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Wednesday, 1 October 2025

WIPW - Beads or Stitching?

 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.






Sunday Stitch School Indigo Stitch Sampler

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.




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4 comments:

  1. Pamela1 October 2025 at 15:04

    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.

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  2. Janie4 October 2025 at 03:37

    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.

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  3. Rachel6 October 2025 at 04:02

    A lot of progress, indeed!

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  4. Angela6 October 2025 at 22:22

    I agree that area could use a bit of brightening up. Beads and embroidery together might be just the thing!

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