It's time for this week's Work In Progress Wednesday report.
Hexablooms
I used some more of the Christmas prints I have to make ten more flowers, bringing the total to 220.
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
I added two plastic cups that I had covered with fabric. Around one of them, I stitched #55 Tailor's Buttonhole Stitch (over gimp) and over the other, I made a grid of #135 Net Stitch.
December is a busy month. I have decided to keep Sunday Stitch School closed for the rest of the year,
and start the next set of five stitches on the first Sunday in January next year.
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| Sunbonnet Sue made with stitches 231 - 235, December 2022 |
Sunbonnet Sue can slumber in her box. Instead, I will continue with Hexablooms and Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler. The next blog post will be WIPW on Wednesday.
Sunbonnet Sue is enjoying the cold winter weather. When the first snow fell, she rushed outside to make a snowman.
I usually make all the outlines in Stem Stitch, a stitch outside the five featured stitches for each Sunbonnet Sue sampler. In this particular group of five stitches was a linear stitch, Whipped Backstitch, which I used to outline all the main shapes. Boy, did it take time! Much, much more time than the quick and easy Stem Stitch would have taken. It was a good lesson to learn what linear stitch to use when. So, if you have little time, don't use the Whipped Backstitch. If you want a beautiful, even line, though, and have the time, go for the WB.
Work In Progress Wednesday. It is nearing Christmas and I thought I would add some X-massy prints to the collection of
Hexabloom
flowers. One print is red and the other green. There will be seasonal prints again next week.
Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler
Where else can I pack in some extra stitches to even out any sparse places on this sampler? Well, I think it's time to add leaves, #45 Leaf Stitch and #67 Fishbone Stitch, as well as those odd shapes laced with variegated rainbow thread. #168 Croatian Rainbow Stitch ...
