I realized, when I mentioned working on the rag dolls’ hair in passing, that I never actually posted the finished monster doll. So let’s have a Halloween monster! They seem to be getting along well. Think he’ll find her? Hair detail — I did his hair in feather stitch and was pleased by how...
Finished Blackwork Sampler & A Bit of Progress on the Calendar
I finished up the blackwork sampler just now. I don’t know what I was thinking when I did the stem stitch outline — I know I had a lot more trouble working it one-handed than I did the filling stitches, but that doesn’t explain why I made all these crazy long stem stitches. But...
Book haul!
I just got back from the Half Price Books clearance sale — I’m so excited they finally did one here. They’re a regional chain of bookstores that sell used books and remainders. They have a warehouse store in Indiana that has a huge sale once or twice a year, but that’s a little far...
Hexagons are go
I finished piecing hexagons for my mug rug: Yay! Now I need to trim it to a rectangle, figure out what I want to use for the backing, quilt it and bind it. I keep being surprised at how quick and painless hand-sewing these hexagons was. Although I like embroidery, for some reason I...