Nothing to show for this week. I worked, off and on, on the December BJP and it's not ready yet... rifestitch wrote on Dec 16, '11 I look forward to the finished BJP! And I have stuff for this week that I can't show until AFTER the big Day on the 25th :)
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Sewing with Mama! --- The background stitchery is finished (unless I find a missing stitch when doing the top stitching, that is... that often happens). I even got in some of the blending filament work (Cross stitched a pair of scissors near the sewing machine needle) and all the French knots (pin heads on the pin cushion to the right of the machine, because they used the same blending thread as the scissors, as well as attached to the machine arm, and four on the sewing machine balance wheel, just because!)! Now to decipher the very cryptic backstitch. straight stitch, and couching directions since all the lines on the stitching chart are of the same color, weight and thickness, one has to be able to determine just what constitutes an item like "heavy" straight stitches on the sewing machine, etc... I suspect it will sit this weekend through since I did a thorough count of kitted up pieces: 8 Learn a Stitch stockings from Janet Perry, one Bargello Club piece, two Stash Busting Club pieces, and the December BJP await! And the messages and tutorials are already flying in the Kimono-revisted class. I did get the the "Frog Pile" framed and the Christmas gift box lid assembled through. The exchange is December 20, so they need gift wrapping now! rifestitch wrote on Dec 9, '11 Wow - well done! It looks wonderful now, so I can only imagine how much the top stitching will add! Good luck sorting it all out!
ksteyskal wrote on Dec 9, '11, edited on Dec 9, '11 It is truly beautiful, Carol! I wish I could see it in real life. I love it! Working on the printed "fabric" to the left --- driving me nuts as that is where I need to do a LOT of fudging due to the one counting mistake I made way back in August - a counting mistake which has compounded itself as time passed! Still, that piece is pretty abstract and fudging won't make much of a difference (I hope!). The second installment of the Stash Busting Club arrived yesterday and I haven't even kitted out the first one yet! AAACK! These are larger pieces than the Bargello Club studies and all have purposes which are not my usual stitching goals. We shall see if I can convert them to my purpose. And December BJP is calling out to me --- maybe this weekend, after Christmas cards and the like!... rifestitch wrote on Dec 2, '11 Not much more to go, unless there's as much backstitching as regular stitching!! Yeah, don't say "cards" - don't know if I'll even bother this year... :)
thatyankstitches wrote on Dec 2, '11 rifestitch saidNot much more to go, unless there's as much backstitching as regular stitching!! Yeah, don't say "cards" - don't know if I'll even bother this year... :) In fact, the backstitching is almost as bad --- there's a lot of it in different colors, and not just backstitching but French knots, couching and Lazy Daisies... A whole separate set of charts for all that embellishment which is going to mean it's going to be a pain to properly place things, what with all my fudging... nancyinil wrote on Dec 3, '11 Oh my... this is fabulous! When I first looked, I actually thought it was a print, not a stitched piece! Be very proud of a gorgeous piece! |
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