A Finish, A Fully Finish, A Re- Fully Finish and a Wip

This week has been mainly about finishing and the first thing I did was a spot of shopping.

I had a few things on my list, starting with fabric for backing my stitched pieces, a small round frame and also anything that I could mount things onto to.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have any luck with the frame but I did find two bargain wooden items, a soap dish for £2.50 and a Christmas star for £3.  I also found the perfect  ‘Moda’ Layer Cake, which had been reduced in price too, so all in all not a bad stash!

Shopping done, I got down to finishing my ‘ Olivia’ summer top from Rowen.  

I only had to attach the sleeves and then sew the seams and finish the edging.

Sadly, my body shape is nothing like the one the model has, but nevertheless I’m pleased with the way it came out.

Now on to my stitching finishing.

‘Renew Sweetwater’ the Moda Layer Cake had the perfect design to finish, ‘Sting Like a Bee’ because it had what looked to me like tiny beehives all over it.

I got my sewing machine out and made a little pillow, crocheted a picot edging around it and then added a bee button, which was also part of my shopping stash. 

Unfortunately when I had finished, I realised that I had managed to get the fabric the wrong way up but there's no way I’m going to unpick it.

Then it was time to tackle ‘Chubby Bunny’ again because I really wasn’t happy with the way I had finished it the first time round.

I had wanted to put it into a round frame but as you already know I didn’t manage to find one.  Instead I used the soap dish I had found.  I had to re-mount to stitching onto a slightly smaller circle but that wasn't a problem.  I then I edged it with some cotton braid before fitting it into the dish.

Last up is my actual stitching and I’ve only been working on the one piece this week. 

This is where I left  ’A Kiss For Snowman’ from Dimensions,

and despite the trouble I had with it when I first started stitching it,  I’m really enjoying it now.  This is where I am at the moment, with mostly the background and backstitching left to do.

I have a couple of more days left to stitch on it before I have to put it down and then I’ll be picking up my next Cross Stitch Camp project on the 1^st August, so don’t forget to check back to see what I’m going to be working on.   Until then……

 Happy Stitching!

Sue

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Wips for July

 Although I’ve been fairly quiet on here so far this month, I’ve been busy in the background with my crochet hook and sewing needle.

First up I have been working on my ‘ Oliver’ summer top from Rowen.

I’m just about ready to sew it all together and then the only thing left to do is work the edging and it’s all done.

Then, following on with the ‘Christmas in July’ I decided to pull out a wip that I started back in April.

If you remember, I started ‘A Kiss for Snowman’ from Dimensions, while I was having my hip surgery, but I couldn’t concentrate on all the number of thread and stitch changes, so gave up on it.

This is where I left it, knowing that I would have to do some frogging when I eventually picked it up again.

I managed to get it back to a place where I think it is right.

‘Bottom left up’ has always been my preferred way to start, so I worked my way to the bottom as best I could  and then started working my way back up again and it seems to be going much better this time.

Still on the Christmas in July theme, I started a new Santa from Prairie Schooler Santas Revisited VI.

This one is from 1995.

Happy Stitching!

Sue

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How Fast it Grows!

 It feels so good to get back to some crocheting again!

 Although I made lots of small things over the past few years, the last big thing I crocheted for myself was my ‘ Nuts about Lavender Fields’ throw.  It was a crochet –a-long (Nuts about Squares) where you picked something you loved and chose a colour scheme to reflect it.  By definition, it took weeks to finish,

(My beautiful boy BoJangles there.  I lost him November 2018 just before his 18th birthday and I miss him so much)

but making smaller things like summer tops, they grow so fast.

That’s the case with my ‘Olivia’ summer top, designed by Marie Wallin for Rowen, and I’m just about to start the shoulder shaping on the back.

 I’ve also put a few more stitches into my ‘Cross Stitch Camp project for July, ‘Sting like a Bee’ from Heartstring Samplery.

Today though, I’m fancying a new start and am thinking I may get going on my next ornament for 12 in 23, especially as it’s ‘ Christmas in July’ in the stitchey world!

  

Happy Stitching!

Sue

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