\nThe first is the bottom piece of my second Pagoda Pincushion. Anna<\/a> will recognize this piece, as I’ve dragged it out at Stitching at the Ford for months and it’s taken me forever to get anywhere.
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\nThis will get a backstitched border and be joined to its mate during my finishing challenge next month.<\/p>\n
The second is my second copy of Hearts & Flowers by The Sweetheart Tree. The first run was stitched using the kit and included lovely flower beads in the corner and center. For this run, I substituted stitched flowers in the corner and skipped the center one completely. This is both a start and a finish.
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\nThis, too, will get a backstitched border and be joined to its mate as a biscornu during my finishing challenge next month.<\/p>\n
I’m working on another WIP now – Celtic Swirls by Ink Circles. It’s a freebie that I’m doing in teals and will do again in purples and make into a biscornu.<\/p>\n
That’s it, for now. I’m cleaning out my project bags nicely so far and am starting to gear up for all of the finishing I’ll be doing next month. I haven’t really gotten any takers on my Not-So-Crazy January Challenge<\/a> yet, but I’m hoping that at least a couple of people will join me. If not, then c’est la vie. It won’t stop me! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I decided to take yesterday off. I didn’t touch the computer all day. I spent hours stitching. I napped. It was lovely. I’ve actually been stitching a lot the past couple of days. We had to rush to get most … Continue reading