Good morning to you. How's the weekend going? My furnace is still running day and night. The warm up is coming the end of this week, so they say. We've been working on the cabinet fixes and took a chance on correcting the legs - it worked. Lots of sanding and sealing on the insides and tomorrow I will purchase the primer, or three more paint samples.
Several of you asked if the Blackbird Chart was posted and you missed out. Nope. Once I see the design of the A, the rest of the letters are easy. In fact, I usually just continue stitching letters without checking chart on most pieces, unless the spacing between is inconsistent. So it wasn't hard to get a start, and if the chart has something different, that's OK too.
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I jumped the gun because I haven't been stitching and the longer I am not, the harder it is to start. This was easy because I love it and the colors are simple. It looks to be pretty worn, and in the end I think I will cut and remove the threads to be more like their antique piece. So far- 3860, 3722, 3022, and antique gold wool. I chose 28 count natural because I sometimes have problems with wool on higher counts, but now wish it was 30. I just noticed in the photo that I missed a stitch in the border. You can also see my cross over threads - lots of muslin snips will be on this back!
It started as apricot from this bunch of Paternayan from old needlepoint. This really took a lot of mixing dye colors but I finally got the antique shade I was hoping for. Should I have used the deep purple instead of 3860 DMC? Too late. I'm hoping this is enough of the gold to work through the alphabet and I think it will be. Will I start again on another linen? No. The Sea Glass was fabulous with these colors, but I was afraid the wool threads would start shredding when pulled through the coarse fabric. Maybe not - but this is all I dyed and I didn't want to take the chance. I may work on it more this evening but that depends on how sore my arthritic right hand is after more sanding. At least I have something to work on that I'm excited about. Too many other projects going on and that can create a slump that is hard to crawl out of.
Enjoy your Sunday!
Thanks for visiting.
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11 comments:
Love what you have done so far with the sampler. I am madly trying to finish the project I am working on so I will be ready to start.Glad to hear you are finally having some success with those kitchen cabinets.
Wow looking so lovely xxx
You are off to a great start!!
Wow Marly! I had to look 3 times (seriously) at your colors. Love them!
It looks wonderful so far. You have a great eye for color. Hope the cabinet work doesn't hurt your wrist too much. Hope you are happy with them too.
Lovely start Marly! I love the colors that you are using.
Nice start....I hear you about having to start again. I usually spend afternoon time making X's and listening to a Cd of someone reading ma a book ( mystery). But last week i actually read to myself.....and now getting back to X's is hard. Hoping you cool down, I know summer can be brutal.....after ten years it does get a bit cooler, or at least not so many hot flashes. I still have folding fans everywhere of a quick cool off.
Loving your new sampler!
After my recent vacation when I read a bunch of books and didn't stitch, I'm finding it a challenge to get back to stitching. Of course part of it could be all the gardening I've needed to do. :)
Marly, I'm so excited that you're doing the Blackbird SAL! The pattern just posted a little while ago, if you want to reference it.
Interested in seeing your version. have fun with it.
Great start! How many samplers do you have around your home? Seems like you knock off a couple of them each month! I finally started a small one ... Christmas of course. I thought I'd take a break from ornaments for a while : )
Looking good. x
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