Weekend crafting.

Wips and finishes from the weekend. First Fruit of the Spirit made into a flat fold, front and back.





I had made a big mistake on the sewing and really had to fudge to make this work. When I make a flat fold I cut the backing fabric into two pieces, one half the length of the second one, with the shorter piece being the outside of the "V" (shown here) and the longer piece making up the inside of the "V". I then place two pieces of foam board in between the fabric and sew the bottom closed. Think of it like a folded pillow case. Instead I sewed the short fabric to where the long fabric should have been and vice versa. The big seem you can see in the top of the picture was my way of fudging it. It still works as a flat fold, it's just not as pretty as I'd like it to be. Oh well.







I also made good progress on a very slow work in progress. This is Relaxing, part of the All Our Yesterdays designs from DMC. I am stitching nine of these designs on three pieces of fabric (three per fabric). This is the first of the nine and I'd say I'm about half way done. The dog still needs to be finished and then there is a lot of half stitches for the clouds, ocean and beach, and the back stitching of course.

Lastly I started a new project, A Fish Tale by Teresa Layman Designs. Done in all french and colonial knots. I'm enjoying it so far but considering I stitch in hand, using a hope for this one take a bit to get used to.

I also did quite a bit of crocheting but nothing significant to show as it was mainly practicing different stitches. This week I do plan on buying from yarn to start a simple t-shirt with. The design is done mainly with double crochet stitches which I have a pretty good grasp on now.

Anna

Happy Dance

I finally had a day without any commitments and was able to finish off Fruit of the Spirit, designed by My Mark. I'll be finishing it into a flat fold next time I visit my parents (and my mom's sewing machine). This is the second My Mark design that I've stitched, the first one being Additude, shown below.

Now I'm off to practice my crochet.

Anna

Adventures in Crochet.

In a quest to expand beyond cross stitch I've been teaching myself how to crochet. I've only been doing it for the past two weeks and while initially it was a bit difficult, I think I'm getting the hang of it. This was my experiment done yesterday. It's supposed to be a mouse. If you squint your eyes a bit and use your imagination you might actually see it. Not a great success but not bad overall for a beginner I'd say.

Progress on Fruit of the Spirit. I finally had a bit of free time and after crochetting the mouse I worked on this for a bit.

Anna

Fruit of the Spirit

My Mark's Fruit of the Spirit. Stitched with DMC's on 14 count Aida with the words "Fruit of the Spirit" added by me and the "Faithfulness" square design changed a bit. I normally don't work on Aida but since the entire design will be filled in and finished as a cube of some sort, I chose Aida because of it's stiffness and of how easy it is to work with when doing that sort of finishing. It's been a wip for about two years though I've only been actively stitching on it again for the past two weeks. Right now real life has been a bit crazy and stitching time is a bit limited. This design is an easy one to pick up in between waking up and rushing out the door or rushing in the door and going to bed. I'm not quite sure yet of how to colour in the bottom box but I'll figure it out when I get there.

Anna