Long time, no blog
Sometimes life interrupts the blogging. Last week, I got a call that my Mom was in the hospital. It was a minor procedure, and she’s doing much better now, but everything else gets put on hold when someone is in the hospital. Once I returned home, I was exhausted for a couple of days from the stress and lack of sleep. I’m starting to feel normal again finally.
Right now, I’m trying frantically to get caught up for a few deadlines. The Needlework Show starts next week, which means my virtual booth has to be set up by this weekend. I’m mostly done, but still have to:
1. Sew on 4 beads to the 3rd page of the Briar Rose series
2. Iron, stretch, frame and photograph the 3rd Briar Rose design.
3. Photograph the next three Advent Ornaments
4. Print copies of the fourth Advent Ornament for a shop class
5. Photograph my bookmarks set.
6. Upload pictures to the Needlework Show site.
Notice I didn’t mention printing any other charts! That’s because I don’t have to do that until they get ordered! Yay procrastination!
Last night, I finally did the finishing work on the bookmarks and I like how they turned out.
The white bookmarks are stitched on a banding, so I just folded the top and bottom edges over. I hope to find an approriately sized ribbon for the back. The one with the sword is stitched on a “Clay” hand-dyed Jobelan. I basted along the edges, then folded the edges along the basting line and ironed them into place. I used a floss that matched the fabric to do a double-running stitch along the top and bottom. Finally I unravelled some of the horizontal threads to leave a fringe! Ok, not really that exciting, but I’ve had the stitching done on this one for a few months now and my mind was trying to figure out the finishing.
I’ll be having a prize drawing during the Needlework show, so check out my page to get details. Also, this trade show is really driven by the end customers, so let your favorite shop know what you like in the show!
April 10th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
They look awesome! I love the center one! Are they done over one or over two?