Finishing Touches

here is a sneak peak at some of the wording... you will get to see the entire finished result after the recipient has received it.

and yes, sometimes I bleed for my art:

Sorry about the blurriness, but taking photos while bleeding, with your left hand is tricky. Oh and please be more careful than me when framing with glass... of course, it is recommended you don't wield sheets of glass while talking on the phone. On the plus side, the following day was spent with an Ariel disney band-aid.

and here is my first Biscornu:

so, as you can see a Biscornu is a fancy kind of pin cushion, where you take two equal sized squares, decorated & stitch them together where the corner of one meets the centre side of the other, which creates an 8 sided seam around, and then you sew a button in both centers creating a dent (oh and you need to stuff it too, but not too tight or you can't do the button part) - any questions?

When Less is More

Day 11 & 12:

Right, best get back to it!

Getting Closer

Day 8 & 9, man I love weekends where I can stitch... although I recommend that if you choose to stitch in the sun, remember sunblock - 20mins caused a little pinkness (nothing too bad though)

 

Day 10 & I am VERY happy with the result & my progress. Still have to make finishing touches to House, & then will need to add words... probably some very classic old-school looking font.

More Days

  

sorry, have been playing with Blogger - probably not something I should do, but that's how I roll... anyhoo here are the updates for the last week:

Day 4, 5 & 6 (although there was at least one day somewhere this week where I did none - gasp!)

  

Day 7:

I think he is coming along a lot better than the last one :)

The House Challenge

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 3 was taken at night, so the flash makes it look whiter & now I am starting to add in the colour... must buy those extra threads required today!

Been busy, actually no, been slack/unmotivated

I aim to fix this, but must have the lulls which then boost the productive time. I'm not one who can go along at a steady pace all the time - so you get what your given.

I did have a birthday this week & my Mum got this amazing card made just for me :)

Made by a lady in Timaru I believe... what is super amazing is the inside:

Yep, I can definitely see how this is made, but seriously awesome & I Can't even imagine what this lady's spare room must look like!!

In the meantime I have decided to take my new car (did I tell you I bought a new car? & I mean NEW car) to Auckland & back to see The Twits on stage with the Auckland Theatre company (www.atc.co.nz) in December a week before I drive south.
Before I go I have one challenge for myself - to complete a previously failed attempt at House. I started last night:

but why oh why when I have so many threads already that the two main ones are the ones missing???
Apparently I am a fast stitcher, so lets put that to the test over the next 3 weeks!

It isn't easy being Green

this is what I have been working on for the last wee while, amongst other things as well.

This is a collection of the different stitches I have worked with this year & so as I am new to the guild I consider myself "Green"

 I think I am particularly pleased with the butterfly.