Good day, friends!
I finished stitching A
Honey of a Tiny Town a couple of weeks ago. It has taken me a while to decide
how to fully finish it.
I put together this
flat finish on a board, but I’m not sure I love it. The cross-stitched piece is
attached to sticky board with two layers of fabric behind it, also attached to
sticky boards. Those three pieces are hot glued together. Then the entire piece
is attached to the board by removable putty. This will allow me to take it off the board if I change my mind later.
A Honey of a Tiny Town is
designed by Heart in Hand. I stitched it on 25 count Lugana in the color Barley
by Lori Holt. I used two floss threads over two fabric threads.
The word "Hive" was supposed to be backstitched on the middle house but I attached a bee button instead.
Finishing this has inspired me to unpack my other bee stitching.
Since this piece is so large, I
may not be able to recreate the display I had last year. You can see that one in this post.
I have my May stitches
counted but I need to photograph the projects, so I’ll share those with you next week.
Tonight is Friday Night with Friends hosted by Cheryll at Gone Stitchin'. I'll be hanging out and continuing to attach bindings to quilts.
The weather this weekend
is supposed to be rainy. I'll be running the Farm Fresh 5K on Saturday to raise
money for a local food bank. The remainder of the weekend will be cleaning my house. Sounds exciting,
doesn’t it?!?
What are your plans? How
is the weather in your area?
I'm linking up with Alycia
for her Finish (or not) Friday.
See you soon,
Good work with your stitching.
ReplyDeleteThe weather here is a bit too warm at during the day, but quite comfortable at night. In May we had record rainfall (not fun) I am hoping for more moderate weather in June.
Love this little town so much! I saw this on IG last night but now I fully see the bee button - it's perfect.
ReplyDeleteSo you are running in the 5K? Wow I'm impressed! Good luck to you.
And I hope you get lots of good rain. We are close to Oklahoma, and they have been getting SO much rain - I think it's one of the wettest starts to summer they've ever had. We've gotten rain off and on, and everything looks so pretty and green. Trying not to think about how it will look in July and August. ;)
Tiny Town is most adorable. I struggle with 14 ct aida and definitely shy away from a 25 ct anything. Is the blue plaids a fabric or paper crafting supply?
ReplyDeleteOH my goodness I how how you displayed all your coordinating pieces together! You amaze me with all your stitchings, so beautiful!! Removable puddy sounds interesting, where do you get it?
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty finish and an awesome display that you shared with us today! I like the idea of removable putty. Housecleaning is a necessary evil. . .I will be stitching after I finish my chores this weekend!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, Jeanna! Thank you so much for sharing, dear friend.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a pretty finish, Jeanna! The honey color that goes throughout all of them is lovely. You've done such an amazing job with the various finishes - they all look great together!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great collection of finely stitched items! I love the way you mounted and finished the latest one, Jeanna!!!
ReplyDeleteI love your collection of bee stitching! They look so great together. I like how your Tiny Town is mounted. It looks very professional. Your work is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou may not be keen on how you have mounted Tiny Town but it does work perfectly in your lovely bee display. It is a beautiful piece. Every time I see your display I am temped to do some cross stitch and have to be stern with myself - far too much going on here as it is! xx
ReplyDeleteYour town looks lovely - and thanks for the info on how you finished it...need that for my "towns".
ReplyDeleteThe collection of bee things looks lovely - beautifully coordinated.
Our weather is cool - cold actually...well cold for where we live.
Oooh look at all of those "bee themed" cuties. Such beautiful eye candy. Love your new addition is fabulous. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteSo many bee projects -- I love each and every one of them! Your use of turquoise in so many really sets the yellow off too. Your latest cross stitch looks fantastic. I love how you layered it all up. Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteI especially like the square pillow with the bee in the centre.
ReplyDeleteI hope the 5K run on Saturday went well.
that stitching is just darling!! I like the way your matted it - super cute!! hope the 5K went well!
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