Showing posts with label cross stitching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cross stitching. Show all posts

Friday, June 12, 2009

Embroidery and Weaving


Today I got a square weaving loom meant for potholders and I'm trying to figure out how to do normal over/under weaving on it. I think it's going to work but I won't know until I pull it off the loom and see if it comes all undone.

Tonight I started a t-shirt design of a little green alien using waste canvas. Waste canvas looks like aida cloth but it's designed so that when you are done stitching you pull out the canvas threads and leave only the embroidery. I thought you were supposed to wet it first but it doesn't say that in the directions so we'll see. But it's midnight and my eyes are too tired for any more cross-stiching.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Moooo

Today I started adding a cow to my cross-stitch sampler. First I had to finish up the bunnies. Then I used the same white to start on the cow. I found it's easier to do the animals if there is a baseline, so I made a baseline of green checkerboard grass for the cow to stand on. Then I did pink for the nose and udders. So far so good.

I did a flower motif in the right hand corner yesterday. It looks lovely in shades of lilac. My eyes were tired after all that. A little cross stitch a day is easier on the eyes than a whole bunch in one day.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Cross-Stitching & Blacksmithing


When it came time to go to the forging class today I found out the teacher can only do one on one, so my boyfriend took the class and I didn't get to do it. Luckily I took my cross-stitch box, 2 books on cross-stitch from the library and a murder mystery that revolves around knitting.

The class took all day, so I did a cross-stitch marathon. I've never done cross-stitching that much in one day. It always pays to take a craft with you. I started a new sampler with the alphabet and farm animals and flowers. It didn't include a piggy so I made one up as I went along.

You can read about the day from my boyfriend's point of view here: Tool Time and I'll be downloading photos of the day's events tomorrow or Monday.

My boyfriend is new to blogging and will be really tickled if you follow his archery blog.