Mary's Thread – Page 2 – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

07/24/2025

Filling in

Dorcas has been getting all my attention lately (whoo!) and I’ve been filling in… The vine is diagonal double back stitch. The little leaves are satin stitch. The flower stems are Gobelin stitch. The flowers are a pattern of satin stitch. The big leaves are queen stitch. I have a lot of queen stitch to do. And I first have […]

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07/18/2025

Trimming the Smalls

I added trim to some finishes this week and the effort was worth it, they are extra cute now: Chenille added to the Blackbird box I made earlier this year… Pom poms added to the Strawberry Liberty from Chessie and Me…this one really is perfectly dressed up with the poms. And I finished a model for The Attic of Autumn […]

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07/14/2025

Outline Finished

This weekend my goal was to finish the outline on the big flower band on Dorcas. I did it! I was delighted to discover this band is just about as centered as I could manage. I am plotting the order of work for the fills. There are so many different ones. I know the queen stitched leaves (the big double […]

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07/12/2025

The Big Flower Band

I bit the bullet this week and picked the colors for the big flower band on Dorcas Haynes and figured out where the center should be. This figuring took an hour or so away from actual stitching time but now I can start stitching with confidence! I have to admit I also was hesitant starting this band because the Scarlet […]

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07/10/2025

Completely Unauthorized Starting

I don’t know what gets into me sometimes…well, probably the same thing that gets into any of us stitchers. I justified it by saying that I needed something with straight lines to stitch at the pool but the reality is, I’ve had the Red and Green Carnation Sampler by Samplers Remembered kitted for ages and rediscovering it on a cleaning […]

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07/05/2025

Framing and Reframing

This year I brought several older projects over to Sandy, the framer extraordinaire, at The Attic and have her fix them up for me. The last one is done and here they are. I am very pleased with how they all came out! First was The Pink Sparrow by Brenda Gervais. I had framed this myself during Covid and the […]

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07/04/2025

Fourth of July Finishes!

Happy Fourth of July! I got some finishing done this week, and I’m excited to share it all! First of all, in the spirit of the holiday, Strawberries and Stripes from With Thy Needle and Thread. Sorry I forgot to take a photo of the finished stitching! I was sick. I was tired. When I wasn’t sick, I had to […]

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06/23/2025

Dorcas’ Eyelet Verse

Guess what? I FINALLY FINISHED the eyelet verse! Here it is! I am so relieved it is complete. I finished it at Bristol last weekend. Then I went back to the Queen stitch leaves. They are not so bad. I really should just finish them up quick! But at the next Attic event I want to have the big floral […]

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06/16/2025

More smalls!

Flag Day! I stitched a bit on this little thing called Strawberries and Stripes by Brenda Gervais: I’ll finish it soon. I’ll tell you its story with my finish. I also worked on this little Bristol inspired pin cushion by Haystack Stitching. It is part of the Jean Etui chart. It will be a little model for The Attic for […]

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06/09/2025

One bunny

I finished the stitching in the velvet carrot from Stacy Nash! We had a great camping trip up in central Arizona the week after Memorial Day. The weather was perfect, it was so nice to have a private group site for our 3 families that went together, and our meal plan worked out really good. We ate well! I didn’t […]

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