I’ve finished 3 more blocks since the last time I posted about my Once Upon a Time sampler back in early July. The new fairy tale additions were Thumbelina, The Musicians of Bremen (which I had never heard of), and Rapunzel. I’m hoping that Hansel and Gretel make an appearance in the last few months since I think that one could be really cute in this style. We’ll see!
To be honest, I’m pretty impressed that I’ve been able to keep up with it. It is just the right amount of stitching — substantial enough to take some effort, but small enough that it can be done in a few days for months like this when I don’t get around to starting it until the month is more than half over.
In other stitching news, my Halloween Town piece — which I started in June thinking I could handle two cross stitch projects at once — is languishing. I probably won’t get caught up in time to put this on display this year, but we’ll see. I’ve finished 1.5 of the 4 parts…clearly one monthly project is enough for me!
I still haven’t decided what to do with this one when I finish, but one little girl in particular seems interested in it…
Bring on the final three months of 2014!
I would love to learn to embroider, but I think quilting is much easier! Do you ever use embroidery patterns for digital quilt patterns? I have a few things pinned on Pinterest that I think could work, but I haven’t tried it…yet. Also, please tell me about your design board!!
This is cross stitch, which I don’t usually think of as the same thing as embroidery. I haven’t done a lot of true embroidery, but I would say cross stitch is easier because it’s gridded. I’ve never used an embroidery design for a quilt but I think it would work really well! (I actually have a book about the reserve — doing embroidery based on quilt design.)
I got my design wall at Quilt Festival last year from this place: http://www.cherylannsdesignwall.com/ It’s great!
Ha! Clearly I know less about it than I thought! Thanks for the link. I love the fact that your design wall is portable1