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June 27th, 2006

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! […]

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June 6th, 2006

Needlecase- spiderwebs!

During the last few days that I’ve been working on Lorri’s Needlecase, I stitched my first ever Hardanger spiderwebs. They were a lot of fun, even though I seem to still have to learn the trick of getting them centered in the squares. Speaking of tricks, I’ve tried being extra slow and careful […]

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May 12th, 2006

Hardanger in Action!

Last evening as I stitched, I actually remembered to take some pictures as I went along. First, I stitched the kloster blocks around the perimeter:

Next it was time to set scissor to cloth. This is as traumatizing to do as it is to see.

Pulling threads is the Moment of Truth- here are two […]

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May 8th, 2006

Needlecase update

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 […]

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May 5th, 2006

Needlecase, center motif

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 […]

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May 4th, 2006

Needlecase day!

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 […]

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April 29th, 2006

Needlework Rotation Chart

I use the term “chart” loosely, but I’ve put together a Daily Rotation Chart. I considered doing a weekly rotation, but soon realized that I simply have too many I want to work on and make progress on. I may tweak this list over time and make adjustments if it seems like I […]

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