Adopted WIP

It has been a busy few months filled with good times and a few trying events. Grateful for all, that's for sure.

Several weeks ago I adopted three WIPs from a local craft thrift store. It was thrilling, to say the very least. 

Evidently the very capable stitcher had to downsize his living situation, so he donated them to this store. As luck would have it, I walked in there the day after they were donated. 

This one is from Hands Across the Sea and it is called When Thou Art Rich. 

I purchased the project, scroll frame, silk threads, and chart. It is a real beauty! 

Everything was so neatly organized in labeled Floss Away bags. There were even extra AVAS silk skeins that were unopened. It was easy to pick it up and get going after I changed a bit of  the chart. 

This is how it looked when I purchased it!

I am okay with satin stitches, but just the same I instead recharted the upcoming satin stitch ones into cross stitches. 

Upon close inspection at home, I saw that what I thought were cross stitches were actually tiny algerian eyelets. The fabric is 42 count.  The scripture in the piece is done in algerian eyelets and one-over-one stitching. Thus I removed the writing that had been done, and recharted the band to an undulating vine and flowers. The stitcher had done such a beautiful job on the letters he had done, but there was no way I wanted to carry on with the same stitches. 

I really enjoyed using graph paper to rechart all of the things I wanted to change. I marvel at what designers do. I see how hard it is!

Here is what I have done so far: 

Progress is slow. I do find 42 count to be a bit of a challenge due to my eyesight at this point.  Nonetheless I will carry on with this lovely piece. 

I find lately I have been working much on a different adopted WIP that I have also recharted a bit. I will share more on that here another time. 

At this point I am up to seven WIPs. I had just three WIPS going  for quite awhile, but that amount has increased quite a bit! This is due to adding a SAL piece that I am doing with my dear friend as well as my three adopted WIPs. 

Have you adopted any WIPs? Please tell me how that went, I would love to hear your stories. 

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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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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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