Tuesday, 12 August 2014

WIPocalypse update

Sorry this is late again!

This month I have worked on...absolutely nothing that was on my WIPocalypse list...ooops!

However, I can tell you all about my oldest and newest WIP's.  That's easy!

My oldest is most likely to be a gorgeous Cat's Alphabet sampler by Janlynn.  I started this in or around 2003.  It was my first ever purchase on discovering Hobbycraft.  I didn't know as much back then as I do now and two of the things I didn't know was that the oils from the scroll frame could mark the fabric and that I shouldn't really leave the fabric in sunlight for any length of time.  Do you think you can guess how I learnt both of these?  Yep it was hard to tell which one had done the most damage to the fabric, sun fade or oil marking.  Strangely enough I was toying with the idea of getting a new bit of fabric to start this again as even after all this time, I still love the design. I would however, stitch it on evenweave instead of aida this time.

Janlynn "Cats Alphabet"

My newest WIP is definitely Bothy Threads Haberdasher's which I am loving.  I posted a photo of progress in my last post, but don't mind boring you with it again!
There's not much to say about it except I am loving it!!


7 comments:

Ranae said...

Hasn't linen come along way from the early 2000, I have a few on Aida that I would love to stitch on linen
I love the colors in haberdasher

Barb said...

Love the Cat alphabet. Nice wip.

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

The Cat Alphabet is a great design, how much have you actually stitched so far?

Linda said...

Of course I love both projects Sharon. You really should stitch the cat alphabet.

Linda

Mii Stitch said...

The cat alphabet is really sweet! Did you stitch a lot initially? It would be nice to start it again on a new piece of fabric :)

Mii Stitch said...

The cat alphabet is really sweet! Did you stitch a lot initially? It would be nice to start it again on a new piece of fabric :)

Annette-California said...

Wonderful to see your oldest & newest Wips! Both are great. Love Haberdashery so much I have it too:) love Annette