OhSewCrafty Blog

Well, the full moon was a few days ago, but here goes…

Project No. 3 – Athena – received many hours of work.  She is stitched on 32 count belfast linen dyed in the “Blue Dynasty” colorway by Silkweaver.  Stitching on this fabric is pure joy.  It’s a really fun piece with many different colors, including some Waterlilies silks, and not too much confetti stitching.   I worked up to the top right corner of the chart and across to the horizontal midpoint.  I’d say the cross stitching is about 66% complete, but there will be lots of beading to complete later.  The “before” shot (February 2012):

As of March 10, 2012 (the whole piece, and detail of my latest work):

Project No. 10 – Carnaby – also saw a long evening of attention.  This is a cute skirt knitted in Valley Northampton (100% wool).  After much deliberation, I cut some brown silk habotai into a lining, and installed it along with a grosgrain ribbon as waistband.  Some hand sewing remains, but I”m hoping to finish this by the end of March so I can count it for the first quarter stashdown.   Here’s the inside of waistband and lining; also the exterior waist.

For next time, I think I’ll work on Woodland Enchantress – a Dimensions Gold cross stitch kit- and my Nespelem cardi, which will be perfect for spring.