Ok, so I had been DYING to try my hand at stitching on linen. I couldn’t wait! Wednesday night I finnnallly got my chance. It was a little rocky… I was so nervous. I think I got about 40ish stitches down before I couldn’t stay away any longer.
Thursday, I ended up pulling out all my stitches from the night before, and redoing it because I had stitches wrong in two places. I restitched 64 stitches.
Last night I stitched a ton. Not sure how many stitches, but I got SO much done, and it looks AWESOME. Omg, I swear, I never want to use aida again (unless it’s a kit, lol). It does take a bit more concentration, buuuuut, the result…:
This is the beginning (January) block for the Woodland Sampler by the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery on 32 Count Vintage Country Mocha Belfast by Zweigart 2 over 2.
This is probably going to be the brefiest post I’ve ever made since I want to jump back into stitching, but in other news I won over $380 on Thursday night when my husband and I hit the local “racino” on our date night. I was playing a silly Wheel of Fortune machine and just kept winning. I’m so happy. I now have an excuse to buy more supplies 🙂
Anyway, been working today and hanging with the kids, now it’s time to relax and work on my sampler!
Hi! I'm Lindsey a mom of four beautiful babies, web developer and design and avid cross stitcher!
I finally did it myself a couple of years ago and I know the LNS owner had to think I was nuts because I just kept verifying that I was doing it right. She was so patient because if I asked once, I asked her 100 times now “Over 2 means 2 threads, right?” And I wasn’t even taking a class just shopping in her store which she has since closed:( Now I love linen and hate to stitch on anything else
Congrats on the “racino” win. Wow, $380!
Glad to hear you like linen. I like all types of fabrics. I usually do my mailart on 18ct aida. JG is on evenweave, and my two recent starts are on linen, lol. Variety is the spice of life!
Thanks, it was so exciting to win anything! I never win 🙂
Yeah! I totally still love aida, since 90% of my stash is kits with various aida counts – and it’s the only thing I have stitched on for the last 10-15 years! I’m so excited to branch out and work on other fabric’s though. Until I started getting involved in various groups and watching people’s videos on youtube I never really even knew you could stitch on fabrics outside of aida (silly me!).