Mary's Thread – Page 38 – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

08/28/2020

August Smalls Check In

Hours after I posted this I realized I forgot something quite important to share! So I am updating this post to share it! Today (August 28) is my 4 year blogging anniversary! When I started this blog I was very skeptical of myself. While the idea of the blog appealed to me, I do have a hard time sticking with […]

Finished! 2020 8 1 min read

08/21/2020

A new project

I put the last stitches in on “When This You See.” But not at the pool! I had just about 10 stitches left after my last pool session and couldn’t leave it like that for another day. So I finished it that night and now it’s done and added to my September finishing pile. Because it is mid month I […]

Finished! 2020 10 1 min read

08/19/2020

August FFO Gallery: Silk and Satin Reticule

Hooray Hooray! I have a completed project! Of course if you have been following along you knew my FFO for this month would be the Silk and Satin Reticule from Betsy Morgan. I felt so lucky to get a chart of this project which was retired when I discovered it. I was able to assemble the materials. It was wonderful […]

Blog Hop 7 2 min read

08/17/2020

Another small

I had a sorting/putting away weekend. Of course that means I spent lots of playing in my stash. Big girl play, right? I pulled out a bunch of things that caught my eyes and kitted a few projects. Then I started a little one right away. This is The Golden Grape from The Nostalgic Needle. I could not believe I […]

WIPs 6 53 sec read

08/13/2020

Other little things

Last week I didn’t just work on the reticule. We are back to school with online school for 4 of our 5 kids so I haven’t had quite as much stitching time but I did get some work done on some Smalls. Lest I don’t get around to it, I committed to Smalls first thing since I didn’t get one […]

Finished! 2020 9 1 min read

08/12/2020

And now it’s done

It took some reworking and some final touches but now the reticule stitching is now for real and absolutely finished and all that remains is the the assembly. I got the original design for the monogram out of this Dover book of monograms which has a monogram for every pair of letters. As I mentioned before, the original monogram wasn’t […]

Finished! 2020 7 1 min read

07/31/2020

July Smalls Check-In-I almost made it!

I didn’t really stitch on smalls this month, more like mediums, and I *almost* finished them. The first is not finished because yes indeed, I did run out of light pink silk. Here she is…just a couple dozen stitches shy of completion…Jane Marshall 1857 from Hands Across the Sea: Don’t you just love those 2 floral bands? They are stunning. […]

Smalls SAL 2020 12 2 min read

07/24/2020

Speeding to the Finish

I have Jane Marshall figured out. Now, finally, she is going along very well. In fact I am going to get her done this month after all. See? My main concern is that I will run out of light pink! I have 3-4 ply left! And it is a vintage skein so if I run out, I really need to […]

WIPs 3 21 sec read

07/22/2020

Jane, Jane

How I was vexed with you. I thought things would just go along great once I sorted my color problems. Boy was I wrong. I started the floral band only to discover that little 10 year old Jane did not plan her stitching very well. When she placed the vine, she found her flowers wouldn’t fit, so she squashed most […]

WIPs 6 1 min read

07/20/2020

Little Bubbles of Happiness

I know I said I wouldn’t start anything new this month. Then I found the cutest SAL and I had to join in. It is so little and sweet. It is called Bulles de Bonheur (Bubbles of Happiness) and is offered by a French designer, Pili Campoy on her blog Lin Pulsion. She says, we are all living in our […]

SALs 4 1 min read