After working on every one of my Wips last month, I made the decision to become a monogamous stitcher for the past week, working on 'Sing For Joy' from Cottage Garden Samplings.
This was one of New Year's Eve starts in 2023, but after having a tiny start that evening, I didn't pick it up again until last month and this is where I left it.
I don't about you, but the more stitches I get into my fabric, I get excited for a finish and I learnt while stitching ???previous designs in this series, that they are quicker to finish than you might first think.
So, when I picked this up again at the start of last week, I made so great progress.
I did hit a bit of a problem though.
As I was stitching the leaf and the little house, down in the bottom left corner, I encountered a nasty slub in the fabric and it was in a place that was going to show when the piece is finished.
Now, I know it's a bit of a risky thing to do, but I decided to pick out as much of fluff from the slub as I could, taking care not to break the threads underneath which was fine but the fabric was a hand dyed piece and the dye hadn't gone completely through, leaving a white thread.
It all turned out ok in the end, because with a tweak of the chart, I made the leaf slightly larger, covering most of white thread.
Happy Stitching!
Sue
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Chart – Sing For Joy
Designer – Cottage
Garden Samplings
Fabric - 36ct Linen – Nicolas Flamel Designs ( Putty)
Threads – Weeks Dye
Works
Great work on the slub! And nice progress on the piece. I agree with being monogamous. I never used to be but have really been trying the last couple of years to get things done. It is funny when you pick a piece back up you have to wonder why you stopped working on it. It usually doesn’t take one to finish once you are working on it again. Looking forward to seeing it finished.
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