This month, I only added 348 stitches to my Heaven and Earth Designs (HAED) Twilight Duel cross-stitch. Most of that was filling in the white dragon on page 14, which makes the progress very difficult to see. I really do love this piece, based on the amazing artwork of Ruth Thompson.
This photo shows a close up view of page 14, the next section I plan to complete.
I hope to have more progress to show in March.
(Click on any photo for a larger view.)
Percent Complete:
Project: 35.41% (It was 35.18%)
Pages 1-2: 100%
Page 3: 32.92% (It was 32.26%)
Page 4: 100 %
Page 5: 1.83%
Page 6: 0%
Pages 7-8: 100%
Page 9: 2.73%
Page 10: 0.25%
Pages 11-12: 0%
Page 13: 100%
Page 14: 9.09% (It was 5.02%)
Pages 15-18: 0%
Page 19: 100%
Page 20: 3.72%
Thank you for visiting!
Renee
While having my tires rotated today, I finished sewing the binding onto this mug rug.
I printed the "Snowman" digital stamp from The Paper Shelter onto fabric and colored it at the same time I printed the mug rug I finished last month. And I am happy to say that the black ink from the inkjet printer washed beautifully.
As part of the 1 X-mas Item a Month Blog, I am striving to complete at least 12 Christmas items this year. You may see what others are creating here.
I finished another block from Sun, Sand, and Sea Block of the Month. This was block 10 - "Making Waves" - and it was designed by Amy at Sew Incredibly Crazy. You may find her post here and the pattern here.
If you have followed my blog long, you may already know I love hand embroidery, but still consider myself a novice when it comes to machine sewing. I am doing better with getting my seams to line up, but clearly need more practice...
I only have one more block to make from this BOM before I can sew the quilt top together! This BOM has been so fun that I decided to participate in the It's a "Wild" Life BOM being hosted by Sew Incredibly Crazy and Friends this year.
Block 1 "Maple Leaves" was designed by Amy at Sew Incredibly Crazy. You may find her blog post here.
The pattern is available here at Craftsy. It is free throughout February.
Thank you for visiting!
-Renee
You may see the other blocks I made for the Sun, Sand, and Sea BOM here.
Week 7: Feather Stitch
The feather stitch was added to my messenger bag with a green strand of size 8 perle cotton.
To dress it up, size 8 variegated pink perle cotton fly stitches were topped with French knots, creating flowers.
Next, detached chain stitches were added with the same shade of green to make leaves.
Week 8: Stem Stitch
This heart was embroidered using the stem stitch.
First, I outlined the shape from one of Sharon B.'s crazy quilt templates. (These were given to me for an honest review and I just love using them.)
Thank you for visiting!
Renee
TAST stands for Take a Stitch Tuesday. It is a personal challenge hosted by Sharon B. of Pintangle to learn a new embroidery stitch each week. You may learn more about it here and find the Facebook TAST group here.
My goal this year is to add at least 1,290 stitches to my Heaven and Earth Designs "QS Red Hearts" cross-stitch project, based on the artwork of Ching-Chou Kuik. As of January 1st, this would have finished the project by the end of December. With my current stitch count, this goal will complete the piece in November.
This is how she looked at the beginning of the month.
I added 582 stitches to her before International Hermit & Stitch Weekend (IHSW), so she looked like this on Friday morning.
And another 1,473 stitches were added during IHSW. A total of 2,055 stitches were added to her this month. (And putting her away until March is going to be hard! She's getting so close to a finish.)
The parked threads were driving me a little crazy, so I worked them in. So, it may not be as easy to see, but I did finish another diagonal row of the chart.
I passed the 75% complete milestone on Saturday. (I'm sorry you missed seeing my happy dance!)
The project is now 76.11% complete. (It was 71.74%.)
Pages 1-4: 100% complete
Page 5: 74.64% complete (It was 65.15%)
Page 6: 32.86% complete (It was 17.71%)
Page 7: 73.65% complete (It was 56.13%)
Page 8: 2.30% complete (It was 0.11%)
Page 9: 0.00% complete
Thank you for visiting!
Renee
IHSW stands for International Hermit & Stitch Weekend. This event takes place the 3rd weekend of every month and began at Random Ramblings. You may learn more about IHSW here, find the Facebook group here. Save the dates and join us the weekend of March 16th-18th. It is simple, take a before picture of your stitching project(s), stitch as much as you can over the weekend, and take an after photo to show off your progress.
