This was a difficult step for me. And it shouldn’t have been. The original plan was to stitch the petals in long and short stitch, but for some reason, whether it was an arthritic flareup, or the weather, or the particular embroidery floss I used, it didn’t stitch smoothly. I ripped it out three times [...]
Stitching with a Shimmy
Shimmying through life with needles and thread…Archive for February, 2010
FINALLY! My godson/pseudo-nephew turned 13 yesterday. In honor of the event, I made a point of finishing his dragon banner – that he still doesn’t know he’s got, since he spent the weekend at his father’s. After I post this, I shall be delivering it to him. Remember the banner? This has been a LONG [...]
I want to apologize for not getting comments approved more quickly this week. Sinus infections turning into bronchitis stink. Even more so when your husband gets it at the same time — and his wants to become pneumonia! We’re both doing much better, thank you. And now for Step 2! Supply Notes: I was asked [...]
I’ve been planning on this for a long time, but haven’t managed to stitch on it to continue the series. So. Here’s the plan. I’m going to start this today, and post the instructions as a stitch-a-long. You can stitch it with me, or wait for the end when I’ll post all the directions along [...]