What's the oldest pattern in your stash? (Either the one with the earliest publication date or the one you bought the longest ago.) What's it's story? Have you stitched it?
I'd have to do some serious stash-diving to come up with an accurate answer to that one but I can think of a couple of things off the top of my head that might qualify. I began doing counted cross stitch in the early 1980s and I may have something from "back in the day" in my stash but I'm not sure. I lived in Kenner, LA, for a couple of years in the mid-80s and became a frequent customer of a wonderful shop called Accents In Stitches. I still have some of the charts that I bought there, including some local charts specific to New Orleans. Never stitched them; not sure why. I also have a couple of charts that I bought during that period that I have never stitched but still would like to, so I'm hanging on to them. One is called The Amazing Monarch (I think); it shows monarch butterflies and a caterpillar on a butterfly bush. The other chart is called Saguaro Sunset. The design is 100% stitched and depicts a desert sunset with the most amazing colors. I couldn't tell you the designer of either one, but I really like both of them.
I was off work today, so I had a chance to do some serious New Year's stitching. I didn't start anything new this New Year; instead I decided to work on a WIP and I pulled out the long-neglected Lost Gardens of Heligan. I started in on New Year's Day 2010 and I have no idea when I last worked on it. I started with this:
I watched the Rose Parade this morning and worked on it while that was on, then I managed to get in probably another hour or two this afternoon and evening, so I made pretty good progress:
Winter has arrived in western PA and it's sooo cold this evening! Hope everyone stays warm!
1 comment:
Oh that's a nice piece you're working on! Interesting about your oldest chart too. I have no idea what's my oldest. Probably something by PS. lol!
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