Stitching with a Shimmy

Shimmying through life with needles and thread…

Archive for August, 2010

August 11th, 2010 by deRomilly

Another project from the UFO Box…

While I’m finishing up the design work for the big huge shower curtain project from the depths of my over-commitment (yes, I’m getting cold feet… a little!), I’ve been working on this little bird – he’s 8 inches or so tall, and so far worked in long and short stitch. I’m sure there will be [...]

August 9th, 2010 by deRomilly

Crewel Work! Yay!

The linen for the shower curtain arrived Thursday, astonishing me with the speed of its arrival. It is, as I write this, drying after its quick trip through the washing machine. It wasn’t quite what I expected, but I can blame myself for not ordering a swatch before I bought it — and it is [...]

August 2nd, 2010 by deRomilly

CrewelWork ShowerCurtain…go!

So, I decided to go ahead with a new shower curtain — we’ve been talking about going gothic in the hall bathroom – gothic the time period, not gothic the lifestyle, although there is some overlap there…. Really, it’s going to end up being a Victorianesque pastishe of the medieval period, which is fine by [...]