This term I have returned to counted work and I am making a band sampler.
I started with the Wessex Flowers, which are going to be in the middle and I am going to work bands either side.
I am using congress cloth (25 count), silk threads (from Beautiful Stitches) and metallic threads (Treasure Braid).
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This is the third piece that I have framed (and the last for a while – I need to finish something).
I finished this in August 2019. I always intended to frame it, but I don`t have a reliable local framer, so it languished, but now I can frame things myself.
I used a frame from Rinkits, foam core board, batting and I laced the back. This frame has quite a bit of depth to it, and I think next time I would go something thinner.
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Now that my stitching class has finished (it starts again in a few weeks), I have been working on this sampler. I feel like I have done a lot, but there is still a long way to go.
Here’s is what it will look like
I will change the date to 2024 (or 2025).
I amusing 40 count linen and a au ver à soie silk (100.3). I thought I would find the 40 count tricky, but with my sewing glasses and magnifier I am fine.
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I framed my Dame Nature Du Printemps.
I used 3mm foam core board, attached thin batting to the board, pinned and then laced the stitching. And the frame is from Rinkits.com.au – one of the shadow box frames (that way the cross stitch is not touching the glass).
Now I plan to frame My Lady’s Quaker and my Gum Nuts.
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I have always liked this blackwork piece, so I decided (finally) that I needed to do it.
It’s Covid Corvid from Jen Goodwin Embroidery.
It’s a beautiful kit.
The instructions look amazing.
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At my stitching class I have been using my sit-on hoop stand (which I really like), but it means I have to push my chair back from the table, and, as the room is small, I felt like I was getting in everyone’s way.
So I bought this one.
I bought it from Amazon, but I have seen similar ones on Etsy. I like it. It holds the hoop very securely – not wobbly at all, and you can access the back very easily. Hoops, fames and Q snaps of multiple sizes will fit.
It didn’t come with instructions, but it was quite easy to put together.
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I went on a trip to Edinburgh, London, Bayeux and Paris. I wanted to see tapestries, and I saw so many. Starting with the reproductions at Stirling Castle, then all of the tapestries at Palace of Holyrood House (this place is wall-papered in tapestries), the tapestries at the V & A (plus I saw the Syon Cope), Hampton Court Palace, the Bayeux tapestry (not a tapestry but an embroidery) – this one had the best audio guide, The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries at the Cluny Musée (there were other tapestries here as well) and the tapestries at the Louvre. We saw a lot of tapestries.
In between seeing tapestries and visiting book stores, I bought some craft supplies (as souvenirs).
In Paris I went to Ultramod (the oldest haberdashery in Paris) and bought trim. I then went to Le Bonheur des Dames and bought the chicken cross stitch (this store is down a very cool passage – well worth a visit).
In Edinburgh I went to Kathy`s Knits and bought sock yarn – Abercairn Yarns (the top skein in the above image).
In London, I went to Liberty (embroidery scissors and fabric – I plan to embroider on the fabric), and to Loop where I got that second skein of yarn (it’s a La Bien Aimée, so it’s like a London/Paris souvenir).
And finally in Bayeux I bought an embroidery kit – I am going to attempt to make one of the boats.
While travelling (planes and trains) I worked on a sock
It’s just a plain sock (I didn’t want anything too complicated), the yarn is from Fiber Lily (I think it’s called Apple Blossom Fairy).
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Progress is slow but steady. I have almost made it across the top border.
More project details here.
I am enjoying the 40 count fabric and the Au ver à Soie 100/3 silks.
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I finished my second coaster. I, unintentionally, went a bit ‘off-piste’ with this one. It’s a good thing the Sprats Head 2 (in the corners) are quite forgiving.
The design and threads are from Beautiful Stitches.
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I have started work on a second coaster – different threads and design. Both threads and design are from Beautiful Stitches.
I am using congress cloth and silk threads.
I am very pleased that I managed to get the Diamond Jessicas in the right place.
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