![]() But I guess you can't do that when you have your work on a frame since you need to bend the fabric enough to get the needle through. It's twice as fast when I can keep my hand on top and go down and up in one stitch. when there are several stitches of the same color close together. I have always used the sewing method whenever possible, i.e. (The "sewing method" is when you make the needle go down and back up in one motion so that your sewing hand stays on top of the fabric and the "stabbing method" (not the most pleasant name!) is when you push the needle to the back, bring your hand around to the back to pull it through, then push the needle up to the front again in a separate motion. I used the sewing method and it took me about four months of stitching about 4-5 hours a day. Stitched by Hallie Wake, Pleasanton, California on 18-count aidaįebru“I made Anemones and Lilacs in a Blue Vase by Odilon Redon into a pillow, using 18 count Aida. I am very proud of my completed project.” Not because of the return of the cancer but because I worried that I would never complete this project. #CROSS STITCH GRAPH OF A HORSE HEAD FULL#During this project I worked full time as a teacher/librarian at an inner city school, combated a recurrence of Melanoma in my lymph glands, surgery, nearly dying from the immunotherapy administered to me, placed my mother in assisted living then a nursing home and now memory care, cleaned her home and sold it. I eliminated them because I figured it was what he had to say, not me. Kuniyoshi's cartouches on top and bottom. So I added many different colors and thread textures, added stitches and changed the pattern. I have a habit of not completely following directions because I get bored easily. Septem“Two years, nine months to complete Miyamoto Musashi Killing a Giant Nue by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Stitched by Lorraine Wiener, Rancho Palos Verdes, California on 18-count needlepoint canvas with 2 strands, continental stitch Thank you again for making this picture into a chart.” He has blessed her and hung her on a wall in his office. Since I had already finished Monet’s Iris, I knew that there was no other company that could do this picture justice. Well I immediately thought of the Scarlet Quince Co. ![]() Cecelia an asked me if I could stitch it because she was the patron saint for organists as also played the organ. You might recall that I told you that my grandson was at that time a seminarian preparing for the priesthood. She is just beautiful and worth all the time I put into her. After five years of stitching, this is the results. Dan was ordained a Catholic priest on June 1, 2019. Cecelia is finally finished and in time to present it to my grandson Fr. Stitched by Jeanette Darmanin, Spring Hill, Florida on 18-count aida
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