{"id":2311,"date":"2019-09-14T07:44:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T14:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2019-09-14T09:21:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T16:21:34","slug":"a-pause-for-finishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=2311","title":{"rendered":"A Pause for Finishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I took a bit of a break from stitching this week to finish some things for Rachel’s Fully Finished Object Gallery<\/a>. Finishing is always more fiddly and time consuming than I plan, so I did not have anything ready to show on the 10th, but I’m only a few days late so I still think I did pretty well this month. Here’s what I did:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spring Flowers Pinkeep from Stacy Nash. I curved the corners a bit and added the chenille trim and pin. I also stuffed it with linen scraps I had been saving and that gives a good weight to the pin cushion and also makes it nice and stiff for sticking pins into. I can’t remember where I got that idea, but for me who hates to throw away the edges and corners of the pretty linens I trim, it is a happy solution! Now I don’t feel like they’re wasted!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also turned Beehive Needleworks’ Peacock into a pin cushion. I used one of the Colour Streams silk ribbons that I bought in Australia to trim it, which makes this piece very special. I am really pleased with it. I feel like I need a fancy peacock pin for it! Maybe I will try to make one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I did a couple flat ornaments: Peppermint Twist from Little House Needleworks and Angels from Country Cottage Needleworks. It will be so nice to have these on the tree this year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally, I turned the Erica Michaels’ Tudor Rose Berry into a biscornu. Here’s how it was designed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here’s what I did with it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n