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t have any extra thread my choices were to go with the knotted thread or wait until i see amy mitten at class may 20th or try to order some from her which also means waiting well i didn t want to wait i ve only done about an inch but i can see a pattern emerging i should have done a practice piece with pearl cotton but i have been going over the steps in my head since i read the instructions i wonder if i would ever do this again it is a lot of work to set this whole thing up it is much easier to do twisted cording which reminds me that i want to try doing twisted cording on this new tool i got a couple of things done yesterday the basting is all done for the amy mitten class in may the purple thread needlebook is done if i were going to do this again never i would put in some interfacing to make this less floppy i like the button closure i stitched the scissors keep for the second class of the june retreat most of this project is done over one but i stitched the scissors keep over two i like it anyway i considered stitching another one and going over one but i like how it turned out it looks way better than the original design it s kind of oriental looking i enjoyed adding to the bookmark i really like this design margaret is giving me a tour of her needlework in her home take a look at http margaretmyblog blogspot com thanks margaret a posted by amy at 11 57 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 24 2012 how about something different i decided to do something to help alleviate the mess in my sewing room a front end loader would help i want to finish up some of the stuff that is laying around and get rid of it so i finished up the shepherd s bush eden s lament pin cushion i left off the words and i think it looks fine this would look good mounted on a box it would look even better if i ironed it then another thing laying around was the purple thread needlebook i just need to sew the wool lining in i m about half way done with it then i need to sew on the button closure the pre stitching for mute but not silent sampler is laying around and i want to finish the basting and stick that away until the class i have the second class of the june retreat to finish up stitching as well i found a flower and vine design on the web and want to try that out on the scissors keep i just have too many things started the piles grow when i am not looking so i have my work cut out for me today i enjoyed seeing dylan another boy was playing with the rush hour game so we played with snap circuits it s another sunny day a posted by amy at 11 34 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday april 23 2012 monday it s monday and my bathrooms are clean everything is right in my world i worked hard on those drawstrings for the vierlande winders keeper and i got them all done they aren t perfect one is pretty close and the rest have a slight bobble in them but i don t think it is noticeable so what s next the bobble on the end that joins two drawstrings together i haven t done this before i started on it last night and it is a learning experience next one will be way better because i won t pull it so tightly and i ll make it slightly lower on the drawstring this one is not quite done i have been avoiding the edging actually i have been trying to figure out where in my house i can do this as it involves tables and chairs and an alligator clip as well as my new tool i m thinking the back porch might work i finished attaching the lid to the needlebook i must have a slightly obsessive personality i want to keep working on that bookmark just to see how it develops i can t seen to put it down dylan and i will probably do the rush hour game he wanted to go through all the cards starting at the beginner level through intermediate and on to advanced he is on intermediate right now it involves critical thinking and he is very smart we are also starting a new set of readers we only have 4 more sessions after today the year has gone so fast next week we celebrate his tenth birthday a posted by amy at 11 34 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday april 22 2012 one step back i had a great deal of fun yesterday but not much to show for it i finger looped braided two of the drawstrings for the vierlande winders keeper the first one was pretty good but has just one bobble in it the second one was going great until i dropped a loop and in trying to pick it up i dropped more loops and disaster i was almost at the end too when you drop more than one loop you have no idea how to get back which finger does the loop go on and where am i in the pattern i already started over several times but i am getting the idea and picking up speed doing this i have to take the braid apart and try again we only have enough thread in the kit for the four drawstrings so i just have to keep taking apart and trying again i wanted to try the bookmark pattern i downloaded i wanted to see if i could tell what i was stitching so i did a part that was very important the face i wasn t sure when i started if it was going to work out as the floss colors are so much brighter darker that i expected i thought it was going to look awful but i kept going knowing that in watercolor the colors around a very bold color soften and change the look i was glad i kept at it as it looks okay so many orange colors in her face dmc 815 in her hair ugh but it looks better from a distance than right up close it is always fascinating to see a picture develop i didn t get much else done as i didn t touch the shepherd s bush kit and the lid to the vierlande needle book is still half on i hope to get lots done this afternoon a posted by amy at 11 49 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday april 21 2012 sunny it is a beautiful sunny day that always puts me in a good mood i made terrific progress yesterday i successfully braided using the finger loop method i used some 12 pearl cotton to practice and it worked out i think i ve got it so that means i can braid the drawstrings for the vierlande winders keeper i have been trying to attach the lid to the needlebook using the knotted antwerp stitch not so successful i am on my third try it is sort of a blanket stitch with a knot it looks crummy now if i can just get it to look consistently crummy all the way across it may work out this is a very challenging project but the big news is that i finished all the 24 eyelets yeah we are getting to the end i hope to have this finished so i can take it to show amy mitten at the class in may i ve been working on this since january right before we left for the airport last week i got my order from the attic so i took the kits i ordered along on my trip one of the kits was shepherd s bush s eden s lament pin cushion it is a fun stitch i don t think i will put the wording on it though if i worked hard i could get it done today the threads got all messed up as i didn t sort them and put them on a card as i usually do and some orphan threads got mixed in so just finding the correct color floss is a challenge two of the greens look just alike the only difference is that one green is longer than the other there is scrunched up seam tape type ribbon for the edging but i don t know if i want to put it on i think i ll look through my stash and see what other things might look good at the retreat one lady had a project that had folded up gathered large ric rak on the edge it looked really nice i should get back to mr snowman stocking but i m just having a ball working on other stuff i went to joann s to get the floss for the bookmarks i downloaded they had the leftover easter candy at half price and on the bottom shelf were some chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies several of them came home with me a posted by amy at 11 46 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday april 20 2012 friday already i can t believe it is friday again already time just flies i got the lining done on the sugar plum fairy stocking yeah i put three more eyelets in the vierlande winders keeper only 6 to go i tried some finger looping but decided i needed to review the directions some more i still haven t caught on to how it s done i tried to skip a step and i probably shouldn t have do you really need to tape the ends down each time maybe i got the pre stitching for the amy mitten class mute but not silent it is a big piece of linen but there was no chart to begin the actual stitching only directions for basting so i got about 1 4 of it basted last night i was hoping to get a good start on it before our class may 20th rats i ironed the purple thread needle book all i have to do now is sew the lining wool to it and attach the buttons i looked at the online needlework show and noticed a company called pinoy stitch i love the idea that you can download patterns and don t have to wait for them to come in the mail i downloaded two bookmarks it will be interesting to see how they turn out i really got burned with a heaven and earth chart that nobody can tell what it is so we ll see so much to stitch and so little time a posted by amy at 11 50 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday april 19 2012 back to my real life well now i am back home and trying to get back to what i was working on before my trip when i got back home i had a package waiting for me it was the tool to make the woven edge and drawstrings for the vierlande winders keeper i want to try it out using some pearl cotton i read through the finger looping instructions which are for the drawstrings yesterday the instructions are very good and nicely illustrated i got two more eyelets done nine to go since i found some sweet material at the fabric outlet in minneapolis i cut out the lining for the sugar plum fairy stocking i can get that done in an hour then i finished off the purple thread strawberry i put the beads on the purple thread needlebook and it is ready to be finished i have one more purple thread kit and i am changing the linen i really don t like over dyed linen it s wrinkly and blotchy and looks like it is dirty so i am using some off white linen from my stash i have enjoyed reading other blogger s postings and pictures about the retreat with needle and thread stitching squad i saw dylan on tuesday he was great it is his birthday in two weeks so i want to get him a game and a cake he enjoyed playing rush hour and is getting very good at it our plants aren t dead yet we even had two sprouts we only have about six more times to get together before the school year is over have a fun thursday a posted by amy at 11 56 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday april 18 2012 last day of retreat sunday was the last day of the retreat a few more people finished their project thea signed books and we took a group picture thea was going to talk about her design process i wanted to hear that but she never got around to it we had brunch at the retreat center and then took off we went to jeri s house and i got to see her wonderful stitching i was amazed she and my bff have been going to stitching classes for nearly 25 years and have a beautiful collection of fabulous stitching i was inspired i know the work that goes into these projects several things made me think i have that pattern i should stitch it because it looks beautiful all done i met up with son 1 and we went out for dinner amid tornado warnings and dark skies i got to see his new furniture and reframed pictures at his house but boy was i tired this busy weekend was catching up with me things i learned from this trip 1 my bff knows the best places to shop 2 traffic in the minneapolis area is terrible 3 one hour in the mall of america can poop you out 4 oak ridge hotel and conference center is a great place to have a retreat 5 getting together with other stitches is fun and inspiring 6 the peach iced tea at tgi fridays is yummy and so are the pot stickers 7 the minneapolis area is more than huge my bff kept me informed of the name of the suburb we were in and the names of the rivers we crossed and recrossed 8 i want to go back especially to oak ridge stillwater and stitchville usa 9 spring fling was very fun and very worth the cost a posted by amy at 11 20 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 17 2012 day four this the the dining room where we eat all our meals there are two fellow bloggers at this table now we are at saturday the main day of the retreat every body meets in the meeting room several people have read my blog and are looking for my crazy shoes so i had to wear them now i m not so embarrassed to wear them again there are some people who haven t started stitching and some people who are done stitching so the done people go to a different room to finish their project and mount it on the sewing stand i have stitched all i could stitch at home so i am in the finishing group first we have to put the pincushion on the mounting disc it is not an easy task to get it just right we are using roving to stuff it the roving is rolled like a cinnamon bun but there is too much roving and some has to be cut off so it is a trial and error exercise finally i get it so that i like it some make theirs much more perfect than mine no little pleats along the edge i m not a perfectionist and i think it looks fine i attach the various screws pegs and discs when i think i am done deb points out that mine is mounted upside down argh so i take it apart and put it right side up ta da i am done i put my pinkeep together but i am going to take it apart when i get home and scallop the edges of the felt needle page so i go back to the main room and start stitching on other stuff i have brought thea asks me to take a picture with my completed piece and tells me not to smile so hard i have a tendency to do that anyway then she gives me a prize it is a pin with british colombian jade wow it seems i am the first one done i am greatly honored thea has a cd of directions on stitching and finishing this chart we watch some of it we are off to dinner which is delicious as always and i am still full from lunch we just stitch and stitch all evening a lot of people go to stitchville to shop but we already did that on thursday it is so fun to see stuff that other stitchers have made and brought with them there is a table in the back of the room with all the victoria sampler projects that people have finished i brought two things what could be a more fun day to stitch to your heart s content and then stitch some more a posted by amy at 11 43 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest newer posts older posts home subscribe to comments 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