Mary's Thread – Page 37 – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

09/24/2020

September Smalls Check In

It wasn’t too hard to finish up my small for this month! This is the Summer Garden Needlebook by Stacy Nash. The kit came with the cardboard ovals, batting, fabric, and ribbon. I’m so glad not to have to cut my own ovals! I made a round needlebook from JBW earlier this year so I’m familiar with this style of […]

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09/22/2020

Bathya Update

I finished the top text! “I Bathya Wormo Wrought This”. The satin stitch is hard to make nice over 3 linen threads but I’m pleased with how it looks. Jo said it looked alien and I agree. It’s really something to see in person with the raised letters. In the light, the white silk has reflections and shadows that make […]

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09/17/2020

Back to Work

We’re only halfway through September and I feel like it’s been a productive month. What do I stitch next? Not meaning a new start, but what WIP should I focus on now? Of course with Bathya I’ve got my work cut out for me. I have dreams of finishing the white work this month and making a start on the […]

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09/15/2020

September Fully Finished Gallery

Many thanks again to Rachel for hosting the Fully Finished Gallery! I had a lot to finish this month! First is Foxy. Look at the beautiful vintage frame I got on eBay! Finding a good round frame was a challenge. Sandy, who is the framer at the Attic said if you ever see a good, reasonably priced round frame, snap […]

Finished! 2020 14 1 min read

09/15/2020

Victory!

I have a story for you about a triumph of materials hunting. When I saw this chart of Giulia Punti Antichi “Flowers and Lace,” I had to have it. I thought it was SO lovely. But it was older and there were no finishing kits anywhere. Oh well, I still liked it. I didn’t stitch it right away because I […]

Finished! 2020 8 4 min read

09/14/2020

A little finish, and a big WIP

This weekend I finished stitching Pensee Sauvage from Samplers Not Forgotten. What a sweetie! This was a kit, and it will be finished as a pillow, though I think it would be really cute in a frame too. I do like the fabric included for finishing. I have been working away nearly every night on Bathya from Hands Across the […]

Finished! 2020 5 2 min read

09/05/2020

Finishing Frenzy!

So I’ve been “saving things up,” and collecting materials and I have A LOT to finish. I’m going to see how much of this I can get done for the September FFO check in. Foxy needs to be framed… There are a couple pillows, large and small… A drum… And a project that wants trim… I know some really dislike […]

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09/03/2020

Pansy

I finished the Pansy on Pensee Sauvage today (it is my pool stitching at the moment). Just the border is left to do…2 or 3 sessions I figure depending on how long the kids swim. I am stitching with 2 ply instead of one and know I am going to run out of the Weeks Lilac (light purple.) I have […]

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09/02/2020

September Sampler Soiree

Have you heard about this excuse for directed stitching? It is the September Sampler Soiree. I heard about it on Instagram. I decided, because I have a reproduction sampler I have been meaning to work on this year, this event is the perfect reason to do that. The sampler is I, Bathya, from Hands Across the Sea. I took the […]

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08/31/2020

Secret Little Starts

I am going to confess a little habit I have. I sometimes, on a whim, steal a few minutes of what is not my official stitching time (meaning maybe I was in the middle of folding laundry or tidying something up) to put the first few stitches in a new project. Then I put it away, get distracted, and because […]

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