It’s high time I cataloged here the fabulous stitching gifts my lovely sister, “KtG” (not her real name), has made for me over the years. KtG is an extraordinary needleworker who loves to make fancy, intricate stuff. She’s always picking out projects that call for tons of color-switching over one thread, or which [...]
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November 30, 2008
Greetings From Another Finished Project!
Saturday night saw another project finished, this time “Greetings” from the Blackbird Designs holiday book, Peppermint & Holly.
I’ve been eyeing this one for years, and am so excited to have finally gotten around to making it up. I love the muted tones — it was worked in Gentle Arts and Weeks Dye [...]
November 19, 2008
Another Finished Project!
This Saturday I put the finishing stitches in “Santas and Snowmen” and can I just say, it’s quite possibly the cutest thing I’ve ever made. Schnookie said it’s like a Prairie Schooler black hole, it’s just so densely cute. I’ve seen a lot of Prairie Schooler santas in my life, and even stitched [...]
November 2, 2008
I’m a Wreck
Remember all those progress reports on MFBville? Remember how not too long ago I was working at a square-a-week clip? Remember how I’ve stopped doing that? Yeah. Sigh.
The good news is this: the first project I chose in favor of continuing on with MFBville is back from the framer.
I’m [...]
October 7, 2008
Another Finished Project!
On October 6th I put in the final stitch and added my initials to “When Witches Go Riding”!
From start to finish it only took 13 days (ooooh, spoooooky!) to work; the perfect amount for a little intermission from a big project like MFBville. This project really couldn’t have been more fun. I got [...]
September 28, 2008
Progress Report: When Witches Go Riding
One week of working on “When Witches Go Riding” has passed, and I have quite a bit to show for it:
In the past, I’ve struggled with what fibers to use on Prairie Schooler charts. I always did Christmas charts in DMC because of the need for a true Santa Claus red. But for [...]
September 25, 2008
The Youngier, Prettier Project
There was a request in the comments today (uh, from my co-blogger, but we’ll just pretend it’s coming from one of the zillions of people who read IPB Living with their morning coffee) for a picture of “When Witches Go Riding”, the Prairie Schooler Halloween project I just started. Normally, I’d wait until Sunday [...]
September 23, 2008
Progress Report: MFBville Week 11
No, Gentle Reader, I didn’t skip a week of progress — I merely omitted a week wherein I did almost zero stitching. Sigh. It was terrible. I just hit one of those crazy weeks where looking at a chart, let alone threading a needle and figuring out where it needs to go, [...]
September 10, 2008
Progress Report: MFBville, Week 9
With “November Windows” packed up and sent off to the framer, it’s back to MFBville for me! I’ve now worked on “Village of Hawk Run Hollow” for nine weeks, and have almost four squares finished. The latest one is the blacksmith square. You know, the one with all the stupid-amount-of-color-changes horses? [...]
