Sunday, April 16, 2023

Slow Sunday Stitching--Winter Bouquet Finished

 Slow Sunday Stitching--see more beauties on Kathy's Quilts blog. She's just starting a cute new stitch. 

I finally made myself finish up the last of the surface stitching on this DMC kit--Winter Bouquet is complete at last. 


The final areas stitched were the petal lines in the center flower, a few more white details in the blue sprays, and a couple more stems for the bright pink sprays, all in one strand of floss.  This stitchery consumed a lot of hours!  I haven't made a plan for the finishing as yet. 


This first photo was dated April 10, 2022, so it has been a long term stitch.  Of course, there were long periods where the project was napping....

Pondering the next project. I have a few kits on hand but none are striking my fancy just now :) We do have a new baby grandson arriving in a couple of months, and a family wedding sometime in the next year. In looking around Pinterest or Instagram, I see other stitchers' works with more reference line stitching than the North/South, East/West that I have always used, and am thinking about that as a help to keep the ripping and re-stitching down to a minimum!  Ok, off to the sewing room to work on the last borders for the Plaidish2 quilt. 


8 comments:

The Cozy Quilter said...

Beautiful cross stitch picture. These projects do take a while to do but the end results are well worth the effort. I love your plaidish quilt!

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

Your Winter Bouquet cross-stitch stitch is lovely! The soft colors are so pretty together. I'll enjoy seeing how you decide to finish it up!

Deb said...

Your Winter Bouquet is lovely, I have many a project that have become long term projects.

Melisa- pinkernpunkinquilting said...

Your Winter Bouquet is so beautiful, Annie. I love the soft cool colors in it. Have a wonderful week and happy stitching.

Jayne Honnold said...

Breathtaking!!The stitches are so delicate resulting in a very delicate bouquet. Your persistence certainly paid off!

Janet O. said...

Such a soft, delicate-looking piece. Really beautiful, Annie!

Jenny said...

That's so pretty, wonder how you will finish it.

Ivani said...

Lovely bouquet. Looking forward to seeing how you will finish it.

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