Woolie Baskets Quilt

Warm Woolie Baskets - April 28

The past week I have only had time to work on the Warm Woolie Baskets quilt.  The photo shows my progress... there are two more borders to add.  The quilt is coming together quite nicely.

Ornament No. 3 Completed

Ornament Club - March

The third ornament in this fun series is stitched.  I am quite happy with myself for getting this one done... the swirl technique used is well out of my comfort zone.  This one definitely falls into the "finished is better than perfect" category!!

Woolie Baskets Quilt Progress

Woolie Baskets Quilt - April 16

The Woolie Baskets quilt is coming along great.  All of the basket blocks use a different fabric -- all are from Maywood Woolies.

Use caution with this pattern. Although I posted the name of the pattern as "One's Done, Another's Begun", I actually used the older pattern in "Folk Art with Heart"... same designer, same pattern, different fabrics.  As I started cutting for the setting triangles, I realized that the instructions have you cut so that the side and corner setting triangles have your fabric on the bias on the outer edge.    Be sure to modify your cutting to take care of this pattern error.  In all fairness, I don't know if the newer pattern has been corrected.

Elizbeth Mears Sampler Stitching - Week 15

Elizabeth Mears Sampler at Week 15

Stitching with Lizzie  continues with the eyelet stitch alphabet row.  This is taking much longer than the rice stitch dividing band and alphabet row.  I am not stitching the eyelet as shown in the sampler instructions.  Old needlepoint habits carry over nicely to sampler stitching -- I have a much more even result if I put in every other stitch first and then complete a second round putting in the missing stitches, some stitchers do the second round counter clockwise.

Grant Wood in Cross Stitch

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

The work of Grant Wood is recognized by most Americans although they may not realize it.  He is the artist who created "American Gothic".  He was a huge talent and the piece above is among his work.

According to the Grant Wood Art Gallery, Mr. Wood painted The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere as he had imagined it as a child.  I was delighted to find that this beautiful piece has been translated into cross stitch!!

The photo above comes from the Scarlet Quince website - you can find it at Scarlet Quince.

I already have the chart and am a bit intimidated by the sheer size of the piece at 487 x 362 stitches.  Since it is solidly stitched I don't yet know what fabric I will select.

Elizabeth Mears Stitching - Week 13

Elizabeth Mears Sampler at Week 13

Stitching with Lizzie continues ... the best part about posting photos of my projects is that the camera points out errors/opportunities that I just don't see otherwise.  I will add the last rice stitch to the letter A this evening.

Next comes the eyelet dividing band and since that is one of my favorite stitches, I won't be stopping now.