#1yearofstitches

Day 181: (big time rush voice) we’re halfway there

My Etsy. Instagram.

I guess this is day 163/365, but I haven’t worked on this (until today) for over a week, eek 😬 I’ve had a couple other stitching projects that have kept me busy, plus just pregnancy tiredness/sickness. Anyway, here is the overall situation at not quite halfway through the year. . . . . #1yearofstitches2018 #1yearofstitches #oneyearofstitches2018 #oneyearofstitches #stitchaday2018 #stitchaday #cpt100day #the100dayproject #100dayproject

I’ve decided to make little Christmas presents for myself and patient family members all through the year because it brings such satisfaction. Also, I’ve found that for reasons unknown, I really like to cut stuff up. I don’t hesitate at all, even when I should have. 🐔

I had a bit of an epiphany. I’ve been buying black cotton coats at the bins, my plan being to rockstar them up with boro’d bits of other black cotton and cotton-like things I’d bought to part out. But, when I smoked on it, it felt completely phony. I wasn’t repairing anything or creating anything, and these weren’t even things I was going to wear myself, rockstar or no. So the coats go back in the bag to be re-donated and maybe find their forever homes this time. (They’re very nice! Black London Fog trenchcoat, long goth-y velvet coat, and a shorter frock coat...all of which actually fit me, which is really weird, since I never tried any of them on until after I washed them. Did you know that thrift shop clothing is the #1 source of scabies?)  The coats will get thrown back into the ocean, but the other items that I’d already deboned and filleted are going to be a blanket. Right now it’s about 4′ by 6′ and I think it’ll be perfect for sitting on at outdoor concerts this summer. I’ve got it mostly fit together, and a few seams stitched together with simple running stitches, using my fancy schmancy new black sashiko thread*. I will need to sacrifice another pair of pants to really make it substantial, but I can do that over time. My plan is to basically sew it together, just basting with those running stitches, and then spend as long as I can stand doing sashiko stitches all over it to make it strong and quilty.  IOM one wedge. *which I need more of right meow

First try at needleturn applique. Could be better, could be a lot worse. #1yearofstitches #embroidery #needleturnapplique #silkfloss #larp #monogram (at Drammen, Norway)

my 1 year of stitches so far.

Not feeling terribly inspired today, so a simple cluster of cross stitches #1yearofstitches #embroidery