Mary's Thread – Page 33 – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

03/08/2021

Catherine Agnes 2

I’m closing in on Catherine Agnes from Indigo Rose! Here is what I accomplished since last time: I charted the left alphabet border to put in the year instead of my initials. I stitched the specialty stitch left inner border. I put in 2 more motifs, and almost finished the embellishment of the 2 left corners. I finished the right […]

WIPs 6 48 sec read

03/07/2021

People’s Choice: Spring

For March, the People have chosen Spring as the theme of the blog hop. I have a few springy stitches to share. Here is one I made last year which you might remember, Jeannette Douglas’ Jump Into Spring: This piece also from last year also seems springy to me, it is called Pensee Sauvage from Samplers Not Forgotten. In Arizona […]

Blog Hop 5 1 min read

03/02/2021

Catherine Agnes

I spent some good time with Catherine Agnes last week and have made some excellent progress on her. I hope to finish this one in March. Last time I was telling you how each of the motifs uses several different stitches. So this one here is detached buttonhole (needle lace) and rhodes stitch and queen stitch and satin stitch. So […]

WIPs 5 1 min read

02/26/2021

February 2021 Smalls Check In

For my small this month I’m sharing the little piece I made for the Secret Stitching Sweetheart blog hop on Valentines Day. The recipient of my stitched Valentine was Astrid of Dragon Stitches. I had stitched it just for this event so it would be a surprise I had not shared before! And now it’s doing double duty for my […]

Finished 2021! 13 43 sec read

02/24/2021

Slow Progress.

This was supposed to be an end of January progress report but that didn’t work out. Sorry! It’s definitely slower stitching these days. Many tiny tiny stitches make it seem like one stitching session doesn’t result in much progress. But over time it adds up I guess. I finished the 4th inner wing of Amy Mitten’s butterfly. I’m ready to […]

WIPs 4 2 min read

02/21/2021

People’s Choice: Birds!

This is a People’s Choice theme for which I have a lot to share! I just LOVE to stitch birds! I am excited to share some of my favorites again with you! How about this very old one, Wise Old Owl from Raise the Roof? This was stitched before I started blogging and I’m not sure I ever shared it! […]

Blog Hop 11 1 min read

02/19/2021

February 2021 FFO Gallery

Barely sneaking in at the end of the link up, I have some trimmed up hearts for my FFO’s this month. Thank you Rachel for hosting us! First is Token of Love from Samplers Not Forgotten: Instead of ruching the ribbon and then sewing it on, this time I ruched as I went. Boy that was a lot faster and […]

Blog Hop 13 1 min read

02/14/2021

Secret Stitching Sweetheart Blog Hop 2021

Happy St. Valentine’s Day! It is time for Jo’s annual Secret Stitching Sweetheart Blog Hop! All the participants send in a photo of some Valentine stitching or crafting and Jo returns to us a picture from a secret stitcher! On Valentine’s day we hop to each blog to find our stitching and reveal ourselves to the recipient. This year I […]

Blog Hop 18 31 sec read

01/31/2021

Queen of Hearts

(I have edited this with some additional tips for success when making hearts-best wishes if you use these directions to make a heart!) I’m the Queen of Hearts this weekend, making up all my heart shaped stitches for February. I dug through my finishes to come up with 6 hearts that wanted finishing, and since I find hearts to be […]

Finishing Techniques 16 7 min read

01/29/2021

January 2021 Smalls Check In

Welcome to the first installment of the 2021 Smalls Blog Hop! For all you smalls stitchers out there, it is a chance to link up to share any little thing you’ve completed this month! If you have never participated before, why not join us this year (you can actually join in at any time and just participate in the months […]

Finished 2021! 13 54 sec read