Leftovers From 2019 and a Sneak Peek

I realized the other day that in my frenzy to post everything I've worked on in the past several years, I completely forgot about a couple of very important items and other random stuff.

First, my daughter got married in July 2019 (so glad it wasn't this year). I stitched a couple of things for her and her new husband.

The wedding coincided with the 50th anniversary of the space walk, so I couldn't resist stitching this Kathy Schenkel mini-sock with the spaceman insert. I changed the planet in the lower left to a moon, so it was perfect. The finisher had the important details embroidered on the back for me. The happy couple loved it!

As a wedding gift, I stitched these two companion pieces (he's coffee; she's tea) and had my wonderful framer, Total Framing, make a tray with them. It turned out just as I had pictured it. They loved this too.

In 2019 I created a bargello insert for a fabulous Lee's self-finishing handbag that I picked up at a trunk show at Waste Knot Needlepoint. I use it all the time.

I also stitched a bookmark that needs finishing. I have another of the same design still awaiting finishing.

 So what have I been working on while living in isolation for most of the past year? The main project took several of those months, and I can only give you a sneak peek at it. I pilot stitched a new design by Jeff Kulick for the November/December issue of the American Needlepoint Guild's Needle Pointers magazine. Here are some snippets for you to wonder about till it's off press (soon, soon).

 

 

After I finished this monstrosity (beautiful but large!), I needed to work on something smaller, quicker. During the summer ANG offered what they called "Holed Up Minis," small designs that could be stitched with one's stash, with charts and minimal instructions. My local chapter, Potomac Chapter of ANG, used three as a virtual meeting program in September. They were all designed by one of our members, Marilyn Owen, and were related mini samplers. I started with the Diagonal Stitches Sampler at the meeting, then proceeded to the Cross Stitches Sampler once I had finished it. I used both as an opportunity to play with threads from my stash. I think I made the second one more difficult for myself by deciding to use two different thread types for each stitch. I guess I was thinking, "How hard can it be?"

So I guess you can see that I've been keeping myself busy.