I worked on this the last couple of days and finished the stitching. I am not sure if I will make it into a needlebook or not. The kit included fabric and felt to turn it into a needlebook, but the verdict is still out.
Sun City Stitcher
Formerly Colorado Stitcher who is now stitching in the Valley of the Sun.
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Monday, April 15, 2024
Saguaro Sunrise Completed!
Friday, April 12, 2024
Blackwork in Red and Green
This is a retired Embroiderers Guild of America, Inc. (EGA) Group Correspondence course (GCC) by Ginger Gouger Miller (c) 1997 and rewritten in 2000.
I have the pages in a 1/2 inch three-ring binder and keep started it in June of 2021. I ran into a problem with the instructions (they referenced some diagrams that were not in the instructions). So I put it down and have been moving it around my studio when I need to declutter for the cleaners. I finally decided to just stitch it so I could stop moving it around so much.
You probably can't tell it yet, but this is a tomoto pin cushion with a spool of thread and pins in the cushion. I am hoping for more progress on this now that baseball season has begun.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Some Papercrafting
I took a class with my Paper Crafts & More club and made a squash box with lid.
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Arizona Quilters Guild Show - WARNING PHOTO HEAVY
On March 22 by local quilting club, the Quilting Bees had a bus trip to Mesa, AZ to attend a fantastic Quilt show. It was kind of cute our wrist band to get in had busses on it. Sorry no photo.
In order to post photos from the show I must tell you that all "photos were taken at the Arizona Quilters Guild, Quilt Arizona! Show." I will also give credit to each artist. I will type the information below each photo. I tried to be consistent with the information on each quilt.
This is So Many Ties under the Scrap category. I took this photo to send to my neighbor who has ties she can't figure out what to do with. It was created and hand quilted by Margit Kagerer.
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Charity Stitching
I do not have an update on Saguaro Sunrise, or the Game is on this week since I did not stitch on them!
I have been working on some charity stitching. My community is having a silent auction and a concert to support the Navy Seal Foundation. They asked the clubs to provide an item or two for the auction.
I love doing charity stuff and had the time, so I made these to represent the Festival Stitchers Club.
I used a Charles Craft Maxton Velour Guest towel and a project called Hearts and Stars from a brochure from the American School of Needlework called It's a Grand Old Flag in cross stitch. By Linda Gillum. I deviated slightly from the design by using star buttons instead of stitching the stars. It saved me a little time since the deadline for turning in our auction items was getting close.
The next item is a design by Erica Michaels that I have had since 2001. It was a freebie off the Rainbow Gallery website that was printed in a local needlework shop's newsletter - that is how I know the year.
It called for Rainbow Gallery threads (duh) but I needed to get this stitched on a deadline, so I raided my stash. I used DMC floss 321 for red, 797 for blue, 444 for gold and B5200 for white. I also used blue mill hill beads in royal blue instead of stitches and two mill hill treasure stars. I kind of wished I had a third star, but my stash was not sufficient. It still looks good though.
The design also called for the U-S-A to be open and not stitched. I did not like how this looked. The fabric had too much of an open weave. So, I stitched the letters with Kreinik #4 braid in gold (#002). The open weave is also why I used beads; I did not want the thread between the stitches to show.
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Happy St. Patick's Day
May the road
rise up to meet you.
May the wind be
always at your back.
May the sun shine
warm upon your face,
The rains fall
soft on your fields,
And, until we
meet again,
May God hold
you in the palm of His hand.
I made some leprechaun hat cards for my family and Irish American friends.
Also, don't forget:
Friday, March 15, 2024
The Game is On! Update 3
I am making pretty good progress! The top two rows are complete along with all the black squares in the upper half. It is starting to look like a checkerboard.