Stash-Busting Club - a partial completion

and it isn't even the first installment of the club! It's the third, called Two Pyramid mini-socks. Here's one of them:

Except for the dark "background" triangles (DMC 844), all the triangles were stitched using solid-color threads previously used in Learn-A-Stitch mini-socks and various Bargello Club pieces... drawn at random from a large bag so they would be more (or less --- sometimes I edited) random.

Take A Stitch Tuesday 2012 Challenge - Week 1

It took me a while but I got around to it!

Here is my take on the Fly Stitch - nothing fancy (It's been a LONG time since I did hand embroidery of any note and I need to get the technique down before trying - probably unsuccessfully - to get fancy with it!):

The fabric is a silkweaver 28-ct Jobelan called "Dreamin" and the floss used so far is Gentle Arts Sampler threads: "Green Apple" for the fly stitches and "Bretheren Blue" for the date (The date is from a Kincavel Crosses band sampler.). Overall, it will be 6 inches wide and I broke down and "gridded" it so I can be sure I'm consistent!

Crazy Quilt Journal Challenge 2012 - progress report/January

Well, I have the base block stitched (pattern used is from Sharon B's Pin Tangle blog, block 1 of her "Dropped the Button" crazy quilt series), using the Color Palette suggested in the Color Palette Challenge:


and now I'm auditioning laces, ribbons, and found objects... Still need to pick out threads through..

I've also decided on deep purple, lime green and white seed beads (for the Bead Journal Project aspect of this block.

Bargello Club, January 2012

Pink Champagne Cupcake (Although I prefer to think of it as a white cupcake with raspberry frosting!):

It's a study in the "Smallest Scallop" line pattern and was done in three shades of raspberry (DMC 3685, 3687 and 3688) anb three shades of vanilla (DMC ecru, 738 and 739).

These quick little studies are addicting - I really need to motivate and get back to something larger, like "Sewing with Mama"!

2012: A Year of Challenges - week 1

And I have been stitching away at the Learn-a-Stitch mini-socks. Think I got 'em all with this one - Harvest PotPourri:

Completed January 6 (instead of taking down my Christmas decorations!), using stash threads: Carries Creations "Orange Grove" and DMC 434, 437, 468, 470, 676, 677 and 921.

My other "finish" this week as a Finish Frenzy Challenge set by Cross Stitch Crazy --- eight ornaments circa 2007-2010 that have been languishing in my "completed" pile were finished up into ornaments.


It's embarrassing home many pieces are in that "pile": 3 crewel, 51 cross-stitch and 40 needlepoint If I take any more finishing challenges, it will be digging more pieces out of that pile...

I also started on the most recent Bargello Club project - Pink Champagne Cupcake - which  should be finished today, and I have the crazy quilt base for the Color Palette Challenge, Crazy Quilt Journal 2012 and Bead Journal Project 2012 joint project done, trimmed and ready to embellish with embroidery and beads!

Learn-A-Stitch mini sock #10...

Potpourri II... completed January 4, 2012.



I used WDW Noel (4105), DMC Variations 4045, DMC variegated 92 (a miscalculation --- I thought there as more dark green in the thread than there was) , and DMC 321 and 561, all from my stash.

On emore mini-sock done. Only two to go!

This is "Picnic Basket":



I used my DMC stash again: 370, 372, ecru, 517, 519 and B5200.