And welcome to day 4 of the In your words blog hop hosted by Linda at Buzzing and Bumbling Here is my contribution which is hot off the press. My thanks to Jenny for the loan of the staple gun to attach the stitchery to the artist's canvas.
This stitchery was designed by Leanne Beasley and is sewn on linen with Cosmo threads. I started this over a year ago and I had intended to show you another of Leanne's designs but I couldn't find it. So over the last week I have beavered away. This project has proved to me that I need to practice my satin stitch more. As I was getting to the last few patches, they all had satin stitch in them - I was definitely avoiding them. I changed the fabrics included with the kit to some of my favourite Moda red dot, the pink is Sew Stitchy by Aneela Hoey and the turquoise border fabric is by Bonnie & Camille.
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The squares of fabric were intended to be needle turn appliqué but I wasn't happy with the result so I used some Steam a seam and then did a machine blanket stitch around the blocks. Now it's finished, I'm really chuffed with it. The canvas was meant to be about 4 inches larger with more border, but I wanted the emphasis to be on the stitching and not the borders.
I think this stitchery was from an Australian retreat originally and a few retreat bags were available for sale, so I jumped right in and bought myself one. Unknown to me, my friend Claire also bought it for me. She knows me well. The pink, Sew Stitchy fabric was also a present from Claire.
Now I'm off to view the other projects for today:
Life in the Scrapatch (Pat B.)
Nati's Little Things (Nati)
Amy's Crafty Shenanigans (Amy)
Pig Tales and Quilts (Thearica)
Scrappy 'n Happy (Jess R.)
Little Mushroom Cap (Amira A.)
Moosestash Quilting (Joan K.)
Sowing Stitches (Beulah aka. Carol)
Just Quilt It (Kathy G.)
96 comments:
This is way too cute! Hope you make top 2!
This is really pretty!
Oh my, that is a lot of hand stitching! Just beautiful!
This is wonderful, I admire your work.
This is sew adorable! Your work is exquisite ... :) Pat
Wonderful mix of media and blending of fabrics to make very sweet mini.
Beautiful stitchery! Thank you for sharing.
I love this stitchery pattern, you have made it beautifully!
Completely in love with your project.., definitely great to practise my embroidery....
Wow, very impressed, great job.
This is so lovely! Great work!
Its lovely.
Gorgeous!! I love this pattern and you did an awesome job! I'm going to start two projects by Leanne Beasley, Leanne's House next week and Journey of a Quilter next month. It wasn't suppose to work out this way but two of my LQS offered classes. What was I to do? hehe. Again, your project is beautiful, thank you for sharing it with us.
Gorgeous project Sue - and I like the new blog/blog name!?
Gosh, it must have taken you ages, but looks fab!
Fiona x
Sue, it is "Sew" Sweet! Sorry couldn't I resist the play on words. The fabric line you used is perfect and I love that stitching design. Nicely done! Jane
that is just sew cute!
What an amazing work! I can't imagine how much time you've put into this.
I love this could you post the link to the designer?
Wow! What a lot of work. I really like this--very pretty.
Fabulous!
Thank you for sharing!
Your stitchery is beautiful! Very pretty, thank you for sharing :)
Beautiful stitchery! Love it!
Lovely stitching.
It is so cute and beautiful and the stitching is so good.
I love your project. Thanks for sharing
What a fun project! Each little space holds such delightful images...the hearts are my favorites! sowingstitches[at]gmail[dot]com
Such a neat project, and the stitching looks great!
This is just my style! I love it.
Really cute project. I love it. Thanks for sharing.
Love the work, and pink the best colours. Thanks for sharing. Susie x
Good Morning Sue....lovely lovely lovely and sooooo lovely it made...well you will see..lol
Beautiful stitching, lovely finish!
This is absolutely priceless! I love it. Looks like a fun project for those times when you need a little bit of handwork to bring.
this is very sweet...great job.
It is just beautiful! So much detail and colors--lovely to look at. :O)
I love stitchery in any form and yours is beautiful. Thank you for the inspiration. Judy C
That is beautiful!!! Congratulations on being one of the top picks today. You deserve it!
Hi!!! This is just too cute!!! Love it!!!
What a beautiful way to display your stitches.
Its very lovely
Very nice! I love Leanne's patterns.
Very pretty and I love the combination of stitching and patchwork.
Just adorable! Congrats on being one of the top today!
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This is gorgeous!
Such a beautiful stitchery!
I LOVE this stitchery! I am hand quilting one of Leanne's patterns right now and enjoy all of her projects. I hadn't seen this one before...great job!
Sue, your stitchery is sew lovely and inspires me. Thanks for sharing today. Judith, Texas
great job -- makes me wish I embroidered more. thanks for the post
BEAUTIFUL! your stitches are just perfect. Wish I could do that.
Wow, that is a beautiful!!! I will have to get good enough to do one!!! Love all the textures. Thanks for sharing.
I love love love your project. It is absolutely amazeing. You are very talented and evething about it looks perfect to me. Thanks fo rshareing your project with us today.
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The pink is fabulous!
how pretty and looks like so much work. One of my favorite words in your quilt is laugh.
Very pretty.
I love hand embroidery and your work is beautiful! Wonderful colors too. Congrats on being one of Madame Samm's top picks of the day too.
Very sweet. I cannot hand stitch at all. This is lovely.
Sue-Love the stitchery. I've been wanting to get back into embroidery and have been researching Sashiko because I have some recycled blue jeans squares I want to make into a purse. Thanks for listing the possible BOM's in one place too.
This is adorable~ I can see why you bought it and your friend bought it for you, too! I love it. Hopefully, you won't put as much pressure on yourself for the seond one and will enjoy the process more!
Beautiful stitchery!
That is so beautiful!
It is beautiful and congrats on the finish !
Wow this was a lot of work and it turned out great. Thanks for sharing.
This is so cute! I love it!
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Love it!
Your work is beautiful. I really do like it.
Love, love, love your stitchery!! Thanks for working overtime to share it with us!!
Your stitching is very beautiful! Embroidery is something I have yet to try. Thanks for sharing!
oh, I have loved that stitchery kit forever!How fun to see someone's finished work and that you personalized it with your own fabrics! I love how colorful it is and what beautiful workmanship.
That was a wonderful stitchery. It is just so beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
This piece is just stunning! I love embroidery and this is an awesome example. blessings, marlene
Fantastic piece! Very, very impressive. Such a beautiful job. Thanks for sharing and have a great day!
Beautiful embroidery! Love it !
Just down-right gorgeous! Every time I see some hand embroidered work that shines like yours does, I tell myself I need to get back into hand stitching. This design is marvelous and sew, laugh, love are grand words.
What a lot of beautiful work,thanks for sharing
Rosemary B here: superb. so bright cheerful and colorful. Nice stitchery!
Very nice. I particularly like the butterfly, very colorful.
Love your stitchery...it is so well done! And I think your satin stitch is perfect!
I just LoVe it! It's even in MY favourite colours too! Well done Sue on a wonderful stitchery hanging! :)
Love that beautiful wall hanging. You did a great job on the stitchery. I really like the little buttons added on.
I love it. It's so pretty and girlie!
Beautiful. I love embroidery!
what a lovey way to use your "words"
in stitches
Love it Sue! Absolutely beautiful. Now I see why you were one of the winners today!!!
It's gorgeous!
Wow - that is beaUtiful! and impressive. Great job.
I love your stitchery! And you've added some beautiful fabrics. I have this kit on my wishlist!
wow - that's a lot of stitches! and all where they should be.
Wow, all that work! Sure paid off though, it is beautiful!
Congratulations! This is stunning. I love it. Thanks for sharing.
You did a great job on all the blocks love it.
absoutely gorgeous!
What beautiful stitchery!
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Fantastic Finish! I love the colors and the frame.. perfect!
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Wow! That is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful contribution to InYourWord's Bloghop!
Gorgeous work! Thanks for sharing this beauty!
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