Hello, friends! Our weather went from cold and rainy straight to the heat and humidity of July, all in a matter of days. And it's not even Memorial Day! Perfect to sit inside where it's a smidge cooler and catch up on some stitching.
What have you guys been working on? I've seen so many gorgeous stitched pieces on the good ol' Instagram, from samplers to patriotic to Christmas. I love seeing what everyone is working on, since much of it is so different from my own stitching style.
The big piece I'm working on right now (since you all know by now I have at least one gigantic piece going at a time...sometimes two) is Dressmaker's Daughter. I posted about it a while back, and honestly, didn't realize just how long I've been working on it - over a year!
I think the Winter dress is still my favorite (the first one on the left), but the colors in all of these dresses are just gorgeous.
I mean, those fall reds and oranges! Could you die?!
I absolutely love these apples! I can't wait to add the beads!
I'm on the final dress, which is Autumn. I usually wait to go back and fill in the Caron silks after I do all the DMC stitching, but since there was so much in the background that was stitched with two of the silks, I decided it was easier to stitch those first, then go back and fill in the background.
The best part is going back and filling in with the silks and, of course, the beads. There are two Kreiniks in this piece, which I'm not excited for, but they always make a big different in the finished piece.
The next few weeks will be busy, so we'll see how far I get on the background. Hopefully, it won't take too long, especially now that I've become better at the sewing method! It makes all that solid stitching go SO much faster!
Happy stitching!
