Wipocalypse April

The ark has progressed a little, look for more next month

I was inspired by the work of another stitcher to get my forgotten and neglected canvaswork out.
This was the stage it had been at when it was abandoned

This is the current progress.
I am expecting this to be finished before the next update

WIPocalypse march

The ark is now afloat and that is an elephant you can see started at the top.
I am anticipating I can do more stitching now as I have a new pair of glasses so I can actually see the fabric now!

A little more background is finished.
I was anticipating stitching more of the flowers and leaves but couldn't find where all the other coloured wools were.
I have another kit of this ( from a thrift shop) so pulled and sorted the wools from that and then, you guessed it, the missing wool turned up.
So now I have no excuse for poor progress

march finish

 

 

A quilt finish for March.
This was a kit I purchased in Seattle and there was some lovely panels in this lap quilt

Progress in February

I have finished two more of my mother's quilts that needed quilting and binding.

The first one is a sampler quilt that was released in Better Homes and Gardens magazine.

There was a block released each month.

One of the blocks was large and my mother wanted the quilt to be a quillow so I used that block for the quillow panel ( pictured below)

Quillow block

This is another sampler quilt of my mother's that I had to quilt and bind.
It was from a fairly early issue of Australian Patchwork and Quilting.  I think the pattern was supplied over three issues.

WIPocalypse Februaruy

Well, I have my first finish.

The lower words are done over one thread which initially caused me some problems but I triumphed in the end.

I have more of the background filled in so I am happy with the progress here.

This project is to replace the finished one.
Can you see the start of an ark?
I want part of a wall in the house with Noah stitching on it. So far there are just two things there so I have dived into the stash to remedy the situation.
No work yet on the Gobelin project.
I will put that to the top of the list for this month so there will be some progress for my next check in.

WIPocalypse January

I signed up for a SAL at http://measi.net/measiblog/2012-wipocalypse/ and we link to our progress each month after the full moon. These are my initial projects.
The small one at the start I hope to finish by the next posting and I will then replace it with another small project or one that is near completion.
The next two I would like to make progress on but am not really expecting finishes as they are big.

small  family cross stitch

This one is done in gobelin stitch on hardanger cloth.

This is what the finished design is

http://www.wiehler-gobelin.com/portrait-duchess-margarete-parma-p-47.html?language=en

I have finished this one previously and it is the best thing I have done

http://www.wiehler-gobelin.com/floral-still-life-p-98.html?language=en

Gobelin stitch is a little challenging to get your head around at the start and produces a different finish, more like woven tapestry.

The Duchess above has the background in Gobelin stitch and her face in petit-point

This design is a carpet border. Although it is printed on the canvas I am working it off the accompanying chart.
It can also be a bellpull.
http://www.elizabethbradley.com/victorian-flower-bell-pull-1.html
I picked up three of these at a thrift shop for an amazing price, all unopened.
I have several of her books so will make four blocks for the centre.
Looking forward to posting progress next month

First finish for January

I call these my ugly socks, the colourway became less enticing as I knit them, as did the pattern. But they finally got finished and I will certainly be wearing them this winter