International Pandas progress - the half stitches and full crosses are getting a little confusing. I have had to do a little unstitching, but it's coming along.
New Start - cross stitch
EGA Drawn Thread Sampler progress - I completed sections 4 and 5.
Section 4 (top in the photo below) is the herringbone stitch. Section 5 (bottom in the photo below) is the chevron stitch.
I hope to have more progress on this project next week.
International Panda Progress
Drawn Thread Progress - Border 3 is the four sided stitch.
The international pandas progress
EGA Drawn Thread Sampler - The second drawn thread section is completed with simple slanted hemstitch.
International pandas progress
EGA Drawn Thread Sampler - I finished the first section. This pattern is called simple straight hemstitching.
Every month for the last several years, on the first Saturday, Jo at Serendipidous Stitching has hosted a Stitch A Long, with the topics chosen by her readers. This is the last month of the Stitch a Long, and I want to say a big THANK YOU to Jo for giving me this space to show some of my stitching, as well as enjoy the stitching of the other participants.
This last month's topic is "my designer of the year". While there are some designers that I like, I'm not a big follower of any one designer, so I've decided to try to finish one big project that I began in 1997. The designer is Jonalene T. Gutwein and the project is an Embroiderers' Guild of America, Inc. Group Correspondence Course called Drawn Thread Sampler #1.
At the time I started this project, I was a member of the Indianapolis EGA chapter. I was able to complete the first section, which was the cross stitch design. My plan was to complete the sampler with the rest of the group in 1997, so I went ahead and stitched the year on my sampler. Shortly after that, I moved to Carbondale, Illinois, where there was no EGA chapter. The fabric, thread, and thick instructions binder was packed away and carried with me on every move after that.
I've decided that 2024 is the year to get back to work on it, which is why I am choosing Jonalene T. Gutwein as my designer of the year. The course consisted of a drawn thread notebook for practicing the stitches, as well as the sampler itself. I basted the large piece of linen for the practice and even started on the first part, but that is as far as I stitched on the practice piece. I have now tacked the sampler to stretcher bars and I'm ready to read the directions again. I really want to finish this sampler in 2024!
Practice piece for notebook below.
