Monday, June 20, 2016

Needle Guardian

I've been totally uninspired to work on my crazy quilting project despite being enrolled in 2 CQ classes right now.  I'm sure I'll get back to it, but adding it to my to do list doesn't seem to help at all.  Maybe I will put it away for a while and take the pressure off myself.  After all, stitching is supposed to be fun!

And I am having fun cross stitching.  This is a new start for me, Needle Guardian by Teresa Wentzler.


The linen I used is antique white, but it looks blue because it is sitting on top of my blue swing cushion.  

 My only complaint about this chart is the blended needles.  Why are they even necessary?  There are so many colors of floss out there!  I had a thought to do another Needle Guardian using just the light colors called for and another one using just the dark colors.  But who wants to stitch a pattern three times?

Linking up: http://www.supermomnocape.com/2016/06/13/vintage-embroidery-monday-stitchery-link-party-62/

3 comments:

Gale Bulkley said...

What are blended needles? Would that be where you mix thread colours on the same needle?

PS. Loved the blue quilt posted yesterday. Love it.

Deb said...

Your stitching is quite lovely and I look foreard to seeing your finish.

Renee said...

This is lovely! Stitching should definitely be fun. I find that cross-stitching can be a nice escape from CQ when I want to be able to follow a pattern rather than figuring out what to add next.