A Little Finish!

 I just finished stitching this tonight. It's a gift for my son.

IHSW for August 2022

 It was the third week of the month so we celebrated with the International Hermit and Stitch Weekend!

The idea is to stitch as much as possible and to post photos on Facebook. It is just a fun idea.

I didn't take photos on Friday of my starting point, but I will do my best to show a before and after photos.

I had hoped to get all the background done on my painted canvas:

No such luck:

I did get all the way to the bottom....

Pour ta Fete got a little stitching:

I love the little bunny:

Alice Ellen Usher is really calling my name:

I love finishing the letters!

I also forced myself to fully finish this little crewel piece. I needed a cover for my bullet journal and this worked!

Working on My Painted Canvas

 I have been trying to get this piece done. I have made more than one mistake on the background, but I want to get this done.

The bearded dragon also needs to be stitched along with the border.

Lizard Canvas Background

 Well, I think I need to get something else finished from my stack of WIPs. There is no way that Pour ta Fete will get done any time soon or Alice Ellen Usher. But maybe I can get this piece stitched before the end of August. It is a gift for my son and his birthday in in September...

The background is more difficult than I thought. I do have an issue with bargello....I am hoping I won't run out of thread especially since it is incredibly difficult to get the Rainbow Gallery threads I am using.

IHSW March 2022 :What I Will Try to Stitch

 The important word is TRY!

Pour ta Fete by Lind

Purple Mountains Majesty Heart by Gay Ann Rogers

Lizard Canvas:

More Than a Rose by Melinda Sherbring:

I really want to start a new piece as I feel like it might cheer me up a bit. But a bit of progress on one or all of these would also be a blessing!

Painted Lizard Canvas

 This project was called for my WIPGO board for February.  Don't know what WIPGO is? Here is a link to the best explanation. I doubt I will get 8 hours in this piece before the end of the month, but I have gotten a little bit done. Mainly, reverse stitching.

First attempt was the purple and then I tried the variegated thread:

Then I tried a different thread:

Much better. So I ripped the other threads out and started stitching.

Looking at this photo makes me wonder if I should have found a black thread...

Then I could find a bright thread that has the neon colors and place it in the squares. I will sleep on this and decide in the morning.

Well, I Finally Switched Projects

 I realized that I was no longer enjoying stitching on Springhill. I spent time swiping on my phone, walking around the house, etc. So I decided to move my painted canvas upstairs.

Here is where Springhill currently is:

I think the leaves on those big trees finally got me! I had hoped to add another color to them, but that will have to wait until I bring it out again.

Here is where I am on my painted canvas:

Well, not really. I started to do the basketweave as my background when I realized the yellow I am using is too bright. The background needs to be the background! So I ripped it out and will start again.

IHSW for August 2021

 Well, it was the International Hermit and Stitch Weekend and I forgot to take before photos...

What is IHSW? Do you run away and stitch? No, it is just a weekend where you purposefully take time to stitch. It could be an extra hour, an extra 15 minutes, whatever. You are supposed to post before and after photos, but whatever!  It is the brainchild of the lovely Jo .

Here are my photos:

Agnus Dei is moving along:

 

I pulled Springhill out again. I figure if I get one or two threads on it a night, I will see progress.

And I started on my Lizard needlepoint canvas.

I need to figure out a background stitch so it may go back to the corner....

What did you work on this weekend?

September's Crazy Quilt Square

This is a small section of my quilt that I beaded heavily. I had an empty space that needed to be filled.Here is a picture of my square. I have a few more things to add to it and it will be done! I need to put a spider on my web and finish my lizard who will sit on the center square. I am also thinking of adding my son's name and birthday as it is "his square." I enjoyed stitching and beading the square, but I am afraid that it has too many mistakes. Hopefully I will be able to "fudge" it when I finally put my squares together.

Thanks for looking. I hope to figure out how to put a slide show on here and share some great ATC's I just received.