Sunday 19 June 2016

Sunday stitching and a confession to make

Occasionally I see posts by stitchers on Facebook about running out of thread from a kit.  That there has not been enough included of one shade or another.

Now that has happily never happened to me, indeed I often look at what I have over and wonder if there is enough there to do the whole pattern again (I hasten to add, that I have never actually tried it, well not yet anyway).  As an example here is a picture of the thread left after the Aveling and Porter kit was finished.

Now I move on to the current project, and as I progressed with the light yellow I began to suspect there would not be enough of that shade to finish the area required of it.  Given my above comments you will understand my being somewhat surprised at that.  Last fragment of thread used and I find I am indeed out of thread before I am out of the stitches that colour takes in the pattern. 

So I double check in the magazine which make of thread was included in the kit (as the key kindly for future use of the pattern gives the shades for DMC, Anchor and Madeira. In the process, I see the following:



Yes, there it is in black and white, use one strand for both the cross stitch and the backstitch.  You know what I have done, don't you?  Indeed, not read the instructions (bad girl) and used two strands not one.  No wonder I have run out, when I should have had plenty left. Suitably humbled, I shall dip into my thread stash to make up the shortfall (a disappointed frog will not be utilized) and I will keep going with the two strands for the central bit at least, I may go back to the recommended usage for the peripheral bits.


So, here is this weeks update, still not looking like much but it is progress.


Oh, and the purple makes me think of the Big Purple T shirt and the Stroke Walk. Stroke walk just giving link .

Another passing thought, there appear to be several EU countries that the flag counter is not recognising, so apologies if your flag has not as yet appeared.



Sunday 12 June 2016

A small start to a small Sunday Stitchings

I have gone with the ease of a cover kit..from Cross stitcher...this is what I have done so far.


And as a teaser of what it is, a little snap shot of the magazine it came with



I bought this at a local quilt groups exhibition and charity day.

Sunday 5 June 2016

Sunday stitching...the END

yup it is finished, first the last of the backstitching on the main design itself


....and then the final touch, the title of the piece (by The Craft Collection Ltd)


And it is done!

So I have a week to chose the next Sunday Stitching project, I am thinking about cover kits, but perhaps I will be inspired by something else. 

Thank you for joining me on this particular project.  If you would like to see it again from the beginning (without having to trawl back over the posts) there will be a page (soon) just for the pictures of Aveling and Porter 1922, look at the tabs at the top of my home page.