It took less than an hour to stitch up this tiny one inch square project from Old Colonial Designs…. It gets finished as a tiny horn book. You can put a magnet on it to create a needleminder or make it into a little scissor fob or ornament, which is what I did. Now isn’t that cute? I just need […]
I worked as much as I could this weekend on the strawberry band. It is coming along! Now that I have all the counting and method figured out it’s just the work. Queen stitches are a lot of work but they are so beautiful. The vine of course is very easy. I feel confident I will get this band done […]
Slowly slowly I’m getting through the Strawberry Band. Here I have almost half of it done. This weekend I put the little leaves on the berries, satin stitch, and started on the queen stitch leaves, which have many partial stitches. Here’s a close up: The Scarlet Letter graph is not very useful because it just gives the outline of the […]
I’m linking up with Rachel, Ten Hour Stitcher for the May Smalls SAL. I really wanted to finish the Jeannette Douglas Garden Box this month. It was just a delightful little stitch and I loved it. I did finish the bee skep sampler which is the largest of the components and so the stitching in this project is all done! […]
In spite of a Very Bad Headache today, I was able to finish my Flowers From Mary pin pillow. The project was a La D Da kit I received as a gift last year from dear Jean at The Attic. I got very little else done on this day which ought to have been productive, but I was determined to […]
I have been TRYING to work on the Strawberry Band, this month’s assignment for Dorcas Haynes. It is TRICKY! Here I am… So far I have figured out how wide the backstitches are (the diagonals are over 2 and the horizontals are over 4, but the Scarlet Letter chart is not quite right…it is a little fudged I think, so […]
I have FFOs for you! Autumn Splendor from With They Needle and Thread. I’m so happy I was able to finish it just like the model. I loved the model so much! The Botanical Bee from Hands on Design. I went with the yellow bee fabric. For one thing, this choice won the widest support from everyone who saw it […]
I was so close I went ahead and finished the stitching on the first 2 little pillow inserts of the Jeannette Douglas Garden Box. Here they are!! I started the long cushion next. Unfortunately I stitched the border in the wrong color. The chart is oriented sideways and and symbols used for the supposed-to-be-TAN border is upside down of the […]
I finished the Botanical Bee from Hands On Design! What a cheerful project, but there is a lot of stitching in it! I have it prepped for finishing. I am deciding on these 2 fabrics to back it as a circle ornament. I am leaning to the blue stripes as more elegant but I’m shopping around for opinions. Here is […]
I bet you knew I would make it! I finished a small for this month! This is called Flowers from Mary by La D Da. Of course I was delighted to have a little project with my name in the title of it. I love the quirky flower vase and the alphabet border. I love just about everything from La […]
