This little pincushion has been sitting around (everywhere in the house really) for months to over a year ...well, it must be over a year now...
Totally lost any creative mojo during the main basement area reno.. then we had water damage go from upstairs into the basement and ruin all the renovations we had just completed... then, got that repaired and refurbished and then...the stupid stove went on the fritz causing yet another renovation. WE discovered that "no built in ovens are to be placed within 12 inches of the cooktop or damage can occur to wiring inside the built in oven".. ... so had to opt for a complete range, as we call them in this country ... which meant we then had to have the granite counter top re-cut to accept a total stove instead of just a cooktop...
The granite cutting was a disaster, and the opening is not the size we need, it is slightly larger and still not square, but you can't make a hole smaller once it is cut. The guy who installed the range finally managed to make it sit as squarely in the opening as he could and it looks okay. Not perfect, as it could have been if the granite guys had known their stuff ...but, okay. Oh, and, the first range had Convection fans that were not working, so we had to order a second stove... which has now been installed and is working great.
This is the type of thing that goes on all the time around here.... or so it would seem. Thirty plus years of renovations have taken their toll methinks.... if I never have to lift a finger to do or even to oversee anybody else "doing" things round here.... it won't be too soon for me. I'm so done with renovating.
So, there you have it... and, now ...
Got the last embroidery stitches done on it finally ..or thought I had.. stitched it up around almost the whole thing leaving a small opening to turn it through..I am used to small turning openings from doing the little bears...and, got it turned with no difficulty. However, I don't like how that corner doily bit opens up so deep under it after all...so now I need to do some little stitches to hold it down at almost halfway into it. That will be a bit tricky as I need to begin and end and, also stitch, on the inside and outside the already turned pillow. Darn it. Oh, well, it must be done.
Here it is so far... this is the part of the little corner of doily that I don't want to lift quite so deep into it if you know what I mean. Part way will be enough for me.
Here it is next to a completed one from ages ago when I took Karen's class.
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Saturday, April 28, 2018
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Cabbage butterflies...
... they are pretty little things... they like to visit my colourful flowers in the pots.
Wow!! the middle of August already! Where has the summer gone? We had a pretty wet one and now?...really hot. Yesterday we golfed in +29C .... and today it is supposed to be the same.... not golfing today that's for sure. Not that I usually golf two days in a row anyway...how do the old farts do it? Oh, yeh...I am an old fart, I should should know this one.... but, I don't. Some of them must have a lot more oomph than I have, that's all I can say.
Still doing a bit of stitching here and there .... but, not regularly, and have taken a bit of a break from the wrapping cloth pieces. I have decided to try my hand at making a little pin cushion...not showing til it is finished though....
However, here is a bit of the stitching I was doing on the wrapping cloth piece.... utility stitches...patching .. and just making things pretty ... we were making little squares but, this time folding the edges over on the working side.. I stitched one onto the hanky corner... added some knots and then thought about tucking one just under the corner ...
Then, I got to thinking it might look cute added on to the first little square on top of the hanky corner instead of underneath it... still deciding....
The lacy edged hanky is one my Mom gave me many years ago... it has been hiding in a drawer ... as so many beautiful pieces usually do. Karen's suggestion is...why not use it in our project. Give it new life and enjoy it .... even if we have to cut it to incorporate it into our creation. I'm betting my Mom would love the way it fits in with all the other pretty pieces I have gathered and used in my little project. She was always our biggest cheerleader and supporter no matter what we attempted in our lives....I'm sure she would be thrilled to know I kept my hanky (well, not just this one either, ... ...but, all of them that she gave me over the years) and am now getting to use them like this. She wouldn't be totally surprised at my keeping them in pristine condition ...that was always my way..... I had dolls and things I never played with...just kept and looked at and enjoyed in their new condition... I was a strange kid....
After I added French knots and a few other stitches to the square ...I turned it over and thought.... gee if I am going to leave it loose... you will see the messy under side... maybe I'll just cover the stitching with a piece of silk to make it look nicely finished ...
and.....so I did. There now.... nice and tidy underneath as well. Love and devotion, as Karen would say..... care and attention to detail.... always me anyway....... and, just like Karen, I'm kind of proud of that in me. Sure, some folks find it strange... but, there you have it. It's good to like your own quirks and foibles don'tcha think?
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embellishment,
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flowers,
French Knots,
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