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Monday, January 16, 2017

January Gifted Gorgeousness

The problem with frequent posting is there often isn't a lot of progress to show and that certainly is true today, BUT it is time for Gifted Gorgeousness and I am determined to match last year's posting success.  Gifted Gorgeousness is hosted by Jo at Serendipitous Stitching (I have learned to spell both gorgeous and serendipitous because of her) and is a way to say "thank you" to everyone that has given us stitching bits and bobs for gifts and to show what we are stitching as gifts.  Each of the pieces I showed in my last post were gifts of some kind - either from Internet friends or designers or, in the case of To Have and To Hold will be a gift.

Despite having a four day weekend, I didn't get as much stitching in as I had hoped.  I did; however, get the taxes all drafted out and ready to file, finally got the DVD player hooked-up in the den (my stitching area) and had a totally clean house for about 10 minutes.

The stitching that I did do resulted in a finish.  To Have and To Hold Bridal Sampler is complete. 


The original design was done in teals and green, but the wedding colors are lilac and green so some changing was necessary.  The most difficult part was switching out beads, but I think I found suitable replacements.  It took much longer than I expected to finish off the backstitching at the bottom.  The beads were a bit fiddly as the stitching didn't fall in nice neat blocks, but it lines up well enough.  Just have to wait for a nice sale at the framers.  And as I'm looking at the photo, I realized I forgot an entire line of beading - so much for that happy dance.

I'm going to count it as a finish as it will be complete within the hour and then I can put Sentimental Heart on the frame and get it started it needs a few more changes than this one, so I'm glad I have until October to have it finished.

13 comments:

Bea said...

That is beautiful! Changes do take extra work, but it is so much more personal and the couple will be thrilled. Boo hiss about the beads, but I'm sure you've fixed it by now.

Stitching Noni said...

Lovely finish :o) The final row of missing beads will no doubt be done now so it is indeed a finish!
Hugs x

Robin in Virginia said...

Susan, congratulations on your finish! It is stunning.

Von said...

Congrats on your lovely finish! I'm sure the new couple will treasure it.

Bekah said...

The sampler is stunning. The colours came out very nicely. Have fun with that last row of beads.

Linda said...

Congrats on the lovely finish Susan.

Linda

Kerryp77 said...

What a beautiful piece. I think you've done a great job with the colour changes too.

Justine said...

A beautiful almost finish! I love the soft colours, very pretty. Congratulations on your ten minutes of a clean home too - I salute you!

Christine said...

That is lovely, your changed colours work very well

Leonore Winterer said...

Jo is doing a wonderful job at teaching people complicated words, isn't she?
What a lovely first (almost) finish for the year, well done!

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Thanks for taking part in GG this month. Notice the abbreviation? LOL. I also curse myself every time I have to type out the blog name instead of copy and pasting!

That sampler is just plain gorgeous though, no other word for it! Glad you spotted the beads now and not after the framing was done.

Pull the other thread said...

Congrats on the finish! It looks amazing, so delicate. Just love it.

Heather said...

Congrats great finish!