Can you believe it is almost February already?! As I mentioned in an earlier post, I will be posting the With my Needle and Pen stitching schedule for the "A Maryland Inspiration" SAL, here on my blog each month. Here is what is on the drawing board for February:
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Hello fellow stitchers,
Brrr, it is cold outside here on the northeast coast of the US. If it is cold where you are, I hope you are staying warm and cozy and have enjoyed, or are enjoying, the January stitching schedule for "A Maryland Inspiration". Because last month’s schedule was a lot, I am going to keep it light this month so that those who did not finish January’s assignment, can finish it, and those who did rinish, can leisurely stitch February’s assignment.
For February we will be stitching the alphabets and numbers in the alphabet border, which should not take long at all. I also thought you’d like to move into the main field of the design and stitch the carnation motif in the center top portion of the design.
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For a little inspiration, I am including a picture that one of the SAL participants sent me of her progress. Candace actually started stitching her AMI (A Maryland Inspiration) in October, when the chart was first released. She still, however, has achieved a lot in the short time she has been working on it. Isn’t her stitching lovely?!
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at HeartseaseEW@gmail.com.
Yours in stitches,
Theresa
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I also have some news regarding one of my designs. I will be teaching a class in May at the Schwenkfelder Museum for Mary Sophia's Pennsylvania German Sewing Set.
The class itself will be for the stacking biscornu's, but a chart for the entire set, with finishing instructions, will be available for purchase. I will let you know all the pertinent information, i.e., place, date, time, etc., for the event in a future post.
If you are in the frozen Northeast, I hope you are staying cozy and warm, if not, stay cozy and warm anyway! :-)
Yours in friendship and stitches,
Theresa
This is so beautiful. I am stitching as part of the SAL and making slow progress right now. I am just a slow stitcher but I am loving every stitch. The colors are gorgeous. So I have a question for you, do you work in hand or on scroll rods, hoops, qsnaps? Thank you for the wonderful design.
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ReplyDeleteI am so happy to hear that you are enjoying this sampler. I really enjoyed stitching it as well.
In answer to your question, I stitch in hand. Thank goodness for my framer, by the time she gets my pieces to stretch, they are pretty wrinkled. I do use a hoop when I am stitching over one, especially on 40 ct. I have a small wooden (5") spring hoop that I've had for years and don't know what I would do without it.
Yours in stitches,
Theresa
I started the sampler and had to leave for India in a hurry to be near my mom as she breathed her last. I have to get back to the sampler.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, I am really glad that the Mary Sophia's Pennsylvania German Sewing Set will be available for purchase. As I was going through my mom's belongings, I came across a small wooden chest that have been in our family for quite some time. I brought it to the US in memorty f my mom. I think it will be a good place to store the various items of this set.