Yesterday I was in the mood to do some finishing. So I decided to finish House on the Holly Hock Hill into a pillow. I started sewing and don't laugh but for me sewing with the sewing machine is
something like to climb the Mount Everest.
I put the top together and really everything worked quilt well. After this I added some buttons, ribbon and lace and I was really happy that I was able to sew a straight line. Now I only had to sew
the back on the front, but this really became a disaster
First the needle broke, then I tried about 15 minutes to put the thread into the machine and 10 minutes more to put the thread into the needle. And it's really unbelievable after this I sewed the
right side of the back to the wrong sight of the front!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really was close to throw away my sewing inclusive the sewing machine. But I didn't give up and so finally at 11:30 pm the pillow was finished. (Will not tell you when I started it)
I went to bed and I thought never in my life I'll toutch a sewing machine again.
But when I wake up in the morning and looked at my little pillow which really fits perfectly in my kitchen.........???
Maybe I have to give a second chance to my sewing machine. Let' see!!
After I finished the Pink Hare Sampler by Ewe&Eye&Friends I decided to start another EEF design for the SAL with the "EEF girls".
I chose "Three Pink Houses" and did only a little progress on it.
First I thought this will be another quick design to stitch. But now I realized that the alphabet is worked one over one and there are a lot of eyelet stitches also. Not really my cup of tea on
dirty linen.
So I think this SAL is really necessary to keep stitching on it.
Sorry, but I'm a little excited!!
Maybe some of you are remembering that I wanted to create a sampler influenced by the traditional stitching here in my region. I was "pregnant" with this sampler for years. I have been drawing
and stitching and redrawing and restitching till I was really satisfied with my work. It really took a long time and my friends always called me fussy.
But now my "little baby" is finished and I'm really happy about this. Just I put the last stitches in it and now it will go to the framer and I'll present it in the "Emperor Garden" here in
my hometown in May.
Will show you a picture of the sampler when I'll get it back from the framer, but I have to show you a little preview. It's stitched on 36 count antique white linen with Gloriana silks.
I would love to hear what you think about it!!
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After I saw
Su's lovely Mary Beale sampler finished on her blog, I had to pull out my Mary Beale charts
imediately and I had to start a little of her designs. I chose this little sampler and I'm stitching it on 36 count Flax Edinburg linen.
I really like this little shepherdress on the top and I think I have an idea how I'll finish it. Let's see if this will work.
Here's my progress in the SAL I did with the EEF girls you can see
here
I almost finished the Pink Hare Sampler. And I think it will be finished soon. I only have to add the ribbon roses and I really like how it came along.
I absolutely like to stitch this EEF designs, so I don't want to leave this SAL. Have to think about what I want to start next and maybe I can show another progress picture of another EEF design in
14 days!
I just finished another EEF design, it's House on the Holly Hock Hill.
I started it last year, but when I came to the one over one stitching I stoped stitching on it.
Now I pulled it out and thought - Now or Never - and finished the stitching on it. It's stitched on 36 count linen with DMC threads.
Now I have to decid how to finish it. Maybe when I'll win the usual fight with my sewing machine (I'm really bad in sewing), it would become a nice pillow??!! Let's see how it will work.
Finally I had a little finish this year. I stitched this little Assisi Birds and finished it as a scissors fob. It's stitched on 32 count linen with DMC linen
threads and black silk.
And here you can see my colletion of
scissors fobs I got in exchanges and four of them are stitched by myself.
I really treasure them all.
Dear Stitching Friends,
You didn´t hear of me for so long time!! I'm so sorry about this!!
I didn't do any stitching and I wasn't on the computer for a long time, so my blog hasn't been updatet.
I got a lot of nice emails, and I thought I'll answer them when I'll get more time, but my computer has broken down, and so I lost all my emails and all the email addresses of my friends, so
please forgive me for not answering! But now my computer works again and my addresses are the same, so if you want to send me a message I would love to hear from you!!
But now I little update on the last months.
My Austrian Sampler hasn't grown very much, but today I pulled it out, and I really want to finish it soon. I'm just in the mood of stitching, and I really would love to start another of my
beloved EEF designs.
But I really want to finish first my Austrian Sampler. I got some offers for publish it, it's charted, but first I want finish the stitching by myself. Maybe that's stupid, but I'm
"pregnant" with this sampler for years. So I want to be sure, that I will be satisfied how it will look like when it will be really, really finished. A little crazy, isn't it.
I saw on the counter that so much are still visiting my blog!! Thank your for this!!
As a little present I want to give you a very little spot from my Austrian sampler as a freebie. Maybe some of you are remembering the Easter Eggs, I did some time ago???
That's one of the reasons that I love these spots, they are so useful for little gifts, and there are so much ways to use them, on pinkeeps, or pincushions, or
........ or maybe Easter Eggs :-))!!
So happy Easter Dear Ladies!!! I would love to hear from you!!
You can see this spot, stitched on the first picture, it's on the egg on the right side! Hope you will like it!!
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