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

09/08/2025

Dorcas Haynes Inscription and Berries Band

I really made sure to get some stitching time this weekend and made huge progress on the Berries Band and the Dorcas Haynes Inscription. I just have to put the embellishments between the words on the inscription band and stitch the other half of the berries.m I also took out the “like” in the verse because I really didn’t like […]

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08/31/2025

Dorcas Haynes Progress

This month I almost finished the large floral arcade band! Almost finished because I haven’t done the bullion knot middles of the flowers. That’s ok. I will get to them just like the acorn caps, probably at the very end. Even though my hoop stitching hasn’t messed up the satin stitches or the french knot centers of the flowers in […]

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08/25/2025

A stitching update

This past weekend I worked through The Attic’s Summer School. It was a really fabulous event. I was a worker bee, not a participant, but still got to enjoy some good stitching time and socializing with all the lovely stitching people over the weekend. That is a real perk of working at Attic Needlework! Here is some inspiration for you […]

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08/11/2025

The Velvet Parsnip

I finished off something this weekend! The Velvet Parsnip by Stacy Nash: You can see I decided on the needlebook finish after all. This would be an awkward ornament! It’s surprisingly big and there leaves are floppy. I thought I could make the carrot design into a scissor case and a velvet tomato and then have a vegetable themed sewing […]

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07/28/2025

Mary Ellen Turner

I wanted to get back to some cross stitch comfort stitching so I picked up Mary Ellen Turner these past few nights. I needed some stitching that didn’t take too much thinking, I’ve made excellent progress on it. I really am enjoying the Belle Soie silks, both the colors and the feel of the silk. It’s coming out really pretty. […]

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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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