Wednesday, March 31, 2010

On To The Next...

I am SUPER EXCITED...After 4 years and two months, I have FINALLY finished my Papillon Creations Mystery Sampler (The Gift Of Stitching Magazine)! Your comments, encouragement, and compliments really helped motivate me...thank you so much. I can not wait to take this piece to the framer later today. I stitched my sampler on 45-count Pearled Barley hand-dyed fabric from Lakeside Linens with the Vikki Clayton silks it called for...stitch count is 199 x 199, so my piece is about 8.5" x 8.5" (I placed the ruler in the photo to give you a sense of how small it is). Now that this design is complete, I feel a little bittersweet - I truly enjoyed each stitch and it has been my "go-to" stitch gathering piece for quite some time....however, I am ready to move on to my next UFO....





























So I have decide the next piece I plan to finish is Sarah Moon's Quaker Sampler (Needleprint)...a project I started in November of 2006. I picked 40-count Light Examplar hand-dyed fabric from Lakeside Linens for this project...and my threads are an assortment of silks - I ordered the Vikki Clayton Silks for this project, but was not happy with about half of the color conversions, so I changed them to other various silks I had in my stash (making it a true sampler). I am excited to get back to work on this piece and stitch these beautiful medallions....and hopefully finish another one of the UFOs I have started over the years. My early apologies to my stitching group, as this will now be the project I will have in hand each time we meet...and if history repeats itself, they may be seeing this sampler for quite some time!







11 comments:

  1. Huge congratulations! Not only is it beautiful, but it was a UFO! I am so bad at picking up UFOs -- you are fantastic! Looking forward to seeing Sarah Moon get finished next!

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  2. Fantastic Belinda!!!! Congrats :)

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  3. Congrats on your finish! Isn't it a wonderful feeling? I love the colors in Sarah Moon. I will eagerly await your pic/posts.

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  4. Congratulations on finishing your UFO, Belinda! It is gorgeous! I, for one, am looking for to your progress on Sarah Moon. It is already lovely!

    Robin in Virginia

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  5. Beautiful finish. It always feels so good to complete a sizable piece.

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  6. Happy dance!! It is beautiful! Can't wait to see it framed. Congrats on a job well done!

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  7. woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats on the huge finish!!!! I know how wonderful it makes you feel!!!! Your Mary looks great!!! Keep it up!

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  8. Congrats on a fabulous finish!! Doesn't it feel good to finish after all that time?? I know what you mean about using the blog for encouragement. I have stitched more in the past 6 months than I have stitched in about 6 years. And all thanks to the wonderful friends that I have met here in blogland! Great finish...I look forward to keeping up with your progress on Sarah Moon!

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  9. Sarah Moon, welcome to our stitching group! I'll be missing our old friend Papillon mystery sampler but it's great knowing she'll be joining your other beautiful stitched pieces in your home. It looks beautiful, congratulations!

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  10. Oh, Belinda, it's truly a work of art. I'm so excited for you. Do you have a special place picked out to hang it?

    Love your Sarah Moon. It's so fun to play with the colors and make something truly your own.

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  11. Congrats on an awesome finish - doesn't it feel wonderful to get to the end of a huge UFO? Look forward to seeing your progress on Sarah Moon :)

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