Hello all! I finally got my first silks ever!! Whoohoo! They sure are soft and silky. I am excited to try them out but I want to finish a few things first. I still haven't finished Debi's Roses. It's taking a lot longer than I thought and I still need to do two more sides for the biscornus. I have progressed on Tanglewood though. I had a serious stitching marathon last night and managed to finish a branch and start another. The q-snap frames are a bit bigger than I had expected (I'm lousy with measurements and estimated the length of the qsnaps). I think I need to purchase the next size down for my other projects. I do like them though! They keep the fabric taught and don't cause creases if I put felt in between the fabric and the frame. I picked that trick up from someone's blog. Whose I can't remember but thank you for the tip!! I also love the new linens I got: Stone Gray Belfast, Antique White and natural linen. Now I need to get more charts!! This stash buying is highly addictive! I want to find a really nice sampler to stitch on my new Antique white linen so I've been browsing samplers and can't decide on the one I want to stitch. I have a couple in mind but I really should finish what I have now then decide later. I hope everyone is having a great day! It's finally warming up here and it is sunny out!
Take care
Anne
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| Nearly done! |
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| Queen's Sampler kitted up! |
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| First silks!!! |
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| New linens! |
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| Tangle progress in Qsnap frame! |
9 comments:
Congratulations on your first silks! I remembered the first ones I got were NPI as well and they are great! Once you start on silks though it's easy to become a Silk Snob! ;-)
Tanglewood is coming along nicely!
I also have that Plum Street design in my stash, it has lovely rich colours.
Your Tanglewood is coming along nicely too!
LISA V
Both your WIPs look good, and grats on the new acquisitions! Stash buying is always fun, lol.
Silks are just lovely and so nice to stitch with. I love your tanglewood design, it has a beautiful intricacy. Look forward to seeing it grow.
The silks are lovely.....I love that moment when you sit down with a new project ..... all that potential, all that peaceful stitching before us....we only see it finished...we conveniently forget the bit in between....maybe that's why I start so many things....I'm not so good at the finishing bit. I love your Tanglewood with the thistles.
I have some silks and I too have never used them. Your stitching is just beautiful. With the sun coming out, you will be able to sit outdoors and stitch...such bliss...
Hugs from Holland ~
Heidi
Debi's Roses looks lovely. I think even those small Chatelaine's take ages to stitch:)
Nice new stash!
Nice new stash! Love Debi's roses.
Hi Ann--Just stopping in to say thank you for visiting my blog. I'm happy to have found yours, too :)
Lovely new stash--enjoy!!
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