New Start Progress - Hands on Design

Last night was our guild's monthly stitch-in.  It was fun to get together with the peeps for the evening to sit and stitch.  Since I'd worked all day and was pretty tired, I decided to work on my new start I mentioned in the TUSAL post the other day.  I knew stitching on 40ct. was not happening.  Oh the hazards of banging away on a keyboard all day long staring at a computer screen.  LOL!

Here's a progress picture taken at the end of the night.  This was the perfect stitch for me since my eyes were already tired.  It's worked on 28ct. even weave with three colors of DMC.  It was such a change only working with a small selection of colors.

Here a link to Hands on Design's blog.  I just love her stuff!

 
This is what it will look like when it's all stitched.  I was even lucky enough to find that actual aqua print!  In case you are on the hunt, it's by Riley Blake Designs.  The fabric line is Polka Dot Stitches and this particular print is called Polka Dot Doily Blue.  If you type in any of that into a Google search you should come up with something.

I will say a lesson I learned from my quilting days, if you don't buy a fabric shortly after it comes out you may not ever see it again.  Knowing this, I feel extremely lucky to have found the aqua fabric.  I'm less concerned about the lining fabric but am leaning toward a small red and white polka dot or maybe a gingham.  We'll see what I can find.

There's an element of this particular bag's construction that I really like.  It has an interior pocket that runs the entire width of the bag on the inside back for your chart!  How stinkin' cool is that?!

This bag is also going to be a bit wider than the bags I've made in the past.  It will be closer to 14" wide.  I'm thinking I may try to make it a bit taller too to accommodate my 11" q-snaps.  As you can tell, I'm already getting excited to finish this one so I can actually use it!

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Well folks, that's all I have today.  I hope everyone has a great weekend.  I can see it from here!  Thanks for stopping by today!


Until next time,

The Inspired Stitcher

TUSAL - April

It's TUSAL Day!

(For those not familiar, click on the word TUSAL above or the link to the right.)

Well folks, spring has finally made an appearance in my neck of the woods.  We had storms last week and it seems to have helped everything grow!  I missed posting on Saturday when the actual TUSAL date was because I was road tripping.  It was the perfect day for a drive!  Some of my quilting friends had pieces displayed in a museum a couple hours away so I just had to go see them.

Here's a look at the ORT pile for the month.  Not too shabby a pile if I do say so myself.

Here's the list of this month's contributors:

"Speak to the Earth" by Donna Kooler Designs (In Progress)
"Heaven Above" by Midsummer Night Designs (In Progress)
"Cross Stitcher's Count" by Rose Sartore (Done!)
"Love My Stitching" by Hands on Designs (In Progress)


Yes, I've started a new project since our last TUSAL check-in.   The floss on the ring above are the colors I'm using.  I bought this one last summer at our Russellville Retreat and have wanted to stitch it ever since.  It didn't help that Stasi showed her finish back in February and it's haunted me ever since. So I decided it would become my lunch time stitch.  I'll do a progress post soon.

I also started and finished a quickie project for our annual getaway in Russellville for this year.  Our Queen Bee is going to finish the stitched pieces into something special for us but we won't know what it is until we get to the retreat!  I just love surprises like that.

I'm still pluggin away on "Heaven Above."  I'm currently working on the blue background fill behind the stars.  I had a visit from the frog a couple of Sundays ago too.  This set me back since the error was on a motif that I'd counted off of for several other motifs.  Rats!  I hate when that happens.

I'm still loving "Speak to the Earth."  I still have a hard time putting it down when I'm finished with the month's assignment.  I'm down to the point I need to work a row of queen stitches.  There was a frog visit there too and in the same weekend I might add.  I don't mind the queens it's just the placement had me a bit off.  I'm back on track now.  Whew!

So there you are, it's not too exciting this month but progress is being made and that counts in my book!  Hope you are moving things along in your stitchy world too.  Thanks for visiting today!


Until next time,

The Inspired Stitcher

Speak to the Earth - March Progress

I slid in just under the wire this month on the Speak to the Earth SAL.  For some reason I procrastinated on the over one words.  They aren't that big a deal really.  I just have to be in the right frame of mind to work on them on this tiny count fabric.  So I buckled down and just got on with it already.  Enough of my yip yap, let's see the pictures!

Progress as of 2-15-15

Progress as of 3-31-15

I got on a roll on the right side with the green floss.  I don't know about you all, but I hate to cut a thread when there's a long bit of it still in the needle.  So I stitched it to the end!  I figure it's just time saved later when I get to that part.

I can truthfully echo the sentiments of the other peeps stitching this with me, this is one that is so hard to put down once you get going.  I really enjoy stitching it.  I like that the motifs are smallish and you can whip one out fairly quickly and the colors really sing to me too.  I find the colors make all the difference for me.  How about you all, what really draws you in and keeps your interest?  Let me know if you care to share.

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Well friends, it's a quick one today.  I switched over to Heaven Above once I finished this month's SAL assignment.  I made some more progress but not enough to show yet.  I'm hoping to spend more time with that one this month.  It's another that's a joy to stitch.

Hope all is well in your world.  Thanks for stopping in to visit with me today!


More next time,

The Inspired Stitcher