Weekly Stitching and Haul

Good Morning! It looks like rain here today and according to the weather, rain is in our forecast for the next two weeks. But that means spring!

Early Americans-Little House Needleworks

I didn't stitch on this as much as I had hoped to because I started a new project.

I had been looking for the Queene Besse Chess Board by Leon Conrad and did not find it, so I purchased another one that I really liked. I love blackwork and this project was so much fun to stitch on.

ChessBoard-Blackwork Journey

I am stitching this on Galen 28 count linen by Under the Sea Fabrics. It was the February Fabric of the Month. I am using DMC Perle #12 in 310 for the stitched border and regular DMC 310 for the blackwork inside each square. It also called for a metallic of some kind to be added in some blocks and I have purchased a rust colored petite treasure braid to use.

It will look like this when finished.

Haul

I am so excited that I was able to find Medieval Majesty by Leon Conrad. I paid more for it than I normally would a pattern, but it is a very nice 50 page book with very detailed instructions for each section. I can't wait to get started on this but will be a little bit as I decide on fabric.

I hope you all have a great week filled with lots of stitches!

Weekly Stitching

I hope you all had a great weekend and the weather wasn't too hot. It was very hot and humid here to the point of being miserable outside. However, I met a friend for a stitch weekend and we stayed in where it was cool for the most part and had a great time.

I started my rotation this past week but wasn't able to stitch every day but I did get quite a bit done overall.

Henry VIII-Heaven and Earth Designs

The piece looked like this when I posted last week.

Now, it looks like this.

I also worked quite a bit on Save the Stitches by Blackwork Journey. I had put this away for a good while and I don't know why as I really enjoy working on it. I completed the last row of blocks on the piece. I do need to go back to some previous blocks to finish from when I worked on it months ago. I apologize for the light on this picture, it isn't giving a true color of the fabric. It is stitched on Silver Mist by Fabrics by Stephanie.

And I have a finish! It was the first project that I put in my rotation as I knew it was so close to being finished.

All The Pretty Flowers-Heartstring Samplery

I haven't yet decided what project I am going to add in the place of All The Pretty Flowers but will go through wips tonight and pick one out. I have quite a bit going on this week so not sure how much stitching I will get in. I hope you all have a great stitchy week!

Weekly Stitching

It is really hard to get going today. I think all the rain and dreary weather just has me moving slow. I have had my coffee and hopefully it will kick in soon. I hope you all had a great stitchy weekend.

I worked on Save the Stitches over the weekend. Some of the work isn't exactly like the pattern as I am doing it on aida and some of the stitches work much better for linen. So, I have changed a little of it.

I started a new project on the 17th for the Year of Starts with Stitch Maynia on facebook.

It will look like this once completed.

I have a mini finish!!

I hope you all have a great week!

Weekly Stitching

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great holiday and that you are all ready for a great new year. Did you start something new on the 1st? I would love to hear what you worked on.

The last time I showed you 272 Words, it looked like this.

I was able to get quite a bit done on this over the past week.

I started a new project on January 1. Save the Stitches by Blackwork Journey. The pattern is a freebie and I have had the fabric and thread for quite awhile but I was a bit intimidated on starting it. I have never done blackwork before and some of the designs are quite intricate, however, I am really enjoying this piece. I changed the thread color and I am using Blackberry by Weeks Dye Works. The pattern does call for some metallic colors but I am not sure I will use any of them.

On January 2, I decided to pull out a wip to work on as I am going to try very hard this year to get many wips finished. I had the wording already stitched-I started this piece in August 2016. I stitched the flags yesterday. This one is called Patriotic Quilt by Rosewood Manor.

I hope you all have a great stitchy week!