It always amazes me how fast time goes by these days. I did not realize that it had been so long since my last blog post. So I must thank you for hanging in there with me.
I have been working on some Christmas ornaments over the last couple of weeks for exchanges. I will post pictures of these after they have been given to their new homes. When going through some of my older stitched Items I found a few ornaments that have been stitched but not finished. So I guess I will spend some time over the next couple of weeks on finishing -- which is not as much fun as the stitching itself.
In my time away I also started and finished Maria's Dechado by Samplers Remembered.
This is a great piece and I really enjoyed the Aztec stitch part of the sampler. I have been wanting to try this stitch for a long time. It is always a little bit hard to take scissors to your stitched piece and start cutting and pulling out threads. Never sure if the four sided stitch is really going to hold those remaining threads in place.
The right side of this sampler is stitched over three threads instead of the standard one or two threads. So that did take a little bit of getting use to but it goes really quick.
My goal for the remainder of the month is to work (and hopefully finish) B.B. 1699 and complete some more ornaments.
Thank you all once again for your kind comments and words. It is always great to hear from you.
I have been working on some Christmas ornaments over the last couple of weeks for exchanges. I will post pictures of these after they have been given to their new homes. When going through some of my older stitched Items I found a few ornaments that have been stitched but not finished. So I guess I will spend some time over the next couple of weeks on finishing -- which is not as much fun as the stitching itself.
B.B. 1699 from The Essamplaire
Worked on 40-ct Lakeside Navy Bean using AVAS Silk
I have made a little bit of progress on B.B 1699 from The Essamplaire. This is a great little piece. B.B. made very good use of the piece of linen. And there are only 10 colors used. It is going a little slow because there are a lot of places where the stitches are off set by one linen thread. The house has a lot of areas where there is only one linen thread that separates the "bricks". So you have to pay a lot of attention to the pattern.
In my time away I also started and finished Maria's Dechado by Samplers Remembered.
Maria's Dechado by Samplers Remembered
Worked on 40-ct Lakeside Navy Bean using AVAS Silks
Close up of the Aztec Stitch section
This is a great piece and I really enjoyed the Aztec stitch part of the sampler. I have been wanting to try this stitch for a long time. It is always a little bit hard to take scissors to your stitched piece and start cutting and pulling out threads. Never sure if the four sided stitch is really going to hold those remaining threads in place.
The right side of this sampler is stitched over three threads instead of the standard one or two threads. So that did take a little bit of getting use to but it goes really quick.
My goal for the remainder of the month is to work (and hopefully finish) B.B. 1699 and complete some more ornaments.
Thank you all once again for your kind comments and words. It is always great to hear from you.
Comments
Maria is gorgeous too, the bands are fabulous:))
Bobbi