Two new buttons

With no stitching at all done in recent months and with some time off over the holidays I tried to get back into my house quilt the other day (after shaking off the layer of dust on it, slight exaggeration but nearly!!) I did another window.  Gosh how I wish I could time travel back X months and tell myself not to do the windows with raised stem stitch.  Five hours for a single window is nuts.  Hubby keeps encouraging me on this quilt, but I just don't feel the love for it which I don't think is helping my motivation.  But I still have a rather large space on the wall waiting for something amazing to fill it, I just don't think this quilt is it.  Sigh.  

Anyway, I sat yesterday and in a fit of trying to kick start my sewing mojo (or was it just procrastination??) I did another couple of buttons.  Square (ish) ones this time.  I love the look of pieces where someone has just sat down and let their fingers just stitch and somehow the result is something beautiful.  Random stitches, beads, buttons, lace etc.  When I've tried this myself I usually just end up with a piece of fabric with some random stuff stuck/stitched on it, no beauty in sight.

But I'm trying.  I'm trying to step from my comfort zone and I guess, while it seems contrary to the outcome, maybe it takes practice to create beauty from random stitches?!

I love the look of Boro embroidery, or any embroidery that is for the most part running stitches.  So this wee guy was just about creating something with running stitches mostly.  I quite like how it turned out. 

I don't have a very big stash of fabric.  But I came across some pictures of fabrics woven together to make a bigger piece.  So I gave that a go.  I somehow still managed to create stripes of the two fabrics I used, oh well note to self at least 3 fabrics next time and mix it up a bit.  I got some beads on there, randomly 'sprinkled' which is definitely not within my comfort zone (beads are scary).  And while its no beauty, it is woven and it is random.  So its a success!

 Better yet I feel like I want to stitch more.  So maybe they've helped my mojo along a bit after all.

Thanks for stopping by. 😁

I'm still here!

So not a lot of stitching being done of late.  But lots of crochet!  I'm not sure what it is about cold weather but it makes me feel like crocheting.  That and my daughter shaved her head to raise money for people with Leukaemia, so I made her something like 7 different beanies!  And I made sampler blanket which was supposed to be for me but is currently covering said daughter who isn't feeling well and has been seen covering the hubby when he has a Nanna nap on a Sunday afternoon.  At least its being used right?!?!  I have used it myself and it is so lovely and warm... totally worth it!

Anyway... TAST is still ticking along and last week there was a stitch that I hadn't done before - Scroll stitch.  So thought I'd give it a go.  Its not a stitch for 2 strands of DMC, its definitely better suited for thicker threads.  But I managed a small sample.  And here is Chicken Little number 103!!

Slow and Steady...

So I'm slowly making progress on the house quilt.  I'm finding I don't have much time in the weekends of late so I'm squeezing in a bit of stitching where I can.  As a single window frame takes about 3-4 hours its slow going.  During the week I'm just mentally exhausted after work and the idea of rounding up bits seems like way too much effort.  I'm not capable of much more than picking something to watch on Netflix, so lazy!

I'm pleased with how the pink house is looking so far.  I'm still deciding what to do about the eaves of the roof.  I did layer two pieces of fabric there.  Its hard to see but there is an off white edging slipped under the black.  The original picture has small white dots within the black which would work, but I'm just not sure I like the white fabric edging.  So do I couch something thicker along there or maybe some small buttonhole stitches or something.    I can't take the white fabric out, well I could but it'd be a nightmare and probably end in tears.

I'm also still debating a dark edge around all the big pieces.  Close up it looks OK but looking at this photo that first house is definitely blending a little too nicely into the background.  Although that might be OK depending on how I stitch/quilt that sky. Ugh the decisions!! haha.

Haven't even made any buttons of late.  I have a few images to do, just haven't gotten the bits together to do them.  Thats a task for this weekend - getting the bits within reach, so I can just pick them up and make a start while the credits roll on Netflix haha.

Anyway thanks for stopping by and apologies for there not being a lot of progress on anything!