Friday, March 6, 2009

mar 6 - a tale of 2 robins


You may remember the trouble I had with this piece...it took me over a week to take out all the stitches I had mistakenly put in, but I have been stitching on this every night this week and it is done and in the mail to the next participant. There are six of us doing the Quaker Friendship Sampler. This is Clare's piece and it is stitched using Gloriana silk in "Autumn Arbor". The photo is too dark to tell, but the colors in this floss are beautiful. This was my first time using Gloriana and I really enjoyed using it.



We are also starting another robin with Ally's group. This time I have chosen Cross-Eyed Cricket's "Dickens' Mittens" for my piece. Everyone will stitch one individual mitten and I am planning on finishing them as either ornaments or small pillows. They will be stitched on "water lily" jobelan with the stitcher's choice of floss. I am also planning on doing a companion piece to go along with these. I just love all the CEC mittens!

5 comments:

  1. Oops - First comment was supposed to be posted with your 5 Simple Rules of Happiness!
    Love your round robins and what you've chosen to stitch. Have fun!

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  2. Oh those mittens are so cute! Cannot wait to do my bit..


    Your quaker rr is gorgeous - what a lovely colour of thread

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  3. I love your color choice for tale of 2 robins. what color is that. Penny

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  4. I am sad you had no choice but to rip.

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