A Mill Hill kit for a scissor pocket. I just thought it was cute and I liked the colors. And doing this on the ribband makes for quick finishing. My problem - not very portable with all these beads.
Will I get back to it? I am not certain.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
UFO # 10
A Mill Hill kit for a scissor pocket. I just thought it was cute and I liked the colors. And doing this on the ribband makes for quick finishing. My problem - not very portable with all these beads.
Will I get back to it? I am not certain.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
UFO # 9
Number 9. Number 9. Number 9.
Sorry. I'll return to regular programming after I find the white album...
Okay. Today's photo is from the Stitcher's World/or whatever name the magazine had at the time this was published.
It's the chat noir of poster fame. This is a simplified version compared to the one hanging my daughter's room. Just some basic cream colored linen and DMC. Lots of black DMC. Which is why it is not finished...too much black and I got tired. I will finish this someday. YES. I WILL.
Sorry. I'll return to regular programming after I find the white album...
Okay. Today's photo is from the Stitcher's World/or whatever name the magazine had at the time this was published.
It's the chat noir of poster fame. This is a simplified version compared to the one hanging my daughter's room. Just some basic cream colored linen and DMC. Lots of black DMC. Which is why it is not finished...too much black and I got tired. I will finish this someday. YES. I WILL.
Friday, January 08, 2010
UFO # 8
Today we have the Captain's Rellek by Michelle Ink.
I started this one in August 2009 in anticipation of our trip to the Outer Banks. Love my fabric. Love the design. It has just gotten shoved aside rudely by other stitchy things that I needed to finish.
Will hurry right back to this in the spring.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
UFO # 7
Today I bring you a Catherine Strickler piece - Indigo Rose "Catherine's Armchair Pinkeep." This was a Saturday class for my EGA chapter last year? Or was it the year before? Memory fail.
This is progress I made the day of the class. Too funny. I enjoyed the class. Loved hearing her stories. I even like the piece. But I had so much in rotation at the time that this piece never made its way in. I have seen a few finished versions from that class and every time I say to myself I should get that out and work on it.
My real intention at the time was to finish another Indigo Rose piece first before working on the pinkeep. You'll see that one later in this UFO and WIP program.
Meanwhile I continue to plug away at my Quaker Diamond. I can see the end in sight, but am uncertain if the finish will come before or after the class reveal on January 23rd. I continue to have the interesting experience of - if I don't like the motif while I'm stitching on it, I will eventually decide that it doesn't work and frog it or part of it. And then change motifs or at least colors. It's funny how some of the things I thought I'd like, I didn't. And one motif that I did for balance has become my new favorite. I am certainly learning a lot from this experience.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
UFO # 6
This project is barely started. I believe I purchased this sometime between 2000 and 2002 when I lived in Falls Church, VA. If I had receipts dating back that far, I could prove my hunch that I bought it from Jan at the Scarlet Thread in Fairfax. Miss the Scarlet Thread in its different incarnations...
This is a brooch from Of Female Worth. Worked over one on linen with silks. (I can see now that I need to write down details when I take photos. I would go and look but the projects are two stories above me and I am lazy.)
I believe we will see time and time again that I have abandoned over one projects. You might think this is an issue with aging eyes. But no. Not really. I'll be turning 50 next month and still stitch without glasses or magnification as long as I have decent lighting and I am not tired.
Do I intend to finish this? Yes. As a matter of fact, I may take this one to London with me.
In Other News:
Remember how I joined the Loudoun Sampler Guild back in November? Today I'm thrilled to find that this blog is on their list of Needlework Blogs Recommended by LSG Members. As a matter of fact, I see quite a few familiar names on this list. Maybe someday if I break a leg or something requiring extended periods of inactivity, I'll attempt a list of stitching bloggers broken down by categories: counted work, surface embroidery, canvas work, maybe beading? What a project this would be. Nah. Forget it. I'm too busy. LOL
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
UFO #5
Today we have a project from Kreinik's Remember the Ladies series. This is "Abigail's Wisdom" designed by Ellen Chester of With My Needle.
I don't recall exactly when this one came out, but I purchased it the first time I laid eyes on it. Came with the silk threads. I'm pretty certain I have my linen choice recorded in my journal - at the moment I'm unsure of where this is. I will edit this later if I find it and remember.
I made a decent start on this one. But for some reason I stopped when I got to the part where I needed to stitch over one. I decided to alter things slightly. And didn't like what I did. Much later I frogged that and continued with the directions. Made a bit a progress before a rotation took this out and it never made it back in again. That means my reasons for stopping - over one stitching and the colors. I'm just not that fond of pastels. I will finish this one. And then start my other Remember the Ladies kit - "Enough is as a Feast" whose colors I like much better.
I don't recall exactly when this one came out, but I purchased it the first time I laid eyes on it. Came with the silk threads. I'm pretty certain I have my linen choice recorded in my journal - at the moment I'm unsure of where this is. I will edit this later if I find it and remember.
I made a decent start on this one. But for some reason I stopped when I got to the part where I needed to stitch over one. I decided to alter things slightly. And didn't like what I did. Much later I frogged that and continued with the directions. Made a bit a progress before a rotation took this out and it never made it back in again. That means my reasons for stopping - over one stitching and the colors. I'm just not that fond of pastels. I will finish this one. And then start my other Remember the Ladies kit - "Enough is as a Feast" whose colors I like much better.
Monday, January 04, 2010
UFO #4
Terrible picture. Oh.
This is from Hillside Samplings whose website seems to be full of broken links. I can only see the main page and nothing else. It's called "A Cat in Snowman's Clothing" - a white cat posing as a snowman to lure in a cardinal.
I bought this years ago to stitch for my MIL whose was happily owned by a large white cat called Boots (for his extra digits.) There was nothing small, dainty, or gentle about this cat. A ferocious hunter, he was an indoor/outdoor kitty who didn't mind the snow of NH until it got too deep. He tolerated us when we visited. And as he aged he even learned to occasionally sit with someone other than Mother.
The reason I stopped stitching on this piece: the fabric. It is an evenweave that I didn't enjoy working on and I'm sure I put it aside for something more pleasurable. And then Boots passed on and I didn't think the time was right to give this to my MIL. I will attempt to finish this one this year as I'm certain she would enjoy it.
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Sorry I Missed Yesterday
It was DH's birthday. Left early to drop DD's car off at garage. Then went and got breakfast and headed into D.C.
In honor of DH, here is a UFO. This is a Candamar? needlepoint stocking that I've had for years. Acquired some time in the 1990s. When viewed close-up I see the need to frog and start over as I ended and started threads on the diagonal on the back. This is a patriotic snowman. At one point I believe I considered making needlepoint stockings for everyone. And then just decided that wasn't going to happen. Will I ever finish it? Maybe. Sometime when I need something mindless. I do feel guilty when I look at it...
Yesterday was a stop at one of our favorite places - the National Building Museum.
If you've never been here, next time you're in D.C. you should stop in and visit. Even if you're not into architecture. (This place has one of the best gift shops in the city.) Originally built to house the Pension Bureau after the Civil War, the design also included a grand space to host social events. It's a favorite spot of local families with young children, especially in the winter as there is room to run and romp and plenty of family friendly activities.
We left there and continued on to visit the US Botanical Gardens. This is another D.C. space that people often overlook, though the Christmas displays have become a tradition and are drawing more people every year. They have been creating the scaled-down Mall in plant materials along with a model train display that includes places from the Wild West and Fairytale Land.
And today's UFO is from the Goode Huswife - "The Black Forest." Here's a funny story about this piece. I purchased it shortly after it was released and started it not long after that. Changed the threads slightly to use what I had. And then it got shuffle away during a rotation. And I started stitching on Thursday mornings at the Scarlet Thread, where I looked at a finished version of this every week. I looked at that version so often, that I thought I had finished my own! Was I ever surprised to not find this in the finished pile, but in the unfinished pile! Nothing like my mind playing tricks on me.
This goes in the definitely I will finish it pile.
In honor of DH, here is a UFO. This is a Candamar? needlepoint stocking that I've had for years. Acquired some time in the 1990s. When viewed close-up I see the need to frog and start over as I ended and started threads on the diagonal on the back. This is a patriotic snowman. At one point I believe I considered making needlepoint stockings for everyone. And then just decided that wasn't going to happen. Will I ever finish it? Maybe. Sometime when I need something mindless. I do feel guilty when I look at it...
Yesterday was a stop at one of our favorite places - the National Building Museum.
If you've never been here, next time you're in D.C. you should stop in and visit. Even if you're not into architecture. (This place has one of the best gift shops in the city.) Originally built to house the Pension Bureau after the Civil War, the design also included a grand space to host social events. It's a favorite spot of local families with young children, especially in the winter as there is room to run and romp and plenty of family friendly activities.
We left there and continued on to visit the US Botanical Gardens. This is another D.C. space that people often overlook, though the Christmas displays have become a tradition and are drawing more people every year. They have been creating the scaled-down Mall in plant materials along with a model train display that includes places from the Wild West and Fairytale Land.
And today's UFO is from the Goode Huswife - "The Black Forest." Here's a funny story about this piece. I purchased it shortly after it was released and started it not long after that. Changed the threads slightly to use what I had. And then it got shuffle away during a rotation. And I started stitching on Thursday mornings at the Scarlet Thread, where I looked at a finished version of this every week. I looked at that version so often, that I thought I had finished my own! Was I ever surprised to not find this in the finished pile, but in the unfinished pile! Nothing like my mind playing tricks on me.
This goes in the definitely I will finish it pile.
Friday, January 01, 2010
Happy New Year
Let's start things off correctly in this lovely new year of 2010. I prefer saying that as "twenty ten." How about you? Two thousand and ten takes too long...LOL
This is my first post about WIPs and UFOs in my stash. I sat down and took some photos of small things the other day while organizing. I didn't get very far before camera battery ran out of juice. There will be no rhyme or reason to how these get presented.
Here is Santa's Beard - a limited edition kit designed by Twisted Threads. As this was the kit for 1998, I know that I purchased it in Colorado Springs - either at Ruth's Stitchery or the shop that open up on North Academy that I loved, but I believe is now closed. I don't see much activity on the Twisted Threads website. Has Ruth retired from designing? Does anyone know?
You can see that I have barely made a start on this. It's the over one on a fabric that I was not that fond of - R & R very stiff linen. I believe there is another one of these kits in my stash from 1997(?) unless I gave it away. I know I had two different years. Will I ever come back around to this piece? Maybe. I'm fairly certain that I could stitch this with amazing speed these days. Much faster stitcher than I was in 1998. I know I'm not ready to part with it, so I guess that means that I think I will return to it someday.
Here's a photo from the top of Renwick Gallery building. The Renwick was built for William Corcoran to hold his art collection of American and European works. Corcoran engaged the noted architect James Renwick Jr. (1818–1895), who had earlier designed the Smithsonian's Castle in Washington, D.C., and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. It was constructed in late 1850s and was the city's first art museum. Corcoran's collection outgrew this building. And in the early 1960s it was nearly torn down until Jackie Kennedy championed its return to glory. It was turned over to the Smithsonian and is known as home of the contemporary craft.
We stopped by to visit on Wednesday and nearly froze our collective patooties off walking from the Metro stop at the Archives and back again. Saw the Staged Stories exhibit which closes on Sunday. The artist of note for us fiber people is Mark Newport, head of the fiber department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, "who examines issues of masculinity through knitted superhero costumes that mix adolescent male subject matter with craft techniques usually associated with women." Not my words. But the stretched out unoccupied knitted superhero outfits are a hoot.
I love the permanent collection here - the salon always impresses me. And the rotating exhibit from the permanent collection has some truly amazing pieces. Always worth a stop here.
Finally - me and DH before we turned into popsicles posing in front of the White House.
This is my first post about WIPs and UFOs in my stash. I sat down and took some photos of small things the other day while organizing. I didn't get very far before camera battery ran out of juice. There will be no rhyme or reason to how these get presented.
Here is Santa's Beard - a limited edition kit designed by Twisted Threads. As this was the kit for 1998, I know that I purchased it in Colorado Springs - either at Ruth's Stitchery or the shop that open up on North Academy that I loved, but I believe is now closed. I don't see much activity on the Twisted Threads website. Has Ruth retired from designing? Does anyone know?
You can see that I have barely made a start on this. It's the over one on a fabric that I was not that fond of - R & R very stiff linen. I believe there is another one of these kits in my stash from 1997(?) unless I gave it away. I know I had two different years. Will I ever come back around to this piece? Maybe. I'm fairly certain that I could stitch this with amazing speed these days. Much faster stitcher than I was in 1998. I know I'm not ready to part with it, so I guess that means that I think I will return to it someday.
Here's a photo from the top of Renwick Gallery building. The Renwick was built for William Corcoran to hold his art collection of American and European works. Corcoran engaged the noted architect James Renwick Jr. (1818–1895), who had earlier designed the Smithsonian's Castle in Washington, D.C., and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. It was constructed in late 1850s and was the city's first art museum. Corcoran's collection outgrew this building. And in the early 1960s it was nearly torn down until Jackie Kennedy championed its return to glory. It was turned over to the Smithsonian and is known as home of the contemporary craft.
We stopped by to visit on Wednesday and nearly froze our collective patooties off walking from the Metro stop at the Archives and back again. Saw the Staged Stories exhibit which closes on Sunday. The artist of note for us fiber people is Mark Newport, head of the fiber department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, "who examines issues of masculinity through knitted superhero costumes that mix adolescent male subject matter with craft techniques usually associated with women." Not my words. But the stretched out unoccupied knitted superhero outfits are a hoot.
I love the permanent collection here - the salon always impresses me. And the rotating exhibit from the permanent collection has some truly amazing pieces. Always worth a stop here.
Finally - me and DH before we turned into popsicles posing in front of the White House.
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