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Two stitches this week --- actually two variants of the same stitch --- the buttonhole picot. I think I got the first variant right --- one that uses a bullion knot, but my tension suffers in this one and since I HATE bullion knots, that meant a lot of

For some reason, I simply couldn't motivate to stitch this week. I had all sorts of plans, starting with kitting out the November Bead Journal and Crazy Quilt Journal blocks (which I did): and working on my Chinese Coins quilt and my 2010

A completion! "Puppy Dog" is now ready for framing! And I started on the November block for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project: Of course, I had all these plans --- I'd work on that November butterfly, I'd work on that Chinese Coins quilt top, I'd

The last monochromatic orange: Heavy on the buttons, low on the stitchery. Hope it fits with the others but I suppose I can always embellish it more later if it doesn't... Snowed last night. Not a lot but enough to cover the grass and cars and roof...

These two stitches are variants of the Twisted Satin Stitch --- the Twisted Satin Stitch makes up the cross and the vertical row of stitches in the picture below while the Twisted Satin Stitch with Bead is the four stitches in the row at the bottom:

This week, I managed two more completions --- my November monochromatic orange crazy quilt block for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project and the two TAST stitches that were assigned. Otherwise, I tried calculatiing how to place the nine Roll Your Own

The topics in WIPocalypse for this month include : Themes: Designer – Allessandra Adelaide, Style – Ornaments, Colors – White and Purple. I have never done a Allessandra Adelaide chart, nor do I have any in my stash. There are no ornaments in progress

No TAST this week so all I had to stitch on was my November bead journal butterfly. Well, not all, but all that had a true deadline assigned to it. And here is is: "Fallen Leaves"! When I finished this up Sunday night, I didn't want to start on my BAP

These three stitches are the Straight Feather (#91) and two variations (## 92 and 93). Here is the Straight Feather Stitch: variation #1, the Crossed Feather Stitch: and variation #2, the Plaited Feather Stitch: I stitched them side by