I didn’t have a chance to get into town today for more wool, so I continued with the cross-stitch I’ve been working on. It’s taking longer than I thought it would!
Crochet amigurumi
Wool wrist cuff (fastens with gigantic snap)
Filigree brass, glass and wood necklace.
Magnets, glass and paper.
Gift tag
Paper box
Pouch (made from two pockets off an old wool coat and other wool bits)
Can you guess what it is yet?
Not finished, but have spent most of the evening on it. It’s for an event early in March. 
Oh well, not everything is a success. I attempted a rather ambitious project today. Ambitious for someone new to embroidery. I tried to hand sew an image of Smurfette I copied by sewing directly onto the paper.I have no idea how long this project actually took me because I worked on it off and on in-between things all day, but it had to be more than an hour. The stitches came out uneven especially in the barely visible white portions. I had a hard time pulling the paper out, too, once it came to that point of the project. The stitches looked good before I took the paper out, and I can’t help but wonder if pulling the paper out also affected those stitches. Next time, trace paper or parchment and a much simpler design. I also think the background was the biggest mistake. I should have done white and stitched her dress, hat and shoes with black stitches. D’oh! Least I had fun doing the stitches. That has to count for something.
I’ve been working on this cross stitch since the summer. I thought I should spend a few mins this evening working on it, cos I hate starting new things when the old is still outstanding. Having said that, I do get easily bored.
I’ve had the flu, so all I could manage yesterday was a few stitches on my ongoing embroidery project, “English Garden Sampler,” designed by Teresa Wentzler. But, hey, I’m on the home stretch! Only one more band to go! Then all those endless beads….
Tonight I printed, cut and wound thread onto these awesome (and free) embroidery thread cards.
There are two designs to choose from over at Craft Chi.
I’ve had a rip in the front pocket of a hoodie of mine for a while now, and last night had the impetus to fix it.
For Valentine’s Day for my mom, aunt and a co-worker, I took some clearance dish towels and embroidered them with big kissy lips courtesy of Jenny Hart’s Sublime Stitching patterns.
Of course, as my flu meds come to an end, I wrapped all three towels before taking a picture of them for this post. Classic! But trust me, they were cute.
a card for a childhood friend. not quite the same as actual chocolate…if she were in prison, I could embroider a file into that cake.
Hand-embroidered quilt square # 2. Milk thistle is kind of a spidery, weed-y looking plant, but beautiful in its way with all the white markings on the leaves. I grow this stuff to make a liver tincture - wicked good hangover preventative.
Second tabi with the second part of a phrase.
The phrase was given as a legitimate piece of advice to a first time visitor to Tokyo who had requested insight from experienced visitors in a travel forum.
Today it was suggested (jokingly) that a certain notorious phrase could be used as a slogan for clothing. Wafuku in particular.
As these were instructions I could follow, this is the first half of the phrase.
So, I’ve got grand visions for a botanically-inspired quilt, and this here is square number one! I absolutely love the background fabric…the dandelion puffs make me itch for springtime. Until then, I will be content embroidering peas and the like.
this week i’m working with the theme “japan” or, better still, “japanese pop culture”. my first entry for “thing-a day” is a totoro embroidery.
Day 1, recreation of a patch from an old science class. The little guy, headed towards his goals, seemed like a good starting point for thing-a-day.
