A Needlecase Update!
Finally. :)
I hadn’t been doing as much stitching, as it was making my eyes hurt. But now I have new lenses in my glasses, and the mad rush of many houseguests has calmed a bit. That means over the last couple of days I have had time to work on my needlecase! yay!
I realized in the reading of my chart last evening that I need to backstitch around the flowers in the center motif with gold metallic. I’d thought I was done with that one (except for beads & crystals, which I’m going to add last so I don’t catch my floss on them while stitching). *sigh*
This second motif I’m working on is going really quickly. I have to do some more leaves and vines, a couple butterflies, and the filling stitches on the hardanger blocks. I’d better get the whole needlecase done soon, because I have started a bad habit of sticking my needle into the leg of my pants and then forgetting it is there.
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POSTED IN: Counted Cross Stitch, Types of Stitching, Works in Progress, hardanger
2 opinions for A Needlecase Update!
Ternezia
Jun 27, 2006 at 10:41 am
It looks very, very tender :)
It’s difficult to get rid of some stitching habits; yours is still nothing compared to keeping a needle in mouth while changing threads. I forced myself to stop doing it and…started to stick it into the coach next to me. Guess if I can find it after that. Someone definitely needs a pincushion. Huge, colorful, that says “look, I am here! Use me, you &^%$”. Heh.
Deb
Jun 27, 2006 at 12:15 pm
I’m pretty bad about holding pins and needles in my mouth, do it all the time! I can’t just put the needle down somewhere, or it would be lost forever (or until someone stepped on it. ow!)
I was doing pretty well at putting the needle in the cloth… I have no clue why I started sticking the darn thing in my pant leg!
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