Sarah Braizear 1829 Framed

 I recently picked up Sarah B from our framer. We are so happy with how this piece looks! 

We hung her in our family room where we can enjoy her daily. 

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More Satin Stitches...

I am still working on the satin stitches. Someday I will be done with them. For now, I am enjoying the process.

At this point it is just the interior satin stitches.  The double satin border will come later.


Finally, the hart has eyes!

Working some on this one too:

And also a bit on this year’s temperature graph- 

Happy also to have cheerful flowers in our backyard.

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More Progress on Sarah B

I have been steadily working on Sarah.  All of the motifs are completed, and now it is time to stitch all the satin stitches. And I mean ALL--there are a lot of them scattered throughout the piece. I probably should have done them as I went along instead of waiting until the end.

First I am working on the center parts, last will be the double satin stitch border.

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Progress on Sarah

It has been a busy few weeks around here. We are still staying home.  Many orders have been lifted in our area and there is more freedom to go places, but we choose to stay in our home.  When we go outside, we wear masks and are very cautious.

 We have also been isolated from other family members and friends since the middle part of March.  We miss them all so much!

Zoom meetings help a bit in staying connected, but it's not quite the same. Nonetheless we are grateful that we have technology.

Lately I have been working on Sarah Braizear 1829.  Here is my progress on this piece.  I'm finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.

Sarah B:

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Learning Curve on the iPad , Some Progress, and Neighborhood Flowers

I recently switched to posting from my iPad. There is a definite learning curve involved!

Today I accidentally deleted a comment written yesterday. Please know this was not done on purpose. I did not even see who left it, and I deeply apologize for deleting your comment.
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We have been walking a lot this season, and I have been stitching most days as well.

Sharing photos of stitching and recent views on walks and in our yard.

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While on our evening walk we viewed a gorgeous scene in our neighborhood.  The jacaranda trees' leaves adorned the street in lovely purple hues. 

Here is Sarah B. as she looks today:

An earlier view of Sarah B:

A lovely bed of colorful roses in our neighborhood last month:

A collection of flowers I saw on our walk last month:

Jacaranda trees blooming in our neighborhood:

A very blue sky for our area, and lovely jacarandas. 

The pandemic's stay-at-home orders helped out a lot with air pollution. 

This was a magical morning in early May:

Some roses my late brother planted in front of our home, decades ago:

A lovely sunset in our neighborhood, taken a few evenings ago whilst on our walk:

A jacaranda tree, taken this week:

A magical evening this week when the streets were decked out in purple:

Progress, Stitch by Stitch

I have been busy working on Fruit Bellpull and more recently Sarah Braizear 1829.

So much is going on in the world, and my heart is sad from so many things.  Stitching is a wonderfully creative solace in times of strife and discord. 

We continue our sheltering at home, and being safe as possible in light of this pandemic. 

Sharing photos of my progress:

Fruit Bellpull:

Sarah Braizear- 

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My Latest WIPs

It has been a fairly productive stitching month. Here are some updates of most of the things I have stitched upon lately. 

I have been working on Sarah Braizear 1829. Wow, she is a big one. I started this piece almost two years ago.  I hope to finish it this year, but who knows?

I have also been plugging away on Fractal Bookmark 705. I started this one on January 1 and am stitching it on 28 count over one.  I love how this looks, but it is slow going as there is a lot of confetti stitching.

I started a Summer Tea Towel from a kit I purchased at French General back in 2018.  I love how this is looking, and I will finish it sometime soon.  Lots of lazy daisies and french knots...no other stitches are required.  This is my first time using Cosmo Embroidery Thread.  I may need to order more thread before this one is done! 

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Stitching Along...

I have been busy stitching quite a bit lately.  It's been a great way to start the year, to be sure.

Here is a photo of the Fractal Bookmark. I have worked on it more since I took this photo, so there will be another update soon.

I have also worked on Sarah Braizear 1829.  I managed to finish the hart (deer) and also I started on some one- over- one lettering.  It is such a pleasure to return to this piece! 

I am also working on a 2020 Weather Graph piece using Stitchin' Mommy's weather chart.  I have just finished my 2019 Temperature Quilt, and I'll be posting that one soon.  Here is the Weather Graph that shows January 1- February 1 temperatures. 

Thanks for visiting here today.   We've had a lot of sunny days, and it seemed fitting to place some harvested lemons from our backyard tree into a vase for display.  These roses are the last of the season, to be sure. It's time to cut back those rose bushes soon.