Greetings My Dear Friends: I hope today finds you stitching away.
I am almost finished stitching my class project from Spring Fling in April sponsored by Stitchville USA, Deb does an amazing job each year with getting teachers and choosing a beautiful venue for the class.
I finished three of the pieces on Monday evening, I am so excited to be able to get to the finish line and construct the pieces.
This is the Huswif, it will hold needles scissors and threads, at first I was not sure I liked the colors, the three pinks are so close in color its hard to tell them apart.
This is the Pin Cushion
This is the Box Top
Many of you have written and asked about the scroll rods, I never like scroll rods until I tried the EZ Stitch No Basting System, this is Velcro that is amazing, I have put permanent EZ Stitch on both rods, my stitching stays taught and lets me stitch away after tightening the rods, the stuff is not inexpensive, it is so worth the money especially since I do not have to be crabby when the fabric slips like before EZ Stitch.
If you try this system please remember to pull one thread where you are going to attach the Velcro, this way you get a straight line before attaching the EZ Stitch Velcro.
If you try this system let me know how it goes and if you like it or not. I love using this method this way I can have one hand under the fabric for the needle and one on top, I get so much more stitching done this way instead of stabbing and pulling the needle with one hand.
( I hope you understood what I have explained)
This is a photo of the back of the fabric with the EZ Stitch on it.
Todays forecast is: Rain and a boatload of stitching after I work on the Alter Cloth for Church.
Happy Stitching my dear friends.
Catherine
I am almost finished stitching my class project from Spring Fling in April sponsored by Stitchville USA, Deb does an amazing job each year with getting teachers and choosing a beautiful venue for the class.
I finished three of the pieces on Monday evening, I am so excited to be able to get to the finish line and construct the pieces.
This is the Huswif, it will hold needles scissors and threads, at first I was not sure I liked the colors, the three pinks are so close in color its hard to tell them apart.
This is the Pin Cushion
This is the Box Top
Many of you have written and asked about the scroll rods, I never like scroll rods until I tried the EZ Stitch No Basting System, this is Velcro that is amazing, I have put permanent EZ Stitch on both rods, my stitching stays taught and lets me stitch away after tightening the rods, the stuff is not inexpensive, it is so worth the money especially since I do not have to be crabby when the fabric slips like before EZ Stitch.
If you try this system please remember to pull one thread where you are going to attach the Velcro, this way you get a straight line before attaching the EZ Stitch Velcro.
( I hope you understood what I have explained)
This is a photo of the back of the fabric with the EZ Stitch on it.
Todays forecast is: Rain and a boatload of stitching after I work on the Alter Cloth for Church.
Happy Stitching my dear friends.
Catherine
9 comments:
Very pretty projects. I have a pattern for a huswife.....need to move it up in my “to stitch” stack.
Oh do I love that design on the huswife. Gorgeous gorgeous! I have some sort of contraption that adjusts width and such with rods, never tried it, have no idea how to use it!
Beautiful stitching, as always, Catherine! I bet you can hardly wait until the Spring Fling :)
Looking forward to seeing your project finished. If I was still stitching … which I will return to one day, I think that Velcro is a great idea.
Can't wait to see your final finish of this pretty stitch.
I too use that Velcro system for larger projects, it works great!
It's been rainy here everyday also.
Marilyn
This project is so pretty. The pinks are pretty together. I have never seen one of the Velcro contraptions, but it looks very interesting.
Your huswife is stitching up beautifully. I did an online stitch-a-long many years ago and made a simple one, they are so very useful.
Oh my, the huswif is gorgeous! Love the house ... love this whole design, actually. Beautiful work.
That sounds like a very useful tool to have if you stitch. I have never seen one of them before and if I did, I probably didn't know what it was used for. The design is lovely! Love the old world look to it.
Mini huggs,
Conny
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