Well, as I’ve been stitching Cheerful Bouquet I’ve been wondering what about it is *not quite right.* I compared my stitching to the cover photo, the reason I bought it…and the darker pink that was supplied in the kit is NOT that lovely contrasting light red in the photo. So oh dear, I am going to fix it. I will […]
Happy Easter! I love Easter. Aside from the significance of the day, I love doing up the big feast. This year it was lamb chops, Persian rice (Tahdig), roasted carrots, asparagus, deviled eggs, orange jello ring, and a lamb cake for dessert. My daughter took over making the lamb cake this year. Looking at this menu written down I see […]
I had the best intentions to work on Checkerboard Stag this week, especially since I knew I’d have some “wait around” stitching time…but I can’t for the life of me find the project bag for that one! I was tidying up my stitching area and I’m sure I put it in a “WIPs to work on basket” but it is […]
WIPS to Work On I’ve sorted out my many many project bags and have put a number in my workbasket to focus on this year…at least the first bit of this year. Most of these have been worked on pretty recently, and other will probably make you say, “Mary! You didn’t finish that yet?!” We’re not going to look and […]
Having out finishing tools and stuff for the tooth fairy pillow inspired me to get going on more FFO’s this past weekend. I REALLY wanted to FFO the Jeannette Douglas Garden Box project I stitched last year. I guess doing so much button hole stitching on felt gave me a boost of confidence too with finishing this up. Here’s my […]
I’m linking up with Rachel, Ten Hour Stitcher for the May Smalls SAL. I really wanted to finish the Jeannette Douglas Garden Box this month. It was just a delightful little stitch and I loved it. I did finish the bee skep sampler which is the largest of the components and so the stitching in this project is all done! […]
In spite of a Very Bad Headache today, I was able to finish my Flowers From Mary pin pillow. The project was a La D Da kit I received as a gift last year from dear Jean at The Attic. I got very little else done on this day which ought to have been productive, but I was determined to […]
I have been TRYING to work on the Strawberry Band, this month’s assignment for Dorcas Haynes. It is TRICKY! Here I am… So far I have figured out how wide the backstitches are (the diagonals are over 2 and the horizontals are over 4, but the Scarlet Letter chart is not quite right…it is a little fudged I think, so […]
I was so close I went ahead and finished the stitching on the first 2 little pillow inserts of the Jeannette Douglas Garden Box. Here they are!! I started the long cushion next. Unfortunately I stitched the border in the wrong color. The chart is oriented sideways and and symbols used for the supposed-to-be-TAN border is upside down of the […]
