Showing posts with label project challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label project challenge. Show all posts
Saturday, January 01, 2011
A Crazy Start to the New Year
I love starting projects. The thrill of putting a needle into an unmarred piece of fabric is a real pull for me. So how could I resist when I heard about this challenge? Start a new project each of the first fifteen days of the year, and then try to finish them all by the end of the year. Most of the ones I've picked are small, and I figure this is a new way to do goals for the year. I've started my first piece today. It's at the top of the list I'm adding to every day as I add a new project. Maybe it'll make me somewhat accountable...
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Finish 25
Here it is - the 25th and final finish of my challenge! I decided to just get it done last time I dragged it out, even though there was quite a bit more to go. I -think- it's going to be framed. Anyway, there were a lot of little specialty stitches in it and, once those were done, it went rather quickly.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Temari Star
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
YACQF
Monday, December 22, 2008
Ice Crystal Temari
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Rolling Along
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Candy Cane Temari
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Monday, December 08, 2008
Another Round Thing
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It's a Ball!
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
A Christmas Finish
I started this one day and finished it the next. It was the October program at my face to face EGA chapter. the fluffy stitch is called rya, and it looks like it could be successfully substituted for turkeywork in some situations (ie, when you need directional pile. I think it came out kind of cute. It also counts as number 13 on my project challenge and my July ornament for my ornament a month. A quickie threefer!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Finally, I Have Pictures!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Joyeux Noel Done
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Blue as the Stars
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Friday, August 01, 2008
Not My Best Work
I made two mistakes on the border early on and didn't realize them until I was nearly done, so they stuck. This is my May ornament for my ornament a month - yes, I'm very behind. I'll be keeping it, since it has those flaws. Otherwise, I like it. This also counts as the second finish in my project challenge. I'm adding Poirot, one of Jim Wurth's dodecagon series, into the rotation as this one's gone. It's an ornament too, so it'll be July's. From what I understand, the dodecagon ones work up fairly quickly... we'll see.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Two Down, Ten to Go
Oh, and I went back onto a project challenge, this one for 25 finishes. It means I can't go out and just shop for shopping's sake for stash until I've done 25 from my stash. One down, twenty-four to go on that.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Crewel Finish
This is an on time finish for my group correspondence course - it'll be mailed on Monday. It's also the last piece in my 25 project challenge. I think overall it came out pretty well. If I'd been thinking about it, I would have reversed to colors of the bullion flowers on the top left and the pink spiky flowers on the bottom. The top lily-looking flower looks a bit skimpy in the full sized photo, but it doesn't in person. My laying and couching to get it straight and exact still needs a bit of work. Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Now to get it evaluated.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Ornament Done
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Take it Further - Stand Your Ground
This is the very first design I've ever taken from my mind to completion in embroidery. I'd done it in crochet before, but never in this. I like it. The goldwork with the brown floss worked well. The lazy daisy stitches aren't very uniform, but I think they shouldn't be. The design's only about four inches square, but the way it looks gives me confidence to try something else. On top of that, it applies to my project challenge because it was completely stitched from stash. I wonder what next month's will be.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Dazzle Done
Friday, December 28, 2007
Island Home Complete
It's taken me a couple of months, but I did finish the Island Home project I set up for the test meeting of the ANG online chapter in formation. Overall, I think it came out pretty well. The best part is the house itself. I nailed that down perfectly with the look and stitch selection. With the fields, I made some poor selections on stitches.
What would I do differently if I restitched it? I'd not use the medallion stitch on the top field. The coverage wasn't that good and it just looks flat. Same with, I'm sorry to say, the water stitch. I had great hopes for it before I did it, from the write up it was given in stitch of the month. It has too much of a regular vertical flow for me. I'd also change the color of the alternating scotch stitch hill, though I like the nubby texture it gives.
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