A Glitch
My blog has been down. I am sorry. I guess my service had a widespread failure. It seems to be working again. I just want to let you all know that Mary’s Thread goes on, and eventually I will post some new stitching for you!
September 2023 Smalls Check In
My Small for this month is a little Blackbird Designs project which I was lucky enough to spot in a destash group. It is an old class project that makes a little scissor box and pin cushion. Here is the stitching: The fabric is 28 count which seems very coarse compared to my other recent stitching. But it was very […]
A Detour. Oops.
Did you know there was an end of summer flood of new releases as part of an online event called Needlework Marketplace? It was just as full of wonderful designs as Nashville. There were 2 must-have charts for me. Well…probably more than 2 but 2 I bought the minute they came into the shop. First was Autumn Splendor by With […]
Sampler September 2023
For my Sampler September, I am working on the Mexican Stag Sampler from Samplers Remembered. A customer at The Attic purchased this and I fell in love with the Gumnut silks palette. Wow are they beautiful. I am stitching on the called for 40 count Weeks Straw. I started with just the bouquet and a bit of border finished last […]
End of August
*Note: I’m seeing I had several draft posts that never got published, mostly for lack of the pictures. I’ll put them up now as I can get them finished up, in the proper order I wrote them, so I can have an orderly account of the last months stitching thoughts! Since we had several days at the end of August […]
August 2023 Smalls Link Up
Hello Smalls Stitchers! I finished a 2nd little berry in the Deck The Halls booklet from Blackbird Designs. It is called Sugarplums I think. I love the colors. So soft! The linen is Opal from Picture this Plus. I really like it for this project. Now that I’ve stitched 2 of the berries, I will make them up. I had […]
Selecting the next Drawn Thread
*Note: I’m seeing I had several draft posts that never got published, mostly for lack of the pictures. I’ll put them up now as I can get them finished up, in the proper order I wrote them, so I can have an orderly account of the last months stitching thoughts! I was just so excited about my Sampler of Stitches […]
It’s finished! C’est fini! Esta terminado!
Presenting my version of the Sampler of Stitches by The Drawn Thread! Ta DAH! I did chose my own colors. The letters are Gloriana Rosewood and Belle Soie Tulip. Then there are 2 greens, 3 purples, 2 golds, 1 taupe, and 1 warm dark brown in addition to the cream soie perlee and 100.3 used on the pulled thread and […]
Soooo close!
I had time to really work on the Sampler of Stitches this weekend! Look how close I am! 7 motifs left, and about a dozen beads to sew on the basket. I keep forgetting to do that! Look how I REALLY committed by putting the date on there! Next to the Q is a quilt made of queen stitches. I […]
Back to a regular schedule?
Hello friends! Goodness it’s been touch and go here. I was making good progress on several things…in stitching, and in life, I thought, but it’s been pretty wild around here! I have started a home decluttering project. I really need to do this. We have lived in our home for 13 years now and have accumulated a lot more than […]
