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Fall Moon Embroidery Update

Posted on September 5, 2024 | 10 comments

My Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge for June was number 10. I didn’t get it finished, but I did work on it in August and I have finished it.

Fall Moon Embroidery

The embroidered piece is dimensional, but hard to show with a flat photograph.

The tree is a wool thread, and the rest of the piece is stitched with rayon threads from EdMar.

Fall Moon Embroidery

I’ve made mistakes, but I am happy with the results.

Fall Moon Embroidery

The piece is finished! It has only been on the to-do list since at least 2021 (and I have had this pattern for a whole longer)!

Fall Moon Embroidery

A press, a frame, and then I can have it on display for the fall season!

References to Fall Moon Embroidery:

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Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge

Fall Moon Embroidery

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge – June Update

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge – July

I am linking up with other challenge participants over at Dreamworthy Quilts. It is a fun show ‘n tell!

Have fun and carry on!

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The Magical Unicorn – Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge August Update

Posted on August 29, 2024 | 13 comments

I missed the Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenges for July and August.

If you like, you can see why I missed sewing time by visiting this post…She Looks Like A Movie Star.

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge

I decided that I wanted to work with color, rather than start a new project (Project #3 on my list), so I went back to my unfinished May challenge, The Magical Unicorn.

You can see my project list posted here.

I went from deciding to downsize to a pillow, then upsize to the smallest wall hanging.

The Magical Unicorn

And now there are two wall hangings!

One is just a bit more saturated in the fabric color choices.

The Magical Unicorn

All of the fusing is finished. Yes, there is some shadow showing under some of the pieces. This does not bother me at all. There will be machine stitching and quilting to handle that.

It was very uplifting to work on these two wall hangings! Lots of color, flowers, rainbows, unicorns, and fairies! Sometimes adulting is very hard, and we all need to find that inner child again!

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge – May 

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge – May Update

I am linking up with other challenge participants over at Dreamworthy Quilts. You might like to check it out!

Have fun and carry on!

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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on August 12, 2024 | Leave a comment

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. -William Blake

Coral Bells

*Clicking on a photo will give you a closer look!

Coral Bells

The true method of knowledge is experiment. -William Blake

Jupiter's Beard/Red Valerian

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. -William Blake

Rock Cress

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. -William Blake

Goatsbeard

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. -William Blake

Water Fountain

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. -William Blake

Arugula

Can I see another’s woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another’s grief, and not seek for kind relief? -William Blake

Peony

The weak in courage is strong in cunning. -William Blake

Rose

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it. -William Blake

Columbine

See the world around you!

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