It is time for the weekly Work In Progress Wednesday report.
Hexablooms
Thirteen blocks were added, mainly in the middle and on the lower left side of the quilt.
Please compare:
Last week
This week
I also started making a pile of white hexagon blocks from that old bed sheet of my grandmother's.
I'm catching up! Five stitches were added:
#332 Irregular Algerian Eyelet Star (yellow), #333 Damask Darning (mustard), #334 Pachis Work Filling Stitch (olive green), #335 Hungarian Braid Chain Stitch (greyish beige) and #336 Shadow Stitch (on the sheer fabric).
Mandala
Do you remember my dilemma with the Mandala's floral garland braid? It has yellow in it, a colour not found anywhere else in the Mandala.
I need to balance this with either beads or stitching elsewhere in the Mandala. The yellow in the garland braid is a rather sharp, lemon-yellow. I have no beads in such a yellow, but two kinds of thread, a rich, alas slightly warm, yellow Perle #5 and a thin rayon in sharp, icy yellow.
The second dilemma is the placement. I had a look at the Mandala to spot dark areas. The sections marked in yellow could do with some pizzazz.
Maybe I should use both beads and embroidery. Now, what stitch would look good?
Darning
I have a pair of summer socks that I like. One had a hole in it, and instead of tossing both away, I took to the old tradition of darning.
I feel happy to have saved my socks to be used again next summer.
4 comments:
Another busy week of stitching. The block joining is coming along nicely. Making more hexagons is a good thing for when you only have a little time, or when your eyes are tired. I also work on them when I have a long train ride.
You have exciting colors and projects here, so beautiful!
I took a few days break, I wasn't feeling well, over did it and had a headache etc. Now I'm on the mend and this will certainly encourage me, thank you for sharing Carin.
A lot of progress, indeed!
I agree that area could use a bit of brightening up. Beads and embroidery together might be just the thing!
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