Wednesday Stitching

I had a lovely day yesterday as Fiona came to Canberra for a quick visit. It was lovely to spend the day stitching, shopping and chatting. We went to stitching at Hobbysew and then had lunch and shopped (just a bit)! We did spend some time planning the May stitching days as well. Fiona was stitching on this little canvas work scissor keeper. I had made this one a while ago but my kit had brighter colours. I do love these softer ones and may have to make another one.

Marilyn had finished her beautiful canvas stocking and it looks lovely. We really appreciated all the metallic threads she had used as they are a pain to work with.

I managed to add the borders to the 6th block of the My Garden BOM. I foundation pieced them and still managed to get a wonky strip! I think I do rush a bit.

I hope to (carefully) put the borders on the 7th block today.

Fiona is having a giveaway as she has been blogging for two years. You just need make a comment on her January 18th post to be in the draw. I'd best comment too! Just realised that 2 years must be coming up for me too!

Stitching progress and Canvas work

Just thought I'd share my stitching progress on the other version of the sampler. I've made the one using the wooden button but thought I would make a cushion with a smaller stitched version.It is still a work in progress. Here is the stitched tree.

I chose to fuse the house on this time and stitch it with whip stitch.

I forgot to show you Paddy's, canvas, scissor keeper last week. This pattern is one of my favourites.

Stitching day Projects

Only a week to go till our first stitching day, Stitching on the Lake, on Saturday 12 September and our second, Queanbeyan stitching, on Sunday 13th. It is always exciting preparing the projects and Fiona and I thought we would post some pictures of our projects on our blogs. This will enable you to collect some fabrics together and to decide which one you will make first. This is the Canvas envelope. This shows the front, the inside and the back.

Here are the Strawberries Galore. There is a little felt strawberry which could be a scissor keeper or decoration and a lovely little strawberry clover cutter cover.

This is the Santa Hanging.

Here is the little Embroidered Stocking Decoration. It is stitched on ticking, which is like the fabric that mattresses were made out of in the olden days.

Here is the little Christmas Cushion. If you are planning to make this one if would be good if you did the log cabin by machine at home.

Here is the Biscornu Pincushion. It looks so lovely and could be done in Christmas colours if you want.

Hope this inspires you.

Stitching day projects continued

This is the canvas work project and it can be done as a brooch or scissor keeper and can be stitched with a black background or with a coloured background.

Below are the blackwork samples. You can stitch it using black or with a variegated thread and cover a box or make a hanging.