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Monday, April 30, 2012

Daisychain ABC's Crewelwork Sampler

Even though I had plans to start working on this sampler 
in March... that didn't happen.
(Pdf pattern: Daisychain ABC's Crewelwork Sampler
by Alicia Paulson.)

Instead of actual stitching I did end up being able to find the threads that I wanted
to use for the sampler locally. At first using my DMC embroidery floss
 stash was the plan however I changed my mind and decided to stick 
to crewel wool as in the original but in colors that suited my needs.
I may not use them all in the sampler but, don't you think is nice to have
choices? Even venturing a bit outside the original colors
needed just to make it a bit fun and a bit more eye catching?
I most definitely think so! :-) 
Most likely this sampler will see its start by mid May or 
the beginning of June. I'm looking forward to working on it!

Monday, April 23, 2012

A Few More Stash Additions ;-)

From Colonial Patterns (aka: Aunt Martha's)
I bought a few new iron on embroidery patterns/transfers,
these below are the ones that made it to my stash.
3 Transfer Pattern Books: 
In addition to the transfer pattern books I also got
2 Stitcher's Revolution patterns for Dd's stash:
To round up my order (taking advantage of shipping $ limits)

 I added a pattern that I used to 
have but gave to my mother-in-law after I stitched
the daffodils in the set on a tea towel for her.
Maybe some of you remember this from my "old" blog...

... did you know that Jonquil is another name given to
Daffodils due to their distinctive hues of yellow?
I learned that when I stitched this towel :-).
This pattern is 3813 Flower of the Month and one that you may be able
to find where you normally buy your Aunt Martha's patterns.
By the way, the tea towel is from Quilter's Studio.
I placed a large order from them about 4 years ago and
still have some that need to be embroidered... that is
whenever I get around to doing that ;-).

Mollie just release few new patterns and the one
that got my attention was this super cute set!
It is called Maxton Place and the set includes
9 super cute critters. You can find it
on Mollie's Wild Olive etsy shop.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Dd's Embroidery Wip's and Past Projects

Progeny's current wip is this darling dachshund from
a Sublime Stitching pattern set.
 Do you see her list? Yes people... she made a list
with the colors she will like to use to stitch the
different areas in her pattern or for details she
will add to the pattern.
She also has an ongoing wip... a simple stitch sampler.
The picture below shows where she is at right now.
I wrote the name of the stitches with a pen and she likes
me to grade her when she is done with each line.
She did practice a bit of chain stitching but it was in a scrap
piece of fabric on a different hoop.

For her age and for been the very 1st time trying out this stitch 
I think she did pretty good. 
Below are some of her past projects:
a penguin (from a DMC My Style My Stitch Transfer pack),
a strawberry (from Big B Strawberries Embroidery Packet),
 a girl's embroidery (freebie from Lazy May).
I introduced her to very simple embroidery since she was one year old.
I do have a couple of pictures of her very 1st try at embroidery
but I'm not able to edit them well enough to get her out of 
the picture and leaving a clear view of her embroidery so I won't
be sharing those... too many creeps out there... ya' know!!!
I must tell you that she likes embroidery, but is not her favorite
thing to do...(sigh..lol). Her thing is drawing!!!
She loves to draw!!! She got that from her daddy :-).
Do you share your hobby/ies with your progeny and/or friends?

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Old Progress- About 3+ Weeks ago...(?)

Well, what can I say? My craftiness is kind of on hold.
Few weeks ago (in March) I pieced the last 3 blocks
for the 9 block quilt I'm making.
 Just yesterday I started and finished stitching the fluffy baby chick
on that block in the back. Last night I was able to start on
the cute and chubby baby elephant on the right block.
I'm hoping to finish stitching these today to be able to put this
small quilt together... I'm hoping!
My embroidery/crewel project, The Nesting Place, hasn't seen
any progress since the last few stitches I added to it (the leaves).
There is still much to do on this!
This one will definitely have to wait until I'm able to sit
comfortably on my Needlework Station to work on it... thing
that is very challenging at this point. The quilt blocks
are very easy and so portable, I work on them
for a few minutes here and there while with my legs up in the recliner :-).
I was disappointed for not been able to finish
both of these wips in a timely manner, however I can't bit myself up for it.
They will get done when the time is right!