I started a new Blackbird. This is from the booklet “Deck The Halls” called First Day of Christmas. I haven’t gotten too far! I now have soccer practice to attend twice a week and a border is a good thing to work on during that so I was able to finish up the green on the border of Mary Ellen […]
I’ve been enjoying my Sampler September projects. I focused on making it up to the top of Anna Millet. I am eager to chop this sampler off of the quarter yard of linen she is on, which I’ll do immediately once I see how big she actually will be! It is like holding a table cloth to stitch on! Then […]
The September Sampler Soirée hashtag is back on Instagram again this year. I haven’t posted on IG in almost a year. It feels like it might be time to do that again and the September Sampler Soirée is as good a reason as any to start again. I had mentioned I had a plan to work on Anna Millet this […]
I have been sick the last few days and with a fever and cold, I have been holed up in my room to protect my family from whatever my germs are. I am never bored in my room. The hunt for something to stitch for the Blackbird Academy SAL had sent me down a seriously deep rabbit hole. I found […]
I managed to finished Mary Ellen’s verse this week: I really love this sampler. The verse is very touching I think. My goal for Sampler September is to finish the is one. Do-able! Hey, I finished Dorcas Haynes last September which was much more difficult work! Towards that end, I got the 2nd butterfly put in this morning, and started […]
It is easy to love Mary Ellen Turner. The silks, the soft colors, and my beautiful Lakeside linen make it a joy to stitch. I stitched on her all weekend. I selected to do one of the more “count-y” bits since I had good time to sit in daylight and read the pattern. How do you like the butterfly? To […]
I picked up Anna Millet from Reflets de Soie last week. I felt that a monochrome project and one with a lot of letters in it would be an inspiring thing to try to get the stitching mojo back. I think that is working out. I have made some progress since last time I touched this Before: Now: The progress […]
Hey! I bet you weren’t expecting my next post to have finishes in it. I didn’t. Anyway! Here they are! The stitching is done on the Corinne Lapierre felt pin drum: I also finished the stitching on this small from Giulia Punti Antichi. I decided instead of making it a “stitching pillow” with a pocket (I couldn’t figure out how […]
I’ve had much going on in my family life and I needed a break from personal projects and self-imposed vanity to-dos. I still need a break but it’s ok for me to check in today with a few creative accomplishments. I’m making myself do something creative about once a week and sort of hoping something will reignite a handwork passion. […]
Between Easter, gardening, and busy kid schedules, I didn’t stitch too much after my last post. I finally DID finish the bouquet of Cheerful Bouquet…here it is… (and I started the sawtooth border) I decided to do the sawtooth border in 2 ply. I will run out silk I from the kit I think, but I have a skein so […]
