[thatyank]

Another week has passed and I'm back in that hole again! I did manage to complete the Stash Buster Club frame (at least the stitchery on it --- need to get it into the frame next!), and I started the fourth Stash Buster piece (it's supposed to be a pincushion, but I'm not much for pin cushions - it seems a crime to stick pins into a fine piece of needlework, not this that will be fine -  and besides, it was so BIG! After all that time working on the picture mat, there was no way I was going to do another 8.5 x 11 piece. As it is, my modification to 4.5 x 4.5 is taking forever). She calls it Scotch & Soda (because it uses Scotch stitches almost exclusively? There will be a Mosaic stitch borer and a lot of little mosaic stitch filler as well as some tent stitching...) but I think it looks more like coffee and tea, or maybe chocolate and caramel! LOL:

 Don't you worry about the mess on the back from traveling threads --- that will all be covered with stitches EVENTUALLY!

More threads for "Kimono-Revisited" arrived but still no outline threads. And DH found me some stretcher frames but instead of 18 x 15, now I have 18 x 16. Hope that works (was afraid to opt for 18 x 14 --- I hate sewing on frames as it is without being close to the frame in the stitching areas!). Now --- I need to find thumbtacks --- you'd think we'd have some in the  house somewhere!

ANy WIPS out there?

[thatyank]

Another week has passed and I'm back in that hole again! I did manage to complete the Stash Buster Club frame (at least the stitchery on it --- need to get it into the frame next!), and I started the fourth Stash Buster piece (it's supposed to be a pincushion, but I'm not much for pin cushions - it seems a crime to stick pins into a fine piece of needlework, not this that will be fine -  and besides, it was so BIG! After all that time working on the picture mat, there was no way I was going to do another 8.5 x 11 piece. As it is, my modification to 4.5 x 4.5 is taking forever). She calls it Scotch & Soda (because it uses Scotch stitches almost exclusively? There will be a Mosaic stitch borer and a lot of little mosaic stitch filler as well as some tent stitching...) but I think it looks more like coffee and tea, or maybe chocolate and caramel! LOL:

 Don't you worry about the mess on the back from traveling threads --- that will all be covered with stitches EVENTUALLY!

More threads for "Kimono-Revisited" arrived but still no outline threads. And DH found me some stretcher frames but instead of 18 x 15, now I have 18 x 16. Hope that works (was afraid to opt for 18 x 14 --- I hate sewing on frames as it is without being close to the frame in the stitching areas!). Now --- I need to find thumbtacks --- you'd think we'd have some in the  house somewhere!

ANy WIPS out there?