Welcome to the weekly hand stitching party! Take a few moments to set aside your machines, your devices and screens, and just take a deep breath... ahhh... so much better. Now pick up your needles and fibres, and put a few stitches into your project. You will feel better in no time!
So I took out a big bag of floss that my friend Janet donated to me, and started digging around in it, looking for the perfect green to stitch the word "SPRING". In the sample the word is brown, but I wanted mine to be green. I did find the perfect floss colour and really cannot wait to stitch the letters so that I can get stitching the sweet blue birds!
There is another spring mystery stitch along over at Joy's blog - called Days Filled With Joy. I just finished her winter sampler in March and can't wait to get to put some embroidery stitching in the spring project.
Good you noticed the opps stitch in time and before a thousand stitches made.
ReplyDeleteSo many options, glad you found a beautiful green floss to stitch the word Spring. How fun to dig into a gifted bag of possibilities.
WOW cute bird! Enjoy your new tenant.
That’s a lot of green embroidery thread. Glad you found the perfect green for your project. I hate having to un stitch cross stitch…
ReplyDeleteHow exciting to have a little bird in your birdhouse! Do you know what kind it is? I hope that is the last mistake you find in your Spring cross-stitch project, and the rest of it sails along perfectly! Enjoy your stitching today, Kathy!
ReplyDeleteLong ago, when I was doing more cross stitch, when I had a pattern like yours that needed to line up, I would use a bright red basting stitch one thread away from where it needed to line up. Easy to remove, the red would keep my counting accurate as it moved away from the line and back again.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely of your friend to gift you with all that floss!
ReplyDeleteCounted cross stitch can be so unforgiving. Hopefully you can stitch in view of your new tenant and watch her build the nest. Happy slow stitching today.
ReplyDeleteUgh! I hate when I make those kind of mistakes. And yes Spring is better in green than brown. Your new tenant is so cute.
ReplyDeleteFrustrating to have it off a stitch. I like Spring better in green more than brown too. Hope your hand heals up soon!
ReplyDeleteAnnoying to be out by one stitch! Lovely to have a tenant in your bird house.
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday,Kathy. It is so exciting to see your progress on the SAL and I am so honored you are joining me. Thank you so much. How fun that you have a new resident in the birdhouse. Such a sweet friend to gift you it the birdhouse as well. Have a beautiful day.
ReplyDeleteLove the little birdhouse, I get such pleasure watching the birds coming to the feeders in my yard. I was fortunate enough to see a rare yellow cardinal. Love all those skeins of green floss, looks like my stash when I am making a greenman embroidery. Love the Days Filled with Joy secret SAL I just downloaded the one for Spring.
ReplyDeleteHappy Stitching and I hope your hand is healing well.
Well, I am sure by the time I get back to cross stitching I will be pulling my hair out! Hang in there! Hope your hand heals quickly! Bummer - Hugs - I am back from the Abyss
ReplyDeleteWhat would we do without slow stitching? A friend of mine is going through a challenging time. I gave her a simple starter embroidery kit and a blank square of fabric along with a link to a beginner embroidery site (Wild Olive’s) in the hopes she will find comfort.
ReplyDeleteI’m hoping and praying your hand will heal and you will soon be happily stitching away to your heart’s content.
Oh it is always aggravating to make simple mistakes! I use a center line of stitching for north/south, east/west on my fabric, but have recently considered every 10 rows to help me avoid worse mistakes.
ReplyDeleteYour darling birdie would certainly keep my attention, too. Since we no longer have a cat, we have had a lot more birds in the yard recently.
That's a lovely big pile of green embroidery floss. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteI love that your new bird house is occupied. I am so sorry that you had to frog the precious stitches that you made. I know how frustrating this is especially as you have to limit your stitching to help your hand heal. I hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy, I love your birdhouse. I have birds' nests all around but I can't see them except when they are feeding. It's so amazing to watch them! You've just given me another reason for not doing cross stitch - the counting! I am very accuracy challenged and would make oops all the time. At least with free form embroidery, no one knows lol Take care!
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