I really don't know where August went!
It seems to have slipped by...
...in a damp, grey haze...
...not much to write home about.
But...
...I have managed to get a few bits done...
...cross stitch finishes...
...from Blackbird Designs...
...and stitching interest continues!!
A little bitty different today though...
...in that the next few photos are of someone else's stitching.
I have purchased a couple of samplers...
...the first one was stitched in 1740...
...by a girl from near Kirkudbright.
Stitched on a fairly coarse linen background...
...this would have been green and red when new...
...but the red has gone fugitive!
I do KNOW it was red though...
...because she used another thread to finish this bit...
...and the colour was more fast.
I have some research to do on her...
...and will report back in due course :-)
The second one hails from "here"....
...as in "locally".
Stitched in 1855 in Blaenavon...
...it is in a bit of a sad state in places...
...but has the most charming wee doggies!!
This, along with some others is destined to become a book of stitched "smalls"...
...I do loooooove "smalls"!!
Hope you are all safe and well
x C
I have had an "odd" week...
...feeling very "odd" after that jab...
...which left me more than a bit weary until Wednesday/Thursday!!
But...
...the needles weren't abandoned for long...
...and, although my brain wasn't in gear much...
...I did manage to finish a number of my wee Pendules :-)
It's nice here today...
...so it's lunch on the terrace again!
Have a great week lovely folks
x C
For quite a number of years now...
...I have experimented with various different techniques...
...some more successful than others!
This last 12 months though have found me returning to the more "traditional" kind of stitching...
...the one that started me off at the age of about 3 or 4...
...simple cross stitch.
You will have noticed that there has been quite a bit of it appearing on my blog in recent posts...
...and this week is no different :-)
I have finished a small piece called "Nebraska Prairie" by BlackBird Designs...
...changing a few of the colours...
...and intending to make it up into a needle-book rather than a pin-roll or wall piece.
It took a wee while as it was stitched using one thread on 18 count Aida...
...but my new pair of +4 magnifying specs work brilliantly!!!
I am also working on a piece from "Hands Across the Sea Samplers"...
...by Marion B Horsburgh (finished by her on April 9th 1866).
This is my "upstairs stitching" as I have it on a roller frame in my workroom.
I decided to dye the threads for this one...
...so the dye bags came out for a dozen or so skeins of fine cotton...
...and I got the results that I wanted...
...slightly mottled and "aged" looking :-)
Downstairs stitching is also progressing...
...and I'll show that next week!
Best wishes from Ty Mabon for now...
...keep safe and well lovely peeps.
x C