volunteer to stitch something without finding out what fabric is to be used first. The design was easy the colours were nice and it should have taken a few hours to stitch. When I read that it had to be done on aida, I went blank, did I have any aida still sneaking in the bottom of my fabric draw???? I did, a couple of reasonable pieces but they were coloured, and one white piece which had been woven from cardboard. Its years since I have used aida and think it will be even more years until I use it again, if ever. Every stitch reminded me of why I had the stuff. Its almost enough to put me off stitching ever again.That said Barnabee came the other day and that is just the boost I need. Thank you Julie, I have ordered the charms from the place you adviced - and the Caron threads for my Taj Mahal as they were so much cheaper there. Now I have to stitch my wedding sampler, this months Heirloom Christmas and get through to the end of my rota so I can start on Barnabee lol. Well the charms have not arrived yet (only ordered last night) and I do have to sort all the other threads out but I cannot wait to get started on it, bet you never would have guessed.
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Sorry about the aida, Helen. I had to choose something that everyone was happy stitching and some people had never worked on evenweave. It's just not possible to keep everyone happy organising these things :-)
PS Your square is looking good and thanks for volunteering :-)
Well done on the square, my aida collection has become somewhat redundant since i found 28ct !!!!
LOL Helen, just knew you wouldn't be able to resist Barnabee
I'm looking forward to this months instalment of Heirloom Christmas, seems ages since your last update of this gorgeous one
Your square looks good Helen. Must admit I do have some aida, well Abi has so I just ask her if I can borrow some if I need it! LOL!
You will love Barnabee. It is a real joy to stitch.
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