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 […]
Well, as I’ve been stitching Cheerful Bouquet I’ve been wondering what about it is *not quite right.* I compared my stitching to the cover photo, the reason I bought it…and the darker pink that was supplied in the kit is NOT that lovely contrasting light red in the photo. So oh dear, I am going to fix it. I will […]
Happy Easter! I love Easter. Aside from the significance of the day, I love doing up the big feast. This year it was lamb chops, Persian rice (Tahdig), roasted carrots, asparagus, deviled eggs, orange jello ring, and a lamb cake for dessert. My daughter took over making the lamb cake this year. Looking at this menu written down I see […]
I had the best intentions to work on Checkerboard Stag this week, especially since I knew I’d have some “wait around” stitching time…but I can’t for the life of me find the project bag for that one! I was tidying up my stitching area and I’m sure I put it in a “WIPs to work on basket” but it is […]
Surprise! I have another finish this week…this is the little bird pinwheel from Fanny Collins 1853, by Fox and Rabbit. The pinwheel chart came with the sampler chart and was part of an Attic event. It is stitched with 100.3 on 40 count whatever linen was provided in the kit. I know a lot of people love 100.3 but it […]
