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What’s this? A finish??
Once again, a deadline has spurred me into action. I finished this project as a present for a friend, who I’ll be seeing tomorrow.
Designer: Trilogy
Kit: Peace in All Things
(kit included 32-count flax linen, GA floss, and embellishments;
I stitched it 2/2 with some floss changes and left off a star button—check here for details.)
Even though this isn’t quite true to the kit, I mostly like how it turned out. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn’t use a longstitch on the windows. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve straightened those stitches, and yet they continue to be wavy.
I must confess that even though I own a sewing machine, I have nearly NO sewing skills. I had hoped to play around with the finish, adding buttons here or fancy bows there (other bloggers have inspired me SO much). But in the end, with my deadline looming and my sewing skills lacking, simplicity won the day! So not only is this pattern style “primitive,” the finishing techniques are, too!
I liked the green swirly fabric so much that I wanted it to show on the front, which was a real test of my sewing ability. Since I don’t measure anything, it’s always a happy surprise when my finishes end up mostly even, and this one passed my very forgiving quality inspection.
Flashback Friday
Filed under: Flashback Friday, Over one, Primitive Houses, SBQ, Trilogy |
Comments (5) I haven’t finished my CHS freebie, and I don’t have enough progress to share, so I thought I’d do a Flashback Friday and share a previously finished project:
Designer: Trilogy
Chart: Trilogy Square
Worked on 32-count linen using recommended overdyed flosses; the house at the top left is worked over one, while the rest of the pattern is over two, as per the directions.
I’ve been a longtime fan of primitive designs, especially those with primitive houses. In fact, for a while, it seemed to be my mission to buy EVERY pattern that included a primitive house. I gave it a valiant effort, but alas and alack, eventually I (and my checkbook) had to admit defeat and settle for owning many—but not all—designs with primitive houses.
Monday Check-in
I should have posted this last week, but even though it was a smallish project, I couldn’t seem to finish it very quickly.
Designer: Trilogy
Kit: Peace in All Things
(32 ct Flax linen, GA floss, and embellishments supplied)
Once again, I felt the need to “adjust” the floss colors. The photo of the model shows the outside border as more of a brown (mine is definitely green) and the house as tan (mine is definitely green). The lettering was supposed to be in a different shade of green, but since that would have made four different versions of green (counting the trees), I decided to switch to a blue-black to add some contrast. I also ended up switching the color of the stars, because that “gold” floss was looking rather, well, yep, you guessed it, GREEN!
Now don’t get me wrong. Green is one of my favorite colors, but there were just too many competing shades. I don’t know if it was this particular batch of overdyed flosses (supplied with the kit) or whether the photo of the model wasn’t color-matched, but my finished piece has a decidedly different feel to it. Still, I’m happy with the final look. I did opt to leave off the star button that was supplied with the kit. After changing the floss color on the stitched stars, the gold of the button didn’t match, and at that point, I just wasn’t willing to redo the stars in a different color.
By the way, you’re getting a peek at one of my treasured needlework “tools” in this picture. I had to use a frame to stitch the stars. When I do this, I use my handy-dandy needlework tacks. I bought these very useful items nearly 20 years ago from a now-defunct LNS. They were a Japanese specialty item, and the storage case for the tacks also has a built-in device to lift the tacks out of the frame and deposit them directly back into the storage container. Quite nifty!
