Don't worry - the title is not more evidence of an increasing level of battiness that is creeping over me (evidenced by yesterday's sandal mishap) - I do know it is now Thursday, but as I now devote most of my free-time on a Wednesday to actually working on the unfinished projects, I always forget to post about them.
Yesterday was a nice, sunshine-y sort of day, with winds less strong than has been the case of late, so after I'd finished work, I took a bit of sewing into the garden and enjoyed both the warmth and the good light.
Without Mr U-t-B and his enthusiastic hacking-away-at-things, certain plants are getting burgeoning forth.
The 'New Dawn' rose, honeysuckle and purple clematis look and smell lovely, but I will need to rein them in soon, as they are making it very difficult to get into our little garden shelter, where all the tools are!
Yesterday I concentrated on the cross-stitch, managing to finish all the letters.
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A bit more grass has appeared, and a couple of cows have been finished.
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Working outside is really the key to getting this one complete as the linen
can be tricky in less-than-perfect light. I know I should get a daylight simulation lamp!
Work on the tapestry has also progressed, in spite of a couple of small setbacks which I need to correct.
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I have realised that I have stitched the feather shaped leaf in the centre in the wrong shade of blue-green, and also that the speckles on the breast and tummy of the bird are the wrong colour. I am tempted to leave the bird alone, but will have to unpick the leaf as there's lots more to do around it. I guess this is one of the downsides of charts that are coloured, rather than made up of symbols.
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So, progress has been made, albeit only a little bit. It may feel like it will be another few decades before these are finished, but at least they are heading in the right direction!
Hang in there - you'll get it finished eventually! Love the alphabet sampler - beautiful colours.
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Wow, the tapestry and cross stitch are beautiful. I can only dream of ever being able to do something as intricate as that.
ReplyDeleteI love the ABC sampler - and I love the way you take no credit for 'a little bit more grass has appeared' ! My OH is a great one for hacking down things in the garden too - at our previous house we had a huge garden with loads of trees that he hacked away at - we're now in town with a fairly small garden, so I've banished him to an allotment! Abby x
ReplyDeleteAs long as you have a matching pair of shoes on & the sun is shining.........nothing else matters! xxxxxxxxxxx
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