Work In Progress Wednesday.
Hexablooms
More flowers, 65 to be exact, have opened up on the ever-growing quilt flimsy.
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
It's COMPLETED!
The cushion is now assembled. The fastener is stitched in place and zipped up. The cushion is stuffed with a large pillow AND a woollen blanket that was hibernating in the closet.
Finally, the cushion, which features the first 300 stitches from Sunday Stitch School, is now chilling out on the daybed.
Flip it over to see the reverse side.
This is definitely a 'look, but don't touch' cushion and nothing to lean back against. All those blue sequins will prick your back for sure.
No, you had much better study the various stitches and celebrate the loveliness of embroidery.
Birthday Card
The birthday card I showed a blown-up version of last week looks like this.
The hair was made from a silky synthetic fibre I once bought in the UK. I wound it round a bamboo skewer and ironed it till it became a long cork screw curl. 
It was then cut into several sections and stitched on before I placed the hat on top.
The face was drawn with felt-tip pens, and the cheeks were blushed with ink from a red pencil.
It was fun and easy to make this card with materials I had in my stash.
New!
The New Sunday Stitch School Sampler
There are 330 stitches in the Sunday Stitch School collection. 300 are in the cushion as seen above.
The remaining 30, and all the future stitches I have yet to learn, need a place to live. That is why I will start a new stitch sampler on a piece of coarse cotton dyed with indigo.
Here is the blank page!
Mandala
Do you remember the Mandala project?
It has been taking a long rest in its project box. Now, with the cushion ticked off the list, it is time to progress on this wallhanging.
The first thing I did was to take a good look and a long think!
First on the list will be to fill in the three remaining voids with knots, and I have to check what type of knot stitches they are, as I have forgotten.
All in all, it has been a very productive week for a change.
5 comments:
You’ve had a very productive week. The hexagons look great. You must be very happy to see the cushion finished. The birthday card will be appreciated. There are always other projects to fill the time left by the finished ones.
What a splendid cushion with lovely surprise on the back when you turn it over! Someone very fortunate to receive the your card.
Congratulations on your Sampler Cushion finish! Gorgeous.
And more hexablooms, rich colors.
The work on the birthday card is amazing, so fun.
The Mandala has reappeared after a rest, that's good to let projects simmer in the background, especially when they're as intricate as your Mandala project, so I'm looking forward to more inspiring stitches and colors to be added.
So much beautiful stitching! The pillow is gorgeous. I am excited to see you working on the mandala again! That is such an interesting way to do hair.
A good week!
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