I went to JoAnn's on Wednesday and got some trims and buttons to use for all the finishing I planned to do on Thursday. They're still in their packages, surprise, surprise. Not one bit of finishing did I do. Instead I went WIP diving -- looking for Drawn Thread's Sanctuary, actually, which I started several years ago and which I did not find in the WIP bag, which is a bit of cause for concern because I'm not sure how I could lose something so large. Anyway, I didn't find Sanctuary, so I pulled out Elisabeth Timms. Elisabeth is a kit I bought 3 or 4 years ago from The Essamplaire. Here's her picture:
Isn't she pretty? And here's the colors; they're all DMC and I'm stitching her on 35 or 36 count linen, I'm not sure after all this time. There's a good bit of over-one stitching -- all the lettering, as well as the flower designs down either side of the tablets and the blue vase at the bottom. There are also a lot of queen stitches in various places. They're time-consuming but oh so pretty. I love queen stitches!
I started her in '07 and put in just a wee little bit of the scalloped design along the top. It's really hard to see the ecru stitches that are kind of attached to the needle on the left, but they are there, trust me. So I pulled her out of the WIP bag and sat down yesterday and worked on her for a couple of hours, maybe 3.
Here's where I got to with the scallops. There are 12 or 13 small ones across the top and corresponding larger ones below them, as you can kind of see.
It's a big piece of linen -- not only is she a WIP, she's also a BAP, what a gal! -- and kind of stiff, so it took some time to get used to holding it. I've been working on so many small and medium-sized projects lately that the large cut of fabric was kind of awkward, but I didn't want to mess with Q Snaps or stretcher bars.
Isn't she pretty? And here's the colors; they're all DMC and I'm stitching her on 35 or 36 count linen, I'm not sure after all this time. There's a good bit of over-one stitching -- all the lettering, as well as the flower designs down either side of the tablets and the blue vase at the bottom. There are also a lot of queen stitches in various places. They're time-consuming but oh so pretty. I love queen stitches!
I started her in '07 and put in just a wee little bit of the scalloped design along the top. It's really hard to see the ecru stitches that are kind of attached to the needle on the left, but they are there, trust me. So I pulled her out of the WIP bag and sat down yesterday and worked on her for a couple of hours, maybe 3.
Here's where I got to with the scallops. There are 12 or 13 small ones across the top and corresponding larger ones below them, as you can kind of see.
It's a big piece of linen -- not only is she a WIP, she's also a BAP, what a gal! -- and kind of stiff, so it took some time to get used to holding it. I've been working on so many small and medium-sized projects lately that the large cut of fabric was kind of awkward, but I didn't want to mess with Q Snaps or stretcher bars.
3 comments:
I sure hope you find your WIP. She's beautiful. Can't wait to see more of it. ~ Dawn ~
Are you sure you didn't finish Sanctuary? I remember seeing finished versions of this from our group. I know mine is still a WIP :)
Elisabeth Timms is going to be beautiful; can't wait to see more.
Your Elisabeth is beautiful! Good luck finding Sanctuary! Mine is still stuffed, half stitched, in my stash.
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