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 […]
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 […]
*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 […]
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 […]
July got off to a wacky start with several one night stands with a variety of projects but I have finally settled down to my main stitches of the month. First is my attempt at a small this month, the Sampler Scissor Box from Famcy Work: I got the kit a while ago, and last summer I found the oval […]
I was very sick last week with something like the flu…it wasn’t Covid…but still I quarantined away from the family because we didn’t need more people coming down with the awful thing I had! The only upside was after the achiness left my hands (2 days I couldn’t stitch the aches were so bad!) I had some good stitching time. […]
Last weekend I was camping with my 2 bigs kids and some friends. I needed a tiny project for down time. I selected Strawberry Liberty from Chessie and Me. Here is how it’s going. Maybe it will be my June small. One of them. Because I had yet another bird to stitch! I had to make the last part of […]
I had a good weekend stitching Mary Amelia’s Bird. I went from here: To here: To here over 3 days. Not too bad! It is going quicker than I thought. I do not love stitching the 2 strands of DMC on the 36 to get the coverage I would like. It looks ok but not as neat. If had been […]
Good morning! School is out. Wheee! I think, at the beginning at least, I like school being on summer break as much as the kids, with nowhere to hustle off to first thing on a Monday morning. Last night I watched The Attic’s flosstube. It is the only flosstube I watch because I need to know what the customers calling […]
I’ve made more good progress on Jane this past week. The border is matched up! This stitch is full of on purpose and on accident “personalizations” but at least no significant counting errors! Yay! The finish is in sight! I meant to spend Mother’s Day making a big finish. It didn’t work out. An essential component of the finish was […]
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