This week’s cross-stitch update and our trip to Florida last weekend go hand-in-hand.
When we travel by car, I
like an easy project to stitch that doesn’t require a lot of counting and
something that I can do on Aida or evenweave. As it happened, Primrose Cottage released
their free chart for January the day before we started traveling.
Chart: Sweetly Sayin’
Fabric: 16 count Aida, white by Wichelt
Floss: All from my stash; Classic Colorworks
and Cosmo
I’ve pulled some Valentine
fabrics and will fully finish it this weekend.
Why did we go to Florida?
Well, remember when I told you about the embroidery machine hubby gave me for
my birthday here? I mentioned that I once had a machine
that didn’t work very well. When we were in the process of selling our Florida
house, I didn’t think my embroidery threads
would do well in storage. I offered them to my best friend. We agreed that she
would use them until I got another machine. If I never replaced the machine,
then she could keep them.
I did get another machine so...
I have almost every color
of Floriani embroidery thread.
They are stored in boxes of drawers that are numbered by the Floriani chart.
Now I am ready to dig into
my fabric scraps and start creating some fun projects.
There is one more bit of
creativity that I haven’t shared yet.
Our town’s “Ice Fest” is scheduled
for the end of the month. See my post here for a previous Ice
Fest event.
Visit Haywood is an
organization that promotes local tourism and small businesses in our community.
Our local yarn store asked for volunteer knitters to make a scarf that would be
sold in the Visit Haywood booth. All proceeds go to promoting Waynesville’s
small businesses.
The yarn store provided yarn
and the free chart.
Malabrigo Rasta One Skein Scarf by Kaity Fraker
Other than that, I’ve been enjoying walks around the lake, as our winter weather has turned mild. The swans are back and entertaining as ever.
See you soon,
12 comments:
Love the one-skein scarf and the Malabrigo Rasta yarn is so perfect for that piece!! Nice work. Lovely x-stitchery for your take-along project...Hugs, Julierose
Isn't that little Valentine stitchery cute? You did it fast! I downloaded mine yesterday. Wow that is one fine thread setup you have. Was your friend happy for you but sad to give up the threads?
I am impressed you managed to stitch up the new freebie Valentine already! Also an impressive supply of emb. thread.
I love that Valentine design from Primrose Cottage, but I mistakenly deleted the email the pattern came in! 😢 Glad you had a good trip to Florida and back. That is quite a collection of embroidery flosses - have fun with that new machine!
Your Primrose stitch is darling, Jeanna and indeed a perfect "car stitch". Wow what an impressive collection of flosses. Do enjoy using them. Have a wonderful weekend. Love seeing the swans.
Sweetly Sayin is darling! What a friend! What a beautiful and artful collection of thread and what fun lies ahead of you! All the best in 2026!
Your scarf came out great! You have a great thread collection. You're going to have so much fun with your new machine!
Very fun scarf. Yarn is much fun.
Beautiful photos and lovely stitching!
What a treasure trove of lovely embroidery threads you have!!!
I like the Valentine project. Valentines Day will be here before we know it!
What a sweet little design - and perfect for a travel project. My goodness, all those threads! Enjoy now that you have them back. xx
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