I get such satisfaction out of this hobby. It's very tactile and I love all the textures of the different stitches. If you embroider, do you enjoy running your fingers over the stitches, too? I feel the same way about my cards. That's why I love my Cuttlebug so much.
Here are my next 2 projects - Hawaii and Colorado:
I'm doing Colorado first. I love columbines! I have some in my front yard. They come back every year in April. The eery thing is that they bloom around the same time the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colorado took place (April 20, 1999). It's a yearly reminder to me of that terrible event. I participated in a cross stitch quilt project that year to show support to those who suffered through that event. I'm reminded of that quilt project every time I see my columbines in bloom. It's all interconnected. Anywho...
The directions call for a variegated purple thread so I'll have to get some. I only own the pink kind. There are pink columbines, but I want to stick with the purple.
I like keeping 2 or more squares together as the extra fabric holds things on the hoop better, especially when stitching the outer corners of the design. Too many squares together and the fabric just gets in the way. Kind of like having your hair fall in your eyes. Annoying! Bad Feng shui! lol
I have all the thread colors picked and ready to use (except the variegated purple).
All ready to go!
2 comments:
Nice work on the Wyoming square, can't wait to see more! Your stitching looks perfect, like you've been doing it a long time!
Thank you! I enjoy it immensely, but I have done a good deal of stitch-ripping, so looks might be deceiving. Struggling against my inner perfectionist. ;)
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