Well, I have been stitching...the problem is coming up with just what I`ve been stitching...It seems like no progress, or not much anyway!
First, here is a pincushion I made up...it started as a thread box, taking a pattern from SANQ and adjusting it to fit long thin spools. I was digging through my WIPs and wishing I had a large mattress style pincushion and I came upon the unfinished thread box. I had kind of lost interest in it`s original purpose, so I stitched it together and voila, a pincushion. It matches my sewing kit I made years ago, so that works for me!
Then I worked a bit more on Margret Gatis...I stitched and cut out the center flower and decided to let that sit a bit while I finish the double running in the band. I just can`t seem to go around the curves smoothly with the satin stitch in that flower!!
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My eyes were getting tired of the over three on 35 count (counting every fricking thread is annoying!) so I picked up my IM IB from The Essamplaire and worked on it a bit. Please excuse all the thread ends, I do a bunch of double running bands then go back and weave the ends in batches. This is on 28 count with 2 strands of DMC. A lot easier on the eyes, but a LOT of double running stitch.
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Needing a break from double running, I was thinking about switching to another WIP and muttering to myself when hubby piped up "you could work on the wolves". I had started Winters Lace a few years ago and have the wolves done...there is only the background to do. Piece of cake you say? Oh no!! It`s mostly half crosses in a thousand shades and blended shades of grey. I have been plugging away at it, but I have to make a note of where I left off and what colour I am working every time I step away from it. Getting lost on this pattern is a daily occurrence, even using a magnet board and line magnifier. It.is.awful. I can`t watch TV or even listen to it while working this one.
So, that is what I have been up to in the stitching department. What have you been up to? Hope you are all staying warm and cosy with tea and stitching...
Keep stitching ladies!
3 comments:
Beautiful stitching! What issue of SANQ did you use for the little sampler pincushion?
The basic idea for the thread box came from Issue #41. I made it wider to accommodate long spools, and changed the design to match my sewing kit. It really doesn`t look much like the thread box at all!
Lovely projects mj!
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