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Slow Sunday Stitching

Posted on October 1, 2017 | 6 comments

“October is the opal month of the year. It is the month of glory, of ripeness. It is the picture-month.”    – Henry Ward Beecher

 

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

 

I am a happy camper!  I actually finished a block in just one week!  Ha, ha!

Block 17 done!

Aunt Bea's Parlor - Block 17

The pattern, and my Google searches, show the embroidery being done with a running stitch, or a backstitch.  I chose to embroider with a stem stitch.  

I don’t know why.  But there ya have it.

Onto Block 18!

Aunt Bea's Parlor - Block 18

Just three more blocks to go, and the embroidery portion of Aunt Bea’s Parlor will be finished!  Woohoo!

I am linking up with Kathy’s Quilts Slow Sunday Stitching.  Click on the link, and check out the projects that others are working on!  Maybe you’ll be inspired to relax with some slow stitching, too!

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Posted on September 24, 2017 | 8 comments

“In emerald tufts, flowers purple, blue and white;
Like sapphire, pearl, and rich embroidery,
Buckled below fair knighthood’s bending knee;
Fairies use flower for their charactery.”
― William Shakespeare

 

“Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that – one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

 

I am still slowly; very, very slowly, stitching blocks from the Aunt Bea’s Parlor pattern.

I have finished block number 16.  

Aunt Bea's Parlor - Block 16

Onto block number 17.

Aunt Bea's Parlor - Block 17

Progress is happening!

Slowly.

I am linking up with Kathy’s Quilts Slow Sunday Stitching.  Click on the link, and check out the projects that others are working on!

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Posted on July 30, 2017 | 10 comments

“Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.” – Kellie Elmore

“If you’re not barefoot, then you’re overdressed.” – Unknown

Summer is wonderful, and too short, so I am trying to enjoy it as much as I can.  Yes, I do spend a lot of time barefoot, but mostly in the house.  My grass is so dry it crunches, and will be dormant until we get blessed with rain.  It has been a very hot and very dry summer.

I have finally finished the 15th block from the Aunt Bea’s Parlor pattern.

Aunt Bea's Parlor - Block 15

I did take a photo of block 16, which I will be working on for my next slow stitching project, but I’ve lost it. It is hiding somewhere in the depths of my computer.

So this one will be a surprise to you when I show it. 

Meantime, I have my son and his fam visiting, so I believe I will go enjoy some more summertime fun!

I am linking up with Kathy’s Quilts Slow Sunday Stitching.  Click on the link, and see the great projects that others are working on!

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