I'm Back. Lots of Finishes!

 Hi Everyone!

I'm back, finally.  It's been a rough Summer.  I lost my Mom in June and have been dealing with that emotionally and physically (cleaning out her house for sale).

In spite of the grief, I have been able to finish some things.  I got 2 of my finished cross stitch pieces framed.  First is Heirloom Nativity Sampler from the Victoria Sampler.

The other one that got framed was my Sweet Peas from Cindy Rice.

I had had a shoulder injury that took a little chiropractic work and some physical therapy to fix, but no pain now!  Because of the injury, I hadn't been able to work on my mystery quilt.  Now that I'm healed, I was able to finish the Grassy Creek Mystery by Bonnie Hunter.  Here's my finished top:

Just a couple of days ago, I had my most recent finish:  another fabric wreath!  I did an Autumn one this time:

This wreath has 5 different Autumn fabrics.  I still have one more wreath form but haven't decided what fabrics to use on it...we'll see.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Another Finished Project: Fabric Wreath

 Hello!

Due to the lockdown, I have another finish - a fabric wreath.  I got the form from a storage unit that hubby bought (like Storage Wars but real life).  The form is 18" in diameter.  When I started on this one (after the jewelry letter!), hubby asked me if I was "trying to foo foo up the room" because it's now MY room.  I told him, of course I was.

I really didn't know how to do it, but thanks to Pinterest, I figured it out.  Oh, if you want to follow me on Pinterest, my ID is stacy27c.

Since most of the tutorials were for 14" wreaths, I knew I was going to need more fabric.  I ended up using 468 strips that were cut 1" x 8".  I used 13 different fabrics; 7 whites/creams and 6 blues/greens.  Most tutorials I read said to tear the fabric for a raggedy look.  I'll admit I was lazy and used my rotary cutter.

My form had 9 sections like this:

Here are the fabrics I used, in the order I used them:

I started at the top left pile and tied a strip around the outer 2 rings of the wreath form.  I then went clockwise through the piles tying the next strip around the middle 2 rings, then the 3rd strip around the inner 2 rings, then back to the outer 2 rings.  For each of the section on the form, I went through my piles 4x for 52 strips per section.

When I finished the 1st section of the form, the last strip was tied on the 2 outer rings.  When I started the 2nd section of the form, I kept to the pattern and started on the middle 2 rings.

I only did one tie per strip, like this:

That was sufficient to keep them on the form, plus left them longer for a fluffier wreath.  I decided to hang it on my closet door so that I could see it from pretty much anywhere in my studio.  Here's my finished wreath:

I do have one more wreath form that I'm going to do up for Christmas.  I'll post when I get that one done.

Happy Stitching and Crafting!

Stacy