Slow Stitching - Extra Squares

Another extra square of slow stitching. I have used up the supplies I had packed for being away so I will have to dig out some more.

White cotton top layer on a foundation piece.  I did not learn my lesson about now covering the front with fabric as well which makes for a thick piece.  In all fairness, I did not have a plan when I started.

I chose strips of purple fabric in various patterns. I stitched the horizontal lines first in running stitch with purple thread from the ORTS tin.

Then I did the vertical ones with bright pink thread. Along the way I had found the lace flower I had dyed a while back and decided to use it.

I tacked it in place then added a purple circle which I over cast stitched to the piece. Then I added a lot of French Knots in yellow in the middle of that.  That was very thick with 4 layers of fabric.  Turned out nice.

Card - Slow Stitch - Pink & Brown Stripes

With my challenge slow stitch project finished for this week I needed another.

I just dipped into my stash of scraps and chose coordinating strips of fabric.

I started with the print and added solids that matched. I hand stitched them in the quilt as you go fashion onto a foundation cloth. Once I was done I trimmed the piece to 4x6 inches. I stitched a brown seam binding all the way around. 

I placed it onto a SU Regal Rose A7 card base and stitch it in the 4 corners. I added the button and the double butterfly accent with stitches as well.  

The butterfly accent was created with the Sizzix Wingged Beauties die set for the brown and Martha Stewart butterfly punch for the pink in the same color as the card base.  I added a white insert and white envelope. 

Unfortunately, the card box does not handle these bigger cards so well.

Slow Stitching - No. 007 - Held together by scraps of LOVE

I am following the slow stitching challenge hosted by Kathryn - K3NClothTales.

The prompt for week 7 is: Held together by scraps of LOVE.

Here is my piece. This is a tribute to my Mom who passed away a year ago. Her favorite color was blue.  I traditionally made Mother's day cards in pink but changed it up to make them blue because that spoke to her a lot more.

In this piece, I  added a light blue layer of cotton to my foundation fabric with white shiny Viscose thread and a running stitch because these pieces will be eventually put into a larger fiber art piece.

I cut a foundation piece of cotton cut into a heart shape. I stitched various blue fabrics to the heart. I then used blanket stitch to attach the heart to my light blue fabric.  Then I added white French Knots to add some femininity to the piece. 

My Mom did a lot of work with scrap fabric and re-purposing fabric.  She sewed all our clothes when we were kids, she taught all her girls to sew, and made many quilts in her life time.  She put love in all here sewing pieces. She took her sewing machine to the lodge because it was a life line for her. She did embroidery and knitting as well.

Slow Stitching - No. 004 - Choice

My fourth piece in Kathryn's Slow Stitching challenge 2024.

This week's prompt is Choice.

The challenge was to put bits of fabric in a container we could not see into and then pull one piece at a time and stitch it to our foundation piece.  It was a matter of accepting our choice and making the best of it. It is what it is.  

We had the choice of which direction to place our strip, the choice of thread, and the choice of stitch.

I don't have a not of fabric bits because until recently all these went to my sister's house after I finished a sewing project.

I have been visiting the ReUse Center and they have 2 bins of fabric bits.  It has been great to dive in and find little pieces that appeal to me.  That explains why my fabric bits are mainly in blue because that is a color I like.  I did have some red and yellow ones as well but they were not pulled.  And you can see that I pulled the same fabric twice.  That is the way it goes. 

Slow Stitching - No. 001

This slow stitching piece is due to a challenge from Katherine at K3N ClothTales. 

Week 1 was fabric weaving.  

Her word was Community.

It represents stitchers of different varieties represented by the horizontal and vertical strips of fabric. The circle in the center represents the unity among stitchers. I added a button in mine as well.

Lessons learned: Basting in the forms of pins is very important.  

My piece is only 4 inches square so long sewing head pins is quite cumbersome.  The rows fell apart and I had to re do them so that was not fun.

I chose a navy embroidery thread with 3 strands as I wanted it quite bold.  Looking at it now I see that my end stitches would have looked better on the back than the front as they go opposite of the rows stitches.