Barbara’s Creative Blog

Started this this morning.  The Smoky Mountains are my happy place.  The fabric is 25 Count Steel Blue Lugana. I’m stitching 1 x 1 with the called for colors.  On 25 Count the project will finish at 7.2 inches wide and 5.6 inches high. (180w x 140h). Since this is a full coverage pattern, I’m going to try to stitch one 10 x 10 block every day  Let’s see how this goes. After 8.5 hours of stitching: After 9.75 hours of stitching:

   1 Sep 2022 6.25 HoS (6.25 Total HoS). (13): Air Force: 1.5 HoS. (1.5) (123): Twin Peak’s: Winter: 2 HoS. (Snowman & T) (124): Artecy: Great Smoky Mountains: .75 HoS. (125): Bathing: 2 HoS.    2 Sep 2022 4.75 HoS (11.25 Total HoS). (13): Air Force: 1.5 HoS. (3) (124): Artecy: Great Smoky Mountains: 1.25 HoS. (L): Lone Skein Shawl: 2 HoK. (125): Bathing: 1 HoS      3 Sep 2022 4 HoS (15.25 Total HoS). (L): Lone Skein Shawl: 1 HoK. (123): Twin Peak’s: Winter: 2 HoS. (Snowman) (125): Bathing: 1 HoS      4 Sep 2022 11.25 HoS (26.5 Total HoS). (L): Lone Skein Shawl: 1.5 HoK. (4.5) (124): Artecy: Great Smoky Mountains: 1.5 HoS.  (3.5) (113): Playing with Jax: 4.25 HoS. (4.25) (123): Twin Peak’s: Winter: 1 HoS. (T) (5) (13): Air Force: 1 HoS. (4) (109): Twin Peak’s Santa 2021: 1 HoS. (1) (125): Bathing: 1 HoS  (4)    5 Sep 2022 7.5 HoS (34 Total HoS). (L): Lone Skein Shawl: 1.5 HoK. (6) (124): Artecy: Great Smoky Mountains: 1.25 HoS.  (4.75) (113): Playing with Jax: 1.5 HoS.  (5.75) (123

This is a design by Cricket Collection.  The fabric is 25 count Vintage Country Mocha Lugana.  The swim suits are numbered from right to left.  1: 11 Jun 2021 - 13 Jun 2021: 11 HoS DMC: 347, 729, 5200 2:  13 Jun 2021: 5 HoS DMC: 3814, 993 3: 21 Jun 2021: 11 HoS: DMC: 3328, 761 4: 27 Aug 2022 - 30 Sep 2022: 13.5 HoS). DMC: 729, 5200, 322, 347 Progress so far: And another 2 hours of stitching on the 4th swimsuit.  5. 30 Sep 2022 - ??: ?? HoS. DMC: 436, 524, 677, 902, 3865

This project is being stitched on 32 count Terracotta Murano. I’m using DMC 310 and 4200.  I started stitching this pattern on 24 Jun 2022. After 25 hours of stitching:

 This is a charity chart from the Fat Quarter Shop.  Started on 9 Mar 2022.  I’m using the called for DMC colored floss. The fabric is 25 count Stormy Clouds.  After 35.25 hours of stitching:

This project was started on 5 May 2022.  It is being stitched on 25 count Vintage Country Mocha using the called for DMC flosses.  After 11.5 hours of stitching: After 17.75 hours of stitching: After 33.75 hours of stitching: Almost done!!! And the stitching is done.  MTF

 I’m making this for Bob’s 80th birthday on 20 Mar 2023. It is being stitched on 25 count Vintage Country Mocha Lugana using the DMC called for colors.  After 5 hours of stitching: This is going to take a while. After 26 hours of stitching: After 37 hours of stitching: After 64.75 hours of stitching: This project was restarted due to many errors found in the pattern I purchased.  The new pattern is by Artecy. Progress after 27.5 hours of stitching: