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Monday 12 March 2018

Tiptoeing Around Some Old Favourites


Three done
Nine more to go


I am enjoying rediscovering old favourites
as I stitch around them.


Love this colouring in between the lines
Need to explore this style further I think.


Silk allows tiny stitches
and takes the natural dye so deliciously.


Last year with the birth of our second granddaughter
pink started appearing in my work with more regularity.
But, I am having problems with my eyes
and Handy Hubby assures me this one is actually peach!


Perhaps I had better start working in black and white!


This one makes me smile.
I imagine it as creature of some sort
wearing a sweatband.
Brings back the sixties in a flash!


Now I need to rush out and find some more
embroidery floss.
Each 'pathway' takes a bit more than two skeins!

I hope you can stitch to your hearts content today.

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17 comments:

  1. Judy Martin12 March 2018 at 10:51

    Beautiful, Penny. xo

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  2. Cate Rose12 March 2018 at 12:34

    How very lovely! xx

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  3. Margaret12 March 2018 at 16:31

    Lovely to see how you are setting them off. They make me smile, too. :-)

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  4. Patricia13 March 2018 at 06:33

    Lovely and so creative!

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  5. Rachel13 March 2018 at 06:56

    Yes, the advantage of assembling all these pieces at the end is the encounters with old flames!

    I'm doing a lot of unspectacular constructional stitching at the moment. Thinking about a lot of things, though...

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  6. Penny13 March 2018 at 08:13

    These look stunning.

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  7. Rosalyn Schultze13 March 2018 at 10:01

    You have inspired me to create some images of the stones in my vast collection (hundreds). I have woven over them, done knotting and crochet, never tried quilted or embroidered images. Your work is lovely!

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  8. Velma Bolyard13 March 2018 at 10:29

    how heavy those rolls of cloth must be, full of stones as they are.

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  9. Lin13 March 2018 at 13:00

    Its lovely to see your stones again Penny, your patchway stitches show them off beautifully. xx

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  10. Sandy13 March 2018 at 14:02

    I love the look of the rolls!

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  11. Jenny M13 March 2018 at 23:28

    I just want to unroll those 3 rolls and study every rock!

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  12. Nancy14 March 2018 at 02:53

    Boy, you're on a roll! What ever colors you choose...just keep working! Love it!

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  13. Vicky aka Stichr14 March 2018 at 16:24

    juxtaposition. soft rolls. of Rocks. Looking good though.

    Peach...it's in rocks too. Wonder what a petrified peach pit looks like? A rock...or a Stone....

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  14. Sue McQ16 March 2018 at 16:02

    So enjoyed the stroll with you. Maybe soon, we can tip toe through the tulips as well. Blessings.

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  15. Magpie's Mumblings17 March 2018 at 11:20

    Good thing floss is cheap! I am so glad that you're finishing the pathways this way - you've found a perfect blend of techniques that are obviously meant to be.

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  16. Alison Schwabe18 March 2018 at 11:51

    So glad to have found this lovely blog by a kindred souls - thanks Penny!

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  17. emma-alittlebitofeverything23 March 2018 at 07:19

    lovely work, nothing like a beautiful pebble to guide your gentle stitching.

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