Mary's Thread – Page 26 – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

11/17/2021

Full Finishes Part Two: Smalls!

Continuing the banner month of FFO’s for Rachel’s FFO Gallery here are the Smalls I finished up this month. I bought a little Sudberry House pin cushion for Jeannette Douglas’ Fall Posey. I went with a twisted cord instead of the suggested chenille trim. I just couldn’t find a color I loved with it and pom poms were too “fun” […]

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11/16/2021

Gifted Gorgeousness

I don’t usually do a Gifted Gorgeousness post, but it’s that time of year to start thinking about Christmas gifts and I have a few I want to stitch up for some special people in my family. I don’t think they read my blog (if you are a family member reading my blog stop now so you don’t spoil your […]

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11/14/2021

Full Finishes Part One: A Framing Extravaganza

Oh boy, I have a lot of FFOs to share this month so I’m making 2 posts! First up are the framed pieces. I like to get frames from Hobby Lobby and frame things myself. They have been out of “good” frames for a long time due to supply issues but when I was in last month they were finally […]

Fully Finished 2021 7 54 sec read

11/12/2021

A Side and A Row

I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t resist doing the surface stitching on the first side of the etui. I could not make myself stitch more border! I just had to see how it would look! I told myself, just the grapes. Then before I knew it I had done the whole side. Now I can’t do more until I […]

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11/02/2021

Last Bucket List Start of 2021

I looked through all the projects I had put on my 2021 Bucket List and picked one very last one to start this year. It is the Spanish Sampler Etui from Betsy Morgan. I started stitching it. It is going to be INVOLVED. The first step is to stitch all the borders of the box using her own stitch, the […]

WIPs 7 1 min read

10/31/2021

Trick or Treat Blog Hop 2021!

Happy Fall and Happy Halloween! Welcome to my blog for the annual Trick or Treat blog hop! If you’ve arrived here apart from the blog hop and want to know what it’s all about, click over to Jo’s of Serendipitous Stitching to start at the beginning! Otherwise, read on! I don’t actually do a lot of Halloween stitching, but I […]

Blog Hop 13 1 min read

10/29/2021

October Smalls

For this month’s Smalls check in, I got 2 little things done. First, I finished off Christmas Fruit Basket by Threadwork Primitives, which I had started on vacation earlier this month. I stitched it with almost all the called for colors on some Zweigart that I dyed myself with coffee. Some of my dye lots are quite different from those […]

Finished 2021! 6 1 min read

10/26/2021

The People Choose…

LEAVES! One thing I love about Jo’s People’s Choice Blog Hop is running around looking at all my stitching and trying to find out what fits the month’s theme. That was especially true this month because I don’t know that I’ve ever stitched something that is only leaves, but I bet more than half the things I’ve stitched have leaves […]

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10/22/2021

Yellow (Brown) Bird (Border)

Well there’s no bird yet and to me this looks brown, not yellow, but La D Da’s Yellow Bird is stitching up quickly this week. I think it is striking on the printed linen. All that is left is the bird. The border was not as tedious as I thought it might be. It’s enjoyable to watch the variegated colors […]

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10/19/2021

Vacation Stitching in Hawaii!

Last week we were on fall break. Most schools in Arizona give a full week for this break which is very nice. It falls during what can be the last blast of summer, and so no one minds getting out of town for a week to come back to our delightful end-of-year temperatures. Like most everyone, we haven’t gone to […]

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