After getting the kids into bed on Friday night, I turned on the heater, set Netflix up on to the big television (rather than watching on my laptop), gathered my cup of tea, some chocolate coated honeycomb and my stitching supplies. Admittedly, I think I spent more time eating chocolate and watching Grimm than actual stitching, but here’s what I was up to.
This is a design from Gail Pan’s gorgeous book, Patchwork loves Embroidery. The design, in the book, is used on a pincushion, but I have other ideas. I'm using a lot more stem stitching than usual. I think it's my "current favourite".
The design is a lovely round shape, so could look lovely if appliquéd in the centre of something which uses a wedge template. It could be part of a gift for someone at Christmas time… just sayin’…
Did you get up to much sewing this weekend? I really should be saving this stitchery for the evening time and using the noisy sewing machine now while the kids are out playing, but my chair in the sun is beckoning for some stitching…
What do you enjoy watching, while stitching? Someone suggested Eureka and Warehouse13 which I might look up.
This is a design from Gail Pan’s gorgeous book, Patchwork loves Embroidery. The design, in the book, is used on a pincushion, but I have other ideas. I'm using a lot more stem stitching than usual. I think it's my "current favourite".
The design is a lovely round shape, so could look lovely if appliquéd in the centre of something which uses a wedge template. It could be part of a gift for someone at Christmas time… just sayin’…
Did you get up to much sewing this weekend? I really should be saving this stitchery for the evening time and using the noisy sewing machine now while the kids are out playing, but my chair in the sun is beckoning for some stitching…
What do you enjoy watching, while stitching? Someone suggested Eureka and Warehouse13 which I might look up.
Sew pretty!!
ReplyDeleteI certainly know about chairs in the sun beckoning one to do hand stitching. Happens to me all the time! Very pretty piece.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. Lovely stitching.
ReplyDeleteSounds perfect to me. Very pretty stitching x
ReplyDeleteI made mine up as the pincushion like Gail. So happy with it.
ReplyDeletebeautiful stitching are you using double thread? all this aurifilness is new to me
ReplyDeleteYour stitchery is looking lovely Anorina. The colours you have chosen are very pretty. I received my copy of Gail's book last week and am trying to decide which project to stitch first!
ReplyDeleteThat's so sweet,
ReplyDeleteI love Grimm! I've just watched both series of Orange is the new Black (available on Netflix), I also really enjoyed Dexter, Person of Interest and I'm now working my way through Breaking Bad
ReplyDeleteSo lovely. Great thread. Didn't know they had embroidery thread more did I know that you could get Netflix here in aus?!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous stitching and those thread colours are fabulous! Love Netflix.... working through The Good Wife... really got into The Walking Dead.... never thought I'd enjoy Zombie action so much! :o)
ReplyDeleteI adore this book and have made two of the pincushions. I'm currently working on a needle book. Beautiful stitching!
ReplyDeleteJane @ Handiworking.com