Mary's Thread – Page 11 – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

09/08/2023

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 […]

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09/06/2023

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 […]

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08/31/2023

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 […]

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08/25/2023

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 […]

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08/22/2023

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 […]

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08/19/2023

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 […]

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08/14/2023

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 […]

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08/10/2023

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 […]

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07/28/2023

July 2023 Smalls SAL

Hello! I am giving you all a link up page, but I don’t have a small. We had a spontaneous vacation this month and I didn’t get it done. I will share it next month! It you managed to finish one, feel free to share below!

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07/17/2023

July Stitching

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 […]

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