Do you live somewhere in the world where you put your clocks ahead 1 hour last night? Daylight savings time begins which means 1 hour less of sleep last night, and 1 more hour of daylight in the days to come. That means more light for hand stitching! Why not get out your favourite project and a cup of tea, and go sit by a window to enjoy some natural light and relaxation.
My current favourite project is hand embroidered blocks, and this is the one most recently finished. Out of the 4 blocks I've stitched for the "i stitch club 2018" by Gail Pan, it's my favourite so far - the blue bird of happiness!
I use a large basting stitch to join smaller background scraps so that the piece is large enough to work on comfortably in a hoop. Then, once the design is stitched, you just remove the basting/joining stitches and trim to size.
What are you going to work on today? Link up your blog post below and share you hand stitching with us. And I hope you'll join us next week for the next Photo Challenge linkup!
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Your embroidery is very pretty. This will be a very nice wall hanging.
ReplyDeletepretty and happy little blue bird. Enjoy your 1st day with Summer time. Happy slow stitching.
ReplyDeleteI like your happy little bird ! :)
ReplyDeleteThat blue bird stitchery is so cute. Love it.
ReplyDeleteThat blue bird of happiness is so cute. I hope he is welcoming in Spring!
ReplyDeleteThat little blue bird is lovely, especially love his tail! I got a start when I began to read you blog I thought I had missed changing the clocks. But its ok the UK doesn't change until the end of March! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteLovely stitching and that's a great tip. I don't like to use that tiniest hoop anymore and basting some fabric would be a good solution.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me happy to see your blue bird! Can’t wait for the next photo challenge!
ReplyDeleteI also meant to say how much I like your header with the pretty quilting angel.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's a great tip! Seeing yours in the bright cheery colours makes me want to change mine.
ReplyDeletepretty embroidery - I will be doing some EPP today
ReplyDeleteLove that little bird from I stitch club! I still adore the bottles with the flowers in them too.
ReplyDeleteI love Gail Pan's little bird pattern and yours turned out lovely. The other pieces are sweet too. I love using up scraps for small embroidery pieces I have used the basting to larger fabric too after an Ah-ha moment a few months ago, before that I used double sided tape or spray adhesive.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute stitchery! I bought a new pattern and can’t wait to get started.
ReplyDeleteI’d be happy to see the end of DST but it’s getting bigger instead of smaller!
What a great party today! You know, your party has inspired me over the years - such a part of my stitching life! Thank you for hosting!
ReplyDeleteSo cute!
ReplyDeleteGail Pan designs are always super cute. I love her birds and your blue bird is just adorable. Great idea to baste small pieces together. Thank you for taking the time to organize and host today's stitch along.
ReplyDeleteYour tip for basting another piece of fabric to a short edge is what I've sometimes done when I get to the edge of a quilt and the backing is too short. It works well!
ReplyDeleteYour embroidery pieces are delightful.
Thanks for hosting Slow Sunday Stitching.
It is great hand stitching by natural light almost worth losing the extra hour. Darling embroidered bluebird block. Perfect as we approach spring,
ReplyDeleteIs that a new header for the blog? I just noticed the Jim Shore angel. Haven't seen that one before.
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