Having stitched 'Sampler Hare' from La-D-Da, back in April 2024, I decided it was time to stitch the other two charts that were in my collection.
Sampler Hare was stitched on 32ct evenweave, so she was small and quite fiddly to finish, especially as she was to be my first stand-up. So taking that into consideration, I decided that I would used 28ct evenweave for the next two, so they would be a little bit bigger and hopefully a little easier to finish.
First up was ‘Sweet Pea’, stitched on Antique White evenweave, with the called for threads and a substitute for dmc 844, which I was missing.
It was all going well
until I decided to fully finish them and that was things went awry.
I tackled Sweet Pea first and didn’t think she turned out too bad…..or at least that was what I thought at the time.
But sadly, when I got to 'Francis' and turned her the
right way out after sewing, I realised I had trimmed the edges too close, the
Evenweave had badly frayed in several places and she was beyond saving.
That made me go back to take a closer look at Sweet Pea and sure enough there were also one or two threads that were pulling apart.
Oh well, it's so frustrating, but I'll have to put it down to a steep learning curve and next time remember not to trim so close to the stitching!
My next new start was this darling kit 'Patterned Pretties #4 from Jeanette Douglas.
This was a Christmas gift from my stitchy friend Stasi, over at Bee-Mused and Bee-Stitching, who knew that Jeanette is my favourite designer, so thanks so much Stasi.
You've gotta love this colour combination too!
Happy Stitching!
Sue
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