It's finally Sunday - a day of rest, reflection, renewal, and slow stitching! Why not join us as we get out our hand stitching projects and put in a few relaxing stitches?I have been attending Midsummer Stitch which is a virtual event by Lindy Stitches. A whole weekend was set aside to stitch whatever I want! And what did I want to stitch? BIRDS!
First I stitched this little bird motif on "Room at the Table" by Proper Stitcher. So cute! I posted on my blog about the beginning of this project in April - click here to read more about it. I'm so close to finishing this one but wanted to work on other projects, so had to put it away for now.
Then I did finish a project! But not without some sweat and tears.
My outside border was not matching up, and I had already done some unstitching before I took this photo. I had to unstitch everything in the circle as evidently I had made a major counting error. You can see my new bird themed stitch ripper that I used, and one of my new wooden bird needleminders. There are 3 birds are in this photo!
Stitches were removed and new ones put in the correct places, and the borders did eventually meet.
This is Modern Folk Embroidery's Quaker Medallion: Bird in a Grapevine pattern with 1,845 cross stitches. The fabric is Roxy's 18 count Porcelain. The thread is a lovely variegated DMC #4515. It was so fun to play with the blue and brown thread. I tried to get mostly dark colours in the centre bird and think it turned out well. I might put it in a hoop frame to finish it.
What are you stitching today? Anyone out there also obsessed with birds?
9 comments:
Sounds like a fun weekend of stitching and chatting with your friend….i know who you are stitching with! You definitely have a bird theme going! Gail
Kathy, your bird medallion is lovely! That's too bad that you had to unstitch so much to correct the counting error, but it was worth it in the long run. I do love that DMC variegated floss you used for that, and the neat bird needle minder, too! Have a wonderful Sunday!
Oh, that would have been so frustrating to me. Good for you to have persevered and corrected the mistake!
It is lovely! So sorry you had to rip out a bunch and restitch.
I only learned about the Midsummer Stitch event yesterday -- so sorry I missed out on it this year but will keep it in mind for next year. Love that pretty medallion piece! I like those DMC Variegated threads -- I have a green one that I like to use and love that it gives that "fancy floss" effect. It worked so well in your piece!!
I understand your pain with the details of cross stitch! Your finished product is so beautiful!
Your Quaker medallion is so pretty. So sorry that you had to redo some stitching. I like that you went for a bird theme for your virtual retreat.
Your stitching with the variegated thread is gorgeous!
All of your stitched birds are lovely. It's not fun to rip out lots of stitches but it was definitely worth it.
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