Scott Manor House exhibit

The guild I belong to, Town Clock Stitchers of Halifax, put on an exhibit at the Scott Manor House in Bedford this past week.  Since I work during the week I volunteered my time on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.  I was very impressed by the exhibit this year, so many of the pieces that members [...]

February TCS Meeting

The program for February’s meeting was to finish the little purse/needlecase.  I didn’t have fabric to finish the inside with, but paid attention to the finishing instructions and there are plenty of people to ask for advice. 
The patterns for our annual Christmas fund raiser were handed out at the meeting.  The theme is 12 Days of [...]

Update on my Casalguidi

I stitched the raised padded stitches over and over until I got them the way I wanted.  The Venetian Rose is made of six petals of detached button hole stitch.  I must have gone done the petals several times as well.  It takes practice to get the tension of the petals right so that they [...]