In the life of a stitcher…
30 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
Well, today I managed to punch the blunt end of a beading needle under the skin of my thumb. It went down about a half an inch. Ouch! Note to self, use a thimble! 😛
I seem to be zipping right along with this fairy. At the rate I’m going, she should be finished in another week or two.
27 Jun 2011 3 Comments
Well, here she is after 1 week of work. I’ve been stitching like a fiend, lol! I should have the top half finished tomorrow; there’s just a couple ribbons, some beading, and backstitching of the wings left to do.
24 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
Did a lot of backstitching today, which is always such fun. I’m thinking I should have the hair and wings all done by Monday or Tuesday, we’ll see. I like to aim high, lol!
Haven’t quite finished the last curl on one of the ribbons, but the stitching wouldn’t fit in my current frame, and I didn’t feel like moving up to a larger size yet. I’ll get that bit with my next update. 🙂
21 Jun 2011 3 Comments
Started the new design today! This is the Summer Fairy designed and ©Joan Elliott. I am stitching it on 32 count Heaven’s Above Lugana from Polstitches. I do so love these fairies! 🙂
20 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
in Stitching
Well, here is the last ‘official’ day of stitching on this project, as I will be starting the Summer Fairy tomorrow. Of course, I’m sure by now you all know how well I stick to schedules, so it is quite likely that I will sneak in some more stitching on this one here and there. 😉
17 Jun 2011 2 Comments
in Stitching
I did end up taking out the first set of gold beads. I will need to order a smaller size of them that will fit better in the corner scroll motifs. I may still use the larger beads for the areas that only have single ones, but I will wait to get the smaller ones and make sure they match in color.
Oh, and please ignore the brown splotch in the middle of the fabric where I had to pull out stitches. It will eventually be covered by other stitches once I get back up to that section.
17 Jun 2011 6 Comments
in Tidbits
I really need to learn to count better, I guess. I started to stitch in the lighter brown on the trunk of the Tree of Hope design when I realized something. About an inch up the trunk, I had stitched one too many crosses in a column of the dark brown. Now of course, since I actually started the design in the center and worked my way down, and then branched out (forgive the pun) from there, everything else I had already stitched was aligned with the bottom part of the trunk. So what I ended up having to do was tear out the stitches that were above the ‘oops’, which was probably 2 hours of work. Sigh.
And of course the most annoying part is that the thread I pulled out was dark brown, and left little dark brown fibers all in the spots where there were stitches. At least they will end up getting covered when I stitch in the rest of the trunk.
Not to mention that while I was stitching the fence motif behind the trunk, I realized I’d stitched a couple spots with the light brown that were supposed to have been left empty to contain parts of the fence. It was 2 stitches, so I didn’t even bother to correct it. I just consider it a creative interpretation of the pattern. 😀
