Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Tiny Needle Tuesday

 

How about a little joy to start my first embroidery post of the new year?  Last week I finished the flower vine on the left side, stitched the red JOY and that triangle thingy next to it. I've been doing the "one thread" thing I heard about on FlossTube. You tell yourself you are only going to put one thread of floss on a day and before you know you've been sitting there for an hour and gone through many threads. 



I did the same thing with the bottom llama. I was only going to put one thread of the brown on and the next thing I knew the llama was done. 



I haven't had to do that with the Patchwork Hiver because it's too close to being finished and I don't want to finish it. I want to spend some time with it next Christmas like it was an old friend because that's just how I think about these things. When I finish the flower in the corner square it's getting packed away. My plan is one side of the border a year and this year's border is almost done. 



Speaking of old friends, very old friends, this is how Dear Jane looks now. I am working my way through the finished blocks of the first two rows adding the sashing so I can eventually join then together. It was something I should have done as I finished the blocks but didn't. 


I still have a very big pile of finished blocks to do before any actual joining can happen. I'm also getting antsy about making more blocks. I've still got over 100 to do but I really want to get those snowflakes done first. It's always something bumping poor Dear Jane to the back of the line. I really need to make 2023 her year. I won't finish that's for sure....but she does deserve the attention. I spent a fortune on that kit. 






6 comments:

  1. Very nice progress on your stitching. No TNT post from me today - I have not picked up a needle since before Christmas!!

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  2. I love all of your stitching projects. Seriously, I'm in love with each of these. If I only had more wall space I would definitely get Patchwork Hiver for sure.
    Dear Jane is looking good too. I haven't done any cross-stitching in months. I've got way too much on my to do list with yarn right now.
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  3. Beautiful stitching! I admire your perseverance: if I put projects like that away for a year, I doubt I’d ever finish them. My sisters and I discovered hundreds of projects our Mom worked on and never finished.

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  4. Those llamas are so cute! As soon as my gnomes are done, it's back to stitching for me!

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  5. That gold Q on your Quaker is perfect. How many colors will there be?

    I haven't decided whether I need to add another color to my Quaker Schoolhouse, but I might.

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  6. Love the stitching--I think when you have something interesting (like llamas!) stitching goes faster! The Dear Jane is looking very good!

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