten fabric, HDF, PTBs and delica beads:
December SOTW Hardanger square stitched on 25ct lugana using DMC perles and Caron Wildflowers and Watercolours:
What a fabulous idea for a challenge! I have so many freebies charts saved on my hard drive too. But not so many special threads.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Jo, it's a super duper idea to use up all those freebies and smalls!! I think I'll try something similar next year. I'll think about it!
Deletebeautiful colour choices, Amanda, every piece is such a colour explosion, fantastic!
Well done for exceeding your goal :)
ReplyDeleteMy eyes are popping OUT of their skull. Thank you so much for posting this project and I am absolutely book marking you to stay abreast of your projects! Beautiful.
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