Is DONE! Except not the pocket. And not the smalls. I feel like that is almost starting over! Boo Hoo! But I have met my goal of getting this big part stitched and I love it. This watered silk is what I’m using to line it. I will square up the linen to start the …
Backlog post #1: From One Bargello to Another
This post was written December 12 but I didn’t take pictures so I never posted it. Here it is with the pictures, which no longer correspond to the text accurately, but you get the idea!!) This weekend (the weekend of December 11-12 that is) I did a bit of stitching the Bijoux on my Bargello …
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Silk done!! (Just kidding)
I couldn’t wait to share…I finished the silk stitching on the Bargello Roll! You know I keep calling it the Bargello Roll but it is really called A Lady’s Sewing Roll. It was designed by Jackie DuPlessis and Diane Jourdan of Sampler Cove for The Elegant Stitch (a shop that is now closed, it was …
November Wrap Up
I told you I’d share my Bargello Roll progress this month. It’s not finished but I’m getting so close! Here it was last Friday: and after a diligent weekend and followed by getting the oil changed in my car this morning here we are today: I keep forgetting, after all the silk is stitched, I …
A Side and A Row
I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t resist doing the surface stitching on the first side of the etui. I could not make myself stitch more border! I just had to see how it would look! I told myself, just the grapes. Then before I knew it I had done the whole side. Now I …
Last Bucket List Start of 2021
I looked through all the projects I had put on my 2021 Bucket List and picked one very last one to start this year. It is the Spanish Sampler Etui from Betsy Morgan. I started stitching it. It is going to be INVOLVED. The first step is to stitch all the borders of the box …
Rolls
It’s the third week of July and I have just been plugging away on my various projects! I’ve gotten back into my Bargello Roll. Look! It is about half finished! I am patiently waiting on some other thread choices for my Sampler Roll houses and in the meantime have been working on grass, alphabets, trees… …
Couching and Satin Stitch
All I’ve done lately is couching and satin stitch. Couching metal threads on my fancy butterflies: Satin stitch on the bargello and anniversary piece: I finished the black outlines on the Bargello. This is how big it is and how much filling I have to do! Wow! It will be a lot of work but …
Ten Days Into June
Here is a quick progress report for you: I have worked on the Treasure Box. Even though it is on the Bucket List, it is not my favorite. I put it on the list so I could frame it in the beautiful box I found, but the colors are a little drab. Too late to …
May Wrap Up and More New Things
It was a good month. I stitched a lot, but of course I never stitch as much as I want to! I must be happy with the time I have and what I got done in it, and that’s what this post is about. I already shared with you my 2 finishes and FFO, the …