Tiki Stitches
It's a way of life.
Sunday, December 31, 2017
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
I've hit the bottom!
First: Complain, complain, moan, groan, whine.
Now
that’s out of the way, it’s time for my 2nd qtr. Blog post. J
There
are finishes to report:
The
first one took ages. The other two took days. Figures. The designs are by Heart in Hand from a
leaflet called Christmas Triplet.
New
Start!
You
guessed it. I started Death by Cross
Stitch. The winning color was sapphire
by Carrie’s Creations.
After
many years of not trying, I’ve finally hit the bottom.
Yes,
that’s the bottom of the Ballroom picture.
I haven’t worked on it since of course. Still overwhelmed by it I guess.
J
Happy
Stitching World.
Sunday, January 29, 2017
A Pretty Good Start
Stitching wise,
the year is off to a good start.
Inspired to look
for other things in my stash, I did this.
The chart is from
a booklet called Fab ABC Chartbook that came with an issue of World of Cross
Stitching. The design is by Rhona
Norrie. The floss was included too. Curious colors, but I really like the design.
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Happy New Year!
I’ve decided on my
goals for 2017:
Stitch more.
Blog more.
Keep it simple
right.
Christmas was fun.
J
Then I got a cold
for New Years K
So my new start
was put off – for a day. J
I have to admit,
what I really thought would be a great start was this.
No new finishes to
show. But I did put some older pieces to
work.
As for me, I’m off
to do some stitching so I can have something to show next time.
Happy stitching
World
Sunday, July 24, 2016
July Catch Up
Not
enough stitching going on around here.
Some
other happenings:
There
was a flood, which could have been much worse.
Happily the person on the 3rd floor came home for lunch.
We
went to the local Comic Con and gazed upon Haley Atwell, John Barrowman, Sean
Pertwee and the one and only Stan Lee.
The
rest of the gap was just life.
Has
anyone bought the JCS Halloween issue? I
saw it the other day but didn’t get it – yet.
Stitching
stuff:
Because
it seemed like a good idea, I bought a piece of fabric to start the “To the
Beach” series by Hands on Design. Here’s
what it looks like so far.
My
current plan is to cut them apart when done, but this piece should hold 6-8
designs so that could take awhile.
My
other recent start was this.
A
Jody Rice/Satsuma Street design that was in Cross Stitch Crazy. I think she has it out on Etsy now. It may also be proof that not chopping up
that other piece was a good plan. I’m
not completely sure if it’s centered yet.
At least I know my sewing machine still works. J
This
is not shaping up to be one of those weekends where I don’t have to go out and
no one wants anything. Surprise
right. But my new starts still seem fun
and colorful so I’ll just have to fit them into the schedule.
Happy
stitching World
Saturday, April 30, 2016
An Update at last
Hi there!
Where have I
been? Who knows? Blink and it’s the end of April. I can tell that it’s Spring though; it’s been
snowing more often than not this month.
I have some
stitching to show. January was finished
(in March) and now the whole set is done.
This series is
from the book “Sand, Sea & Cross Stitch” by Anna Field. April is mostly a pillow now too. It’s been sewn, turned and displayed all
month. Just not stuffed and closed.
Like many (every?)
other thing I start, I had visions of this one sewing itself while I wasn’t
looking. And like every other project I
could show you, there has been some progress.
This is the Disney
Opening Ceremony Poster by New York Needleworks (Etsy).
That’s all for
now. I just wanted to get this post in
before another month got away from me.
Happy stitching
World
Monday, February 22, 2016
So it's like this...
Last year I joined
the Frosted Pumpkin SAL. I ordered the
fabric straight from the maker and it looks like this.
The mat underneath
is 12 ½ x 18 ½. The fabric is marked 13
x 18. To add insult to injury, when I
took this picture, I decided my feeble attempt at starting might be on the wrong
side. Figures.
Just to prove I
never learnJ, I signed
up for two SALs this year, Frosted Pumpkin and Cloudsfactory. This time I ordered the kits. I thought the fabric company would take more
care with the pieces they sent though them.
Apparently I was wrong.
This is the
Frosted Pumpkin piece. A little closer,
but still not 13 x 18 according to my rulers.
Here’s the piece
for the Cloudsfactory SAL. I don’t
really have a complaint; it’s more of a question. How is it that the design area, which the
pattern tells me is 13 x 13, comes out to be 11 ¾ on the fabric? I pinned it out every 10 squares down one
side to make sure it fits. All I really
did was confuse myself more.
These look like
really cute patterns. So once I finish
pinning them out I look forward to starting.
And I’m sure I’ll buy more patterns from both. I just won't buy fabric.
Happy stitching
World
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