and it isn't even the first installment of the club! It's the third, called Two Pyramid mini-socks. Here's one of them: Except for the dark "background" triangles (DMC 844), all the triangles were stitched using solid-color threads previously used in Learn-A-Stitch mini-socks and various Bargello Club pieces... drawn at random from a large bag so they would be more (or less --- sometimes I edited) random.
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It took me a while but I got around to it! Here is my take on the Fly Stitch - nothing fancy (It's been a LONG time since I did hand embroidery of any note and I need to get the technique down before trying - probably unsuccessfully - to get fancy with it!): The fabric is a silkweaver 28-ct Jobelan called "Dreamin" and the floss used so far is Gentle Arts Sampler threads: "Green Apple" for the fly stitches and "Bretheren Blue" for the date (The date is from a Kincavel Crosses band sampler.). Overall, it will be 6 inches wide and I broke down and "gridded" it so I can be sure I'm consistent!
Well, I have the base block stitched (pattern used is from Sharon B's Pin Tangle blog, block 1 of her "Dropped the Button" crazy quilt series), using the Color Palette suggested in the Color Palette Challenge: and now I'm auditioning laces, ribbons, and found objects... Still need to pick out threads through..
I've also decided on deep purple, lime green and white seed beads (for the Bead Journal Project aspect of this block. Pink Champagne Cupcake (Although I prefer to think of it as a white cupcake with raspberry frosting!): It's a study in the "Smallest Scallop" line pattern and was done in three shades of raspberry (DMC 3685, 3687 and 3688) anb three shades of vanilla (DMC ecru, 738 and 739).
These quick little studies are addicting - I really need to motivate and get back to something larger, like "Sewing with Mama"! And I have been stitching away at the Learn-a-Stitch mini-socks. Think I got 'em all with this one - Harvest PotPourri: Completed January 6 (instead of taking down my Christmas decorations!), using stash threads: Carries Creations "Orange Grove" and DMC 434, 437, 468, 470, 676, 677 and 921. My other "finish" this week as a Finish Frenzy Challenge set by Cross Stitch Crazy --- eight ornaments circa 2007-2010 that have been languishing in my "completed" pile were finished up into ornaments. It's embarrassing home many pieces are in that "pile": 3 crewel, 51 cross-stitch and 40 needlepoint If I take any more finishing challenges, it will be digging more pieces out of that pile... I also started on the most recent Bargello Club project - Pink Champagne Cupcake - which should be finished today, and I have the crazy quilt base for the Color Palette Challenge, Crazy Quilt Journal 2012 and Bead Journal Project 2012 joint project done, trimmed and ready to embellish with embroidery and beads! rifestitch wrote on Jan 9 Great finishes on all those ornies - your finished pile makes me not feel so bad about mine :)
Potpourri II... completed January 4, 2012. I used WDW Noel (4105), DMC Variations 4045, DMC variegated 92 (a miscalculation --- I thought there as more dark green in the thread than there was) , and DMC 321 and 561, all from my stash. ifestitch wrote on Jan 5 Cute!!
Literally! At midnight, someone set off a rocket of some sort! Woke me up! Anyway, I did stitch yesterday, in between cooking and football (although there really wasn't much football worth watching). And I have two completions to report! The first is Learn-a-Stitch mini-sock - Cashmere Variations: Not sure what possessed me to do it in browns,. Sort of looks like a Starbuck's sampler of teas and coffees! I used all WDW from my stash: Molasses (1268), Havana (1230), Sand (3500), Cappuccino (1238) and Harvest (4103). I think it all worked except that toe... it's a little olive green for my taste. The second is Learn-a-Stitch - Milanese: Again, the color selection betrayed me. This one came out looking sort of Easter-eggy, I think. This time my stash yielded up two WDW threads - Old Glory (4133 - and the real mistake here, I think) and Celebration (4123); and three DMC (335, 472, and 498). I also picked out fabric I am going to use for my January installment of the Crazy Quilt Journal Challenge 2012 and Bead Journal Project 2012 - and based the color selection on the Color Palette Challenge going on over at Patchwork Times: Of course, this means I need to get my sewing machine dusted off and get started, ASAP! I wonder if I can overcome my inertia there... rifestitch wrote on Jan 5 Great finishes already, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with in all of your endeavors this year!!
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