Slow Sunday Stitching - May 11, 2025

 A somewhat slower week this week, with no FFOs.   It was totally a "Just Nan week" as all of my projects are by that designer.  I got the side seams all done on the pin cube; next I will need to make the actual pincushion for on top.  (Antique hat pin for scale.)

I also got over halfway through my rotation slot on the new Just Nan piece.   I'm hoping to get the other three rosebud corners finished before I hit the ten-hour mark.  This is "Butterflies, Blossoms and Bees", an online class from Tapestry of Dreams.  I luckily had printed off the emailed lesson plans and kept them with the pattern leaflet.   The first section is the pearl lace border- it's Soie Perlee, which is the same size and structure as number 8 perle cotton, just spun of silk.  There was a bit of frogging in this area since the quadrants look like they should be symmetrical, but they are NOT.

The second step is the rosebuds, and the specialty stitch for the second part is the Mosaic Stitch (found in the pink areas of the buds).  I started off color completing but then decided that it's better to finish each one individually.  

I don't get to work with silk threads nearly as often as I would like.  I love the way it feels, and the AVS threads stitch up like butter.   Three shades of green and three of pink in each of the corner motifs. 

There are butterflies in the centers of all four sides, but I probably won't get to start those until the next time it comes around.   There's a lot of stitching going on in this piece for something so small.  (It's only 4 x 4 inches / 10 x 10 cm!)

Linking up with the SSS crew (current roundup).