Another small thing

Hi everyone,

 Here is the latest  Round in Circles hardanger pattern by Mabel Figworthy.  Each month we are given a small design to embroider which we then make into whatever we like.

I decided to use the design to cover a tape measure as they always make handy gifts and I used Anchor perlé threads, pink, green and ecru...really must buy some more colours as I usually do hardanger embroidery with only white or ecru and therefore have very few colours.

This month I liked the pretty Greek crosses and also the circled outline done in a whipped backstitch.  I definitely need more practise with the chequered chain stitches as mine were very uneven so don´t look too closely.

and I liked the addition of a few seed beads along the double wrapped bars.

If anyone is interested in joining this hardanger SAL, the link is on my sidebar.

  Until next week, happy stitching.

Sheryl

Love

Hello stitching friends and visitors,

Not a lot done this week and nothing completely finished.  I embroidered this Love design because I liked the simple mixture of stitches and colour tones.

The pattern is from the magazine Labores and is shown as a book cover.

but as yet I don´t know what I will make the finished piece into.

I used the recommended threads apart from the gold E3852 which nobody here stocks, so I chose Anchor 303 which I had on hand.

and used fabric from my stash which perhaps wasn´t the best idea as the pattern would probably look better on a darker tone.

I really enjoyed stitching this and must sew it up into something useful and not put it in the UFO drawer.

Until next week.

Sheryl