A Finish, a new WIP, and Orange Silk

Today I finished the stitching on Oakley Owlet. I will get it finished up into an owl shape in the next day or so. I have done one of these owls before and it is not too hard. So, I started another Just Nan small, this is the needlebook called Lady Scarlet’s Secret Garden. It is the piece that goes […]

October FFO Gallery

We were on fall break this past week* so I didn’t have a lot of time to finish things up, so I tried to get most of it done before we left. I also didn’t have too much recently stitched to FFO anyway. I made the Pensee Sauvage by Samplers Not Forgotten into a pillow per the kit instructions. Oh […]

And we’re off!

I’m loving my October stitches so far! Here’s the first few days’ work on Autumn Quakers. I’ve completed 2 more of the bigger motifs, started some others, and added several smaller ones. I’ve made it to the right edge. Woo hoo! And I got the stitching done on Chubby Bird. I think I’ll leave off the words. This gets finished […]

September Fully Finished Gallery

Many thanks again to Rachel for hosting the Fully Finished Gallery! I had a lot to finish this month! First is Foxy. Look at the beautiful vintage frame I got on eBay! Finding a good round frame was a challenge. Sandy, who is the framer at the Attic said if you ever see a good, reasonably priced round frame, snap […]

Victory!

I have a story for you about a triumph of materials hunting. When I saw this chart of Giulia Punti Antichi “Flowers and Lace,” I had to have it. I thought it was SO lovely. But it was older and there were no finishing kits anywhere. Oh well, I still liked it. I didn’t stitch it right away because I […]

A little finish, and a big WIP

This weekend I finished stitching Pensee Sauvage from Samplers Not Forgotten. What a sweetie! This was a kit, and it will be finished as a pillow, though I think it would be really cute in a frame too. I do like the fabric included for finishing. I have been working away nearly every night on Bathya from Hands Across the […]

August Smalls Check In

Hours after I posted this I realized I forgot something quite important to share! So I am updating this post to share it! Today (August 28) is my 4 year blogging anniversary! When I started this blog I was very skeptical of myself. While the idea of the blog appealed to me, I do have a hard time sticking with […]

A new project

I put the last stitches in on “When This You See.” But not at the pool! I had just about 10 stitches left after my last pool session and couldn’t leave it like that for another day. So I finished it that night and now it’s done and added to my September finishing pile. Because it is mid month I […]

August FFO Gallery: Silk and Satin Reticule

Hooray Hooray! I have a completed project! Of course if you have been following along you knew my FFO for this month would be the Silk and Satin Reticule from Betsy Morgan. I felt so lucky to get a chart of this project which was retired when I discovered it. I was able to assemble the materials. It was wonderful […]

Other little things

Last week I didn’t just work on the reticule. We are back to school with online school for 4 of our 5 kids so I haven’t had quite as much stitching time but I did get some work done on some Smalls. Lest I don’t get around to it, I committed to Smalls first thing since I didn’t get one […]