What's in the hoop?
Definitely not a quilt this time of year.
I don't have a/c so it's too hot to hand quilt. (My house is full of heat and haze).
So, what's in the hoop?
One of many needlework craft kits I picked up years ago at the thrift store that I thought might keep me busy in retirement. This one is a long stitch kit for a pillow.
It was a bargain at 95 cents and had never been opened so all the pieces and parts were included. Good thing is that I can see well enough to easily do that long stitch!
I even have some strawberry themed fabrics so I might make a throw to go with the pillow and wouldn't the two together make a nice little gift? (Well, I also was thinking instead of a pillow this might go toward making a tote or table topper. Hmmm... you know I have some old placemats and napkins around here somewhere that I made for my mom long ago and got back when she passed away. I embroidered strawberries on gingham way back in the day...hmmm...)
And sew on...
The strawberries are a very happy looking project. They'll be nice however you finish it. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteThat was certainly a bargain and now you are enjoying sewing it.
ReplyDeleteIt’s the season for strawberries! Gail at the Cozy Quilter
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet stitchery! I adore strawberries in projects. Wow, I can't imagine not having A/C during the month of July. Please, please tell me you live somewhere where it's not hitting near 100 degrees! :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a berry sweet stitch and Wow ! What a bargain. It is so wonderful when you already have an idea on how you are going to finish it as well. Happy stitching.
ReplyDeletedefinitely a bargain. I have not done long stitch. It looks very classy
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun summer project. Strawberries are good in any fashion! I’m off to check out “ long stitch”, j
ReplyDeleteYour new project does look pretty. Was it only 95 cents? What a bargain.
ReplyDeleteOoh, so lovely!
ReplyDeleteYou are coming right along with that kit. It's so nice that it hadn't been open or started so you know everything should be there and you don't have to contend with matching your stitches to what had been started. Good fin. I am sure you will know exactly what to do with it by the time that you finish. You are inspiring me to get out some of my old "slow stitching."
ReplyDeleteI have never seen anything like this kind of hand stitching before! Thanks for sharing it! You are doing a great job and it's the perfect summer project!
ReplyDeleteI definitely need something lighter than the huge quilt I'm working on. Good plan for you.
ReplyDeleteLOL -- one thing leads to another and another. I've rescued a fair number of never-opened stitchery kits, too, though owning them is all I've done with them. I keep thinking that the all-linen ones could be repurposed into quilting projects.
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