After a week or two of experimenting with my initial rotation, I’ve decided to scrap the “you must work on Project A on Monday” course of action. Embroidery, while I enjoy it, doesn’t satisfy the same creative addiction that cross stitch does. The “embroidery days” became “needlework avoidance days”. I don’t expect […]
I’ve finally made enough progress on ‘Coffee is Magic‘ to get a general “feel” for the piece. I like the ease of this piece. It’s fun, quick to stitch, and a break from keeping track of a lot of color changes or tricky new stitches. My only dilemna is whether to order […]
I only did a bit of needlework this weekend, but what I did was a nice challenge. I stitched my first hardanger block Ever. It looks a bit mangled, what I would call “Charlie Brown”. I’m going to leave it as-is, so that some day when I can stitch beautiful hardanger in […]
This Iris applique quilt project is not one of creation, but one of repair. My mother hand stitched this quilt for me when I was little, completing it in 1980. It has been well-loved through the years, as one can see by examing the damaged areas. I began repairs on this about […]
Yesterday was my Lorri’s Needlecase Day, and I had a lot of fun working on the project.
I did something I have not done in a very long time, and I started in both the center of the fabric and the center of the chart. Per the directions. I didn’t want to […]
Yesterday I did not accomplish much on my rose pillowcases. Perhaps in part because I knew this packet of delight was waiting for me:
Doesn’t that silk floss just look delicious? I am excited to try stitching with it. I’ve stitched with silk single-ply thread, but never silk floss. And underneath the […]
Yesterday was an exciting needlework day. I finally got to start stitching Egyptian Sampler! When I first bought the chart and floss, I also made up my project floss cards. Noted the chart symbol next to the hole on the card, and filled ‘em up. For the blended colors I just […]
Setting the pattern: Adventures in sewing and stitching and the artful use of fabric and fiber
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