I’ve been away from my computer lately but have been busy
with my stitching.
I finished my Master Craftsman counted cross stitch sampler,
mailed it in for judging and just had it returned to me. I passed! You had to
create a sampler with either family or historical significance. It was fun to
do and will be framed soon. The next step in the program is to create and
stitch a piece of Assisi embroidery.
I did some stitching on my huge flag while we were in San
Francisco.
I also stitched on a Little House Needleworks project. The
blue floss included with the pattern was quite a bit lighter than what I
thought went well with the little bed it will be attached to so I found
something darker to use.
When I was on the quilt shop hop in August I picked up a few
pieces of fabric to go with a numbers chalk book project. My daughter-in-law
and I combined our resources and I've been putting together the book. There is a link for the free pattern here. The chalk
board fabric requires some careful handling. You need to press your seams but
this fabric is very sensitive to heat. I ended up using one of those tiny
Clover irons to carefully press the seams. The next step is to make black binding and bind each page like a quilt.
This coming weekend I am heading to our Heartland region
meeting in Quincy, Illinois. More on that later!
