A bit of a change now – some embroidery work!
I’ve made a start on the first stitchery for Rosalie Quinlan’s “United Stitches”, her 2015 block of the month (with a twist). It’s my first time using Staflex instead of Parlan, but because this is being turned into a quilt, I didn’t want parts of it to be thicker than the other. I admit, had a bit of a moment with the Staflex and wasn’t 100% confident which side was the side to iron on, but since it stayed put I figured it’d work 😉
My goal for yesterday was to finish all of the dark green. I finished that quicker than I thought, so had to revise my plan…
I’m still not a massive fan of satin stitch, mostly because I never think it looks as good as it should – but at least I’ve done a passable job. I’m really enjoying stitching this so far, probably because it’s stitching up pretty quickly (although give it a couple of months and then we’ll see how far behind I get…)
I did come across a bit of a problem though – the picture has three different shades of blue but only calls for two colours! Which doesn’t seem to add up – I’m going to have to dig out the rest of the threads and see what’s going on here, has anyone else stitched this one yet and come across the same thing?
I’m still stitching on Ode to Dogloaf (no updated pictures though) and I’m hoping to finish the bottom part of the neck today or tomorrow, and it’s really coming together!
In case you missed it, I’ve also started a Stitch-A-Long for the 2015 Story Time Sampler – head on over if you want to take a look and sign up!
