I don’t have a lot of progress to show. We’ve had the grandkids twice this week…and remember that elusive garage sale we are having? Well, I’m still working on it. I’ve been through so much stuff in the house.
It’s been a while since I’ve shown you the whole piece of Consider the Lilies. Here it is, all un-ironed. I still have a year or more of stitching on this…especially if I stick to the pace I’ve been going lately. I don’t really care. I’m enjoying it.
If you’re wondering what I got stitched at the retreat, the answer is not much. Look at the picture below. I stitched the tree, the dog, and started the flower. Let’s just say, I talked more than I stitched.
It’s okay. I had a ton of fun.
A blog reader asked me what it means to “Park your thread/needle”. I thought I would explain. The flower behind the turkey is not finished.
I stitched all of the Grasshopper Green I can stitch for now. I need to go in and stitch the blooms. I’m going to need that Grasshopper green after only a few stitches. Rather than end the stitching and have to put the thread away and bother with all of that, I just brought the thread up a distance from the flower. Then I’ll leave it sit.
I’ll unthread my needle and pull out the bloom color. I’ll stitch the bloom and then put that thread away.
I’ll go back to the Grasshopper Green. I’ll pull the thread to the back, thread my needle, and then start stitching the leaves at the top of the motif that are part of the flower. It’s not hard…it saves a bit of time. Some people “Park” the thread with a needle still on the thread. I do that from time to time, but I typically just park the thread vs parking the thread and the needle.
Next week I think I am going to finish the flower I just told you about and then come up and work on this partially stitched flower.
Little by little I keep telling myself.
I was digging around for something and look what I found. I’m going to pull it out and see what needs to be done with it. I’d love to finish it up and then fully finish it so I have it ready for Fall display.
I had forgotten I had started this. It’s a treat to find a project this far along!! HA!!
Fingers crossed, I might get a little stitching in this week. I kind of doubt it. The garage sale is next weekend. Oh my.
I’ll bet you will be glad to have that garage sale DONE! Hang in there – it will happen!
Retreats are so fun. Sometimes a lot gets done and sometimes not. It’s still so fun to be with like-minded people. I have a question, could you please share with us your needle threader if you use one? I try hard not to use one but then when I do, it makes everything quicker.
I do not currently use a needle threader.
I used to go to retreats with my dd but after awhile it got to be really expensive – I bought patterns LOL! No, we really enjoyed going – lots of fun.
I don’t know what it is with this of time of year but progress is slow with my stitching too – either I’m slowing down with my stitching or just other stuff to do! ;-)
Love and prayers
If I remember correctly you went to the retreat with the idea that you might Not accomplish that much because you needed to visit. It doesn’t matter as you know, as long as you are happy about it all. It is good to have garage sales, but oh the work! The last time we moved, I decided just to donate anything I didn’t want and I called one of the veteran services and they would pick up which was great. I’m much older than you so I was too weary to do a sale!
I’m curious….do you leave your fabric in your hoop when you are not stitching? I was taught to not, but it sure seems like it would save time to leave the fabric in the hoop so you don’t have to set it all up every time.
I do a little bit of both. If I am getting back to it in the next day or so, I leave it. If it’s going away for awhile, I take it out.
Hi Jo! Remember me? I’ve been following your blog here the last few months again. It’s so hard to find time for everything. I feel like a stalker because I don’t comment! Just thought I’d let you know I learned something new today – I have never heard the term “park your thread/needle”! I do that now and then but didn’t know there was a name for it. All these years and years of stitching and it’s always fun to learn something new!
Rhonda