Not content to work on just one small, I have 5 going right now: Balthazar from Mill Hill: “In the Sweet” by La D Da, a tribute to my Grandma who passed in January: Leaping Cat by La D Da (which you’ve already seen): English Sampler Pillow by Guilia Antichi Punti: (And guess what? Emboldened by the successful Lizzie Kate, […]
Happy May Day!! I went back to Heirloom Nativity last week and made some headway on the next set of bands. The white band includes rice stitch, bargello and eyelets. The colored bands are partial Rhodes stitch and plait stitch. I love the Gloriana Bellagio silk! And although it’s hard to tell in the photo, the plait stitch shows off […]
Here’s my April Small for Heather’s Smalls SAL, Bugs and Birds by Lizzie Kate: Cute! This was a kit that came with a prefinished stitching wallet. The fabric is so cheerful! It was great to have something little and cute all finished. I learned how to stitch in hand better on this too. It’s not as neat for me as […]
Last week I finished my Victoria Sampler kloster blocks learning kit. This one was so fun! Again the directions for the technique were excellent-kloster blocks are easy enough but Thea gives the order in which to stitch each block and Algerian eyelet. I honestly think it’s one of the prettiest things I’ve made. And I have a plan for it! […]
Sometimes I’m just really irresponsible and I don’t do my plan but follow my whim. I did that this week and started up this DMC alphabet heart, which was an old freebie that I’d share if I could find the link, but it seems to have been removed from the DMC site. Here it is so far, half done! I’m […]
This is the first time I have ever participated in a blog hop! Thank you, Jo, at Serendipitous Stitching, for organizing this for us! We all sent a friendship or love themed project we had made to Jo, and she swapped them around to send us each one from Secret Stitching Sweetheart. Now our job is to visit all the […]
I am so excited to share with you the progress on Random Thoughts! I’ve kept working away on it and here is the top 3/4 of the center design, all done except for charms! The final motifs I was putting in involved quite a few special stitches that I was doing for the first time. I’m not sure how well […]
My goal for January was to complete part of a big project. I’m a day late but I have finished the Three Kings band of Heirloom Nativity! Ta Dah! I love working the decorative bands between the picture bands but I’m going to try my best to set this aside. My goal for February is to complete one part of […]
I’ve done a lot of stitching this month, all things considered, but this last week I had to take stock of where I was and finish something for the Smalls SAL hosted by Heather at Stitching Lotus. This one was the best bet for a quick finish so here it is! Bird N Blossoms by Homespun Elegance. I believe the […]
My progress is scattered over several projects these days. I was working away on the Three Kings of the Heirloom Nativity and I got this far: when suddenly I felt like I should work on the sadly neglected Joyful World. October is coming together: Then I remembered I planned to do a couple motifs in Random Thoughts to stay on […]
