I was away from my sewing machine for 10 days...that's a LONG TIME!
It feels so nice to have my sweet machine close by again.
It was such a painful separation, but luckily I had something to keep me busy...
Family, Monkey Boys, food, and this new-for-me-to-learn-thing called
xxxxxxxCOUNTED CROSS STITCHINGxxxxxxx.
That Other Lady said it is relaxing.
Hopefully, that will happen sometime soon.
Thankfully, there are blog tutorials and videos to help...whew!
I've even had sweet ladies give me hints while I was staring at the threads in a craft store.
One of the best things I learned last week was how to separate the embroidery floss.
For YEARS my threads would end up in a jumbled mess when I tried to use just a strand or two.
NOT ANYMORE!
I found a video that showed me how to pull out one strand at a time without creating a
knotted pile of threads. It was just what I needed to start this cross stitching journey!
(I know, you long-time cross stitchers are shaking your heads that I didn't know this.)
(I know, you long-time cross stitchers are shaking your heads that I didn't know this.)
This was the video I watched showing how to separate the threads:
Why am I learning to counted cross stitch in my old age? Good question!!!!
It's all because Madame Samm got us all fired up with amazing patterns to cross stitch for a blog hop.
Check them out on her blog at SewWeQuilt.com!
She's also going to be sharing lots of hints and tricks on how to cross stitch.
I'll definitely be needing all the help I can get!
I've been practicing on Merry Christmas Grumpy Kitty
by Brooke Nolan, Brooke's Books Publishing.
It's a freebie pattern you can find HERE.
I think this is upside down, but it really is Grumpy Kitty!
I was so happy to be back with my sewing machine, so I finished my daughter's Christmas pillow.
We had gone shopping at Quilted Works weeks ago and she'd picked up this cute wreath pillow kit.
Unfortunately, we didn't have time to sew it while she was visiting so I finished it for her.
Now back I go to that RELAXING counted cross stitching thing.
