Wool Applique

Hope you are enjoying your weekend wherever you are! It’s a cooler, rainy day in Minnesota. Good day for stitching!

Tonight, I took time to finish up the wool appliqué piece that I started a couple of weekends ago via an online class with Rebekah L. Smith. It’s not perfect, but I am happy with it. All I had left was the stem for the flower and the blanket stitch around the edge. Rebekah likes to put a piece of black felt on the back of her stitched pieces; I picked up the felt at JoAnns during the week. Love the color palette!

Last Sunday I was very lucky and managed to score this project bag from Deborah Harry’s Etsy shop. It makes me happy because it reminds me of my Auntie Betty; she used to embroider dish towels like this. The bag is expertly made.

Little Lizzie played a hard game of “fetch” this afternoon, in between the raindrops. She’s all tuckered out for the night!

Stitching on another Blackbird tonight. Will try to come back tomorrow with an update!

Spring Fling 2017

Long overdue post. I’m kind of surprised at how long it took me to stitch these three pieces! This was the project from Spring Fling 2017. Barb and Alma from Blackbird Designs were there; it’s always a delight to see these two ladies!

Here’s my finished stitching:

The top right piece will be framed in a frame that we painted and waxed in class. It’s called “The Lily of the Valley.”

The bottom piece will be finished as a drum and it’s called “And Blossom as the Rose.” The top left piece is for the top of the drum.

I need to have a couple of serious finishing days pretty soon. I’m racking up the stitching finishes, but need some dedicated time to fully finish these pieces!

I think I might return to the Blackbird Designs project from Spring Fling 2019. I have one more piece left to stitch and it sure would be nice to have another finish in March!

Overdue Post

March is just flying by. Thank goodness the month is a little longer than February!

I’ve been busy stitching away. The first project that I worked on was this Pinwheel / A Homestead Gathering from Cathy Habermann. The kit is a collaboration with Me and My Stitches. I will receive four packages during the year. The stitching is done. Once I have this “finished finished” I will post a picture of the entire package and all the little goodies we received.

Next up - I’ve been working on this Blackbird Designs project. You will recognize it from the Sewing Club book, but I’ve had this project since 2019. Barb and Alma were the featured designers at Stitchville’s Spring Fling that year. There are four pieces that make up the entire set, I have three of them stitched. (Sorry for not ironing it.)

Finally, I participated in a beginner wool applique class on Zoom with Rebekah L Smith this weekend. This was our project. I still need to stitch the stem that attaches the heart with the leaves and then the flower at the top. I also need to blanket stitch around the outer edge. Almost finished. It was a great class!

Here’s a recent Lizzie photo. She makes me smile every day!

February Stitching

The first two months of 2021 have been quite productive. I’m pleased with the number of pieces that I was able to start and finish in February.

Fraktur Freida from La D Da

Summer House Necklace from Stacy Nash

Chelsea Surprise from The Purple Thread

A Country Winter from Plum Street Samplers

In My Garden from Blackbird Designs

Currently, I’m working on a collaboration from Hands on Design and Me and My Stitches. It’s a club, called A Homestead Gathering, that will include four seasonal shipments in 2021. The first shipment included several goodies and the pattern to stitch this pinwheel. The finishing will be very similar to the Perennial Pinwheels from Hands on Design that I finished last August. 

Little more stitching to do before the finishing commences! I’ll take a picture of the complete package when the pinwheel is finished.

Thanks for stopping by. Keep your needle warm!