Saturday, May 22, 2021

Nothing impressive...

Newcastle Bouquet - Teresa Kogut.  Finished the border outline.  

                                         

Been almost a year since I picked it up.  It's back in the pile again.

Blackbird Designs - Cats on Parade.  Got this far before just burning out on it.

I got my second covid shot, and it just kicked my butt.  Dropped 7 pounds in 3 days.  I was worried about my kidneys shutting down.  So stitching was just out the window.  Still catching up on the sleep, but I am feeling much better.  My attitude is that if the dead virus kicked me that hard, the live virus would be really bad.  I did a restart on a project, but I only got a couple threads in, so nothing really to see yet. 

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Updating progress...

MFE2021 SAL - Fruits of Plenty - May.  Completed the 5th section.  Modern Folk Embroidery.
Floral Motif Sampler - Scarlett House.  This was the a new start.  On PTP Vellum 28 count lugana, one over one.  I love this fabric for this.  Using called for fancy flosses.  This fabric color has to be a new favorite for me.  I would have purchased more, but they were already sold out.
Blackbird Designs - Cats on Parade.  This was a new start.  Using black anchor floss 403, on PTP Gingerbread lugana 28 count, one over one.  Mine will not be very big if I make it into a pincushion.  That is why I put the floss and the ruler in the photo.  The camera flash is washing this out so never go by my photos for color.

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Finish # 8 for 2021

Courtney Collection - Beasties (mirrored).  My 8th finish for 2021.  Stitched on PTP Gingerbread 28 count lugana, one over one. Used 4 skeins of dmc 310.  Finished size is 6.5 x 8 inches.  Fabric colors never show correctly with my camera. 
And just for fun - Showing the original version, and the mirrored version - yep, stitched them both.  Most copy shops will copy a pattern as a mirror image and not charge more.  I know I can do it with a computer and my printer, but it's so much less stressful and quicker to pay the copy shop a few dollars.  It takes a minute cause they are usually a bit confused about which button is mirror image... But it's still way faster than me doing it at home.