First of all, a Palm Sunday prayer for all those who are celebrating Holy Week starting today! I'm going to be SO busy at church this week, I don't expect a ton of stitching time upcoming.
Spring is well and truly here in Kansas. Woodpeckers are building a nest somewhere nearby; I can hear them tapping away in the morning. There's a nest of mourning doves somewhere nearby, too. I have seen them pecking in the lawn several times. I have set up the bird bath, so hopefully will start to have some birds visit. Now that the deck is done except for getting it stained in July, I am turning my attention to the garden situation. That will be a lot of work over the next few months. But so worth it in the end.
I did get the Shepherd's Bush "Violet Roll" well under way with about 5 hours done (including the set up). I think this is probably about 1/3 complete. There are three bands yet to do - a denser floral band that's about 13 stitches high just above (and slightly overlapping) the text band, a small area of bead flowers with buttonhole stitch stems, and finally up at the top, a section of Heirloom Embroidery (batiste lace, applique and beads). I also need to go back and add the cross stitch to the double running vines band; I thought there were just beads for the flowers on that band, but mis-read the pattern. The flowers are actually 2/3 cross stitch and 1/3 beads. I've gotten spoiled by the more recent Mill Hill kits where the round symbols are always the beads.
Then there's more beading throughout, a charm, some drawn thread and hemstitching on the ends and the FFO assembly with a flat felled handsewn seam. So quite a bit more work considering how small the project is, but I love how spring-y it looks. The project perfectly matches my mood, and I'm looking forward to getting back to this project when it comes around again in rotation #3.
The last few days of the month will be spent getting as far as I can on the Santa of the Forest. Eight hundred stitches have gotten me this far - still just blobs of color, though you can begin to see there's a hood and hair! I'm planning on restarting the rotation on April 1 (no April's Fools!), so I'll post the final stats from the start to the end of March then.
You are transitioning between winter and spring with your projects this week. Pretty spring stitching. Gail at the cozy quilter
ReplyDeleteSounds like a complex stitch but it sure is off to a very pretty start! That would keep me motivated to get it done. Always curious about how those that work their stitching on rotation organize that work so will read through for more details. You also just reminded me that having used beads as part of a recent finish, I could now try a Mill Hill kit. It's on my "To Do" list!
ReplyDeletehttps://threadbndr.blogspot.com/p/rotation-rules-for-my-needlework.html gives the details on my rotation. There are also some notes how the needlework rotation fits into the overall crafting plan in the "UFO/WIP" tab at the top of the page.
DeleteMill Hill ornament kits are fun! I am alternating between ornaments and small projects for my modern slot in the rotation right now.