Mary's Thread – Page 3 – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

08/03/2024

The latest on Dorcas…

This first week of August I continue on the floral arcade. I’ll let the picture speak…. It is very close. Soon I will be filling in those acorns and spending the rest of the month on the eyelet verse. I need to pick out the colors for that!

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07/31/2024

A Weekend with Dorcas. Updating the Plan!

Well, darn, it’s actually July 30 this post was supposed to go up around the week of July 22 when I had spent a good weekend with Dorcas bus I never got my pictures taken! So here it is, back dated to the proper point of progress, and hopefully I’ll have EVEN MORE PROGRESS by the end of the week! […]

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07/29/2024

July Small

I have an “instant gratification” stitch for a small this month. It’s Crowning Glory from Summer House Stitche Workes. I love the Slate Gloriana on the Straw Weeks. Very regal but also prim. My friend loaned me her chart after I was able to find the crown that you place the stitching into. Thank you, friend!! I’m so happy I […]

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07/19/2024

Progress on Dorcas

Here is my progress on Dorcas. Nothing new figured out at this point, just continuing the work! I have the outline of the top acorn band complete. And, a bigger triumph, I got the Montenegrin stitched outline of the floral arcade finished this morning. Those curlicues were really difficult to figure out. They are not perfect by any means. The […]

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07/12/2024

2 WIPs

I am loving my 2 WIPs, Sacred and Dorcas Haynes. I’ve been able to stitch a lot on them this first week of July. Here is my progress on Sacred… You can see I’ve gotten quite a bit done this week. O Most Holy Heart of Jesus fountain of every blessing…stitching a prayer is a nice meditative thing to do, […]

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07/01/2024

Sacred…how it’s going after my vacation

I spent what stitching time I had on vacation working on Sacred by Teresa Kogut. I didn’t get as much done as I hoped, but it is looking good! We spent the week with my family at Lake Wawasee in Indiana. We had one stormy day (we had Stitching Club in the hotel with my mom and 2 of my […]

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06/23/2024

A Serendipitous Start

One of my sweet co-workers at The Attic has been working on the creation of a silk conversion. It has been laid out on a table percolating until it reaches a state of perfection. I have to walk by it everyday, with it calling my name, the siren song of my favorite autumnal colors in glorious Glorianas. This week, I […]

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06/17/2024

Do you want another post about the Strawberry Band??

Well, you’re getting one! This should be the second to last one. Then I will start posting about the acorns band but you probably won’t get so many posts about acorns! It is not so intense. Maybe the many posts reflect the real time it has been to get through all the queen stitches. I think they look great though. […]

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06/15/2024

A teeny tiny finish

It took less than an hour to stitch up this tiny one inch square project from Old Colonial Designs…. It gets finished as a tiny horn book. You can put a magnet on it to create a needleminder or make it into a little scissor fob or ornament, which is what I did. Now isn’t that cute? I just need […]

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06/10/2024

Dorcas’ Strawberry Band III

I worked as much as I could this weekend on the strawberry band. It is coming along! Now that I have all the counting and method figured out it’s just the work. Queen stitches are a lot of work but they are so beautiful. The vine of course is very easy. I feel confident I will get this band done […]

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