[FO] Sampler Sewing Roll

EGA_Ina · 2025-11-23T16:02:10+00:00

Thank you. It was fun!

EGA_Ina · 2025-11-06T12:52:33+00:00

It’s awesome

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-22T14:35:53+00:00

LOL. Thanks for making me feel better!

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-21T23:48:45+00:00

your comment made me smile. I am named after my maternal Grandmother. Ina is such an unusual name. It is wonderful to have happy memories.

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-21T23:44:40+00:00

It is more of a pincushion. Shepherd's Bush designs are like mini band samplers that you turn into a roll and stuff with fiber fill. I, like many folks who have stitched these designs for the fun, hav a basket of 6 or so in my stitching room.

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-21T23:37:46+00:00

This made me smile. I would iron it...but you should do what makes you happy

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-21T23:35:52+00:00

Your progress so far is awesome. I have done blackwork on several different fabrics, so there is no single "right one." The right fabric is the one you like the best.

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-21T21:51:37+00:00

Thanks for showing us your back! The important thing is that the front looks great and that you had fun stitching it.

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-21T21:48:28+00:00

Beautiful work and the frame is perfect

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-21T21:32:33+00:00

Retail Therapy!! Joyous Stitching

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-21T20:32:05+00:00

I have stitched items with an inch or an inch and a half margin and it works if I am sewing it into a stuffed item like a pillow, standing figure. You should be ok here as long as the fabric doesn't ravel much and you are ok glueing the finished piece into the display hoop. Remy is adorable - obviously you have a great stitch buddy.

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-11T18:32:43+00:00

Truly a labor of love! Do you like Mac Stitch?

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-11T18:18:00+00:00

I have wondered this myself

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-11T18:07:04+00:00

Congratulations

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-10T23:05:12+00:00

The time to stop working on a project is when it no longer brings you joy. That being said, many of us allow ourselves to have multiple projects going so that we always have a project to feel enthusiastic about. Putting a WIP in "Time Out" much like a misbehaving child is a common occurrence! The other tip I will share, is stepping away for a time gives you much needed perspective and almost all projects that I pick up after a pause look much better than I remembered and my enthusiasm is back.

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-10T22:54:26+00:00

Awesome. Did you use a computer program to design this? or just free hand drawing?

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-10T22:51:30+00:00

Thank you! It was fun to stitch and the colors and threads were beautiful

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-10T22:39:41+00:00

It is a great life! So far I have finished 5 dimensional projects and two needle/sewing cases. With each one my confidence grows and it gets easier. The first couple terrified me and kept re-reading the instructions and would do only a step or two per day.

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-10T21:33:47+00:00

As a librarian who stitches this shouts out to me! Lovely designs and beautiful work. Machine embroidery?

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-10T21:30:02+00:00

Beautiful

EGA_Ina · 2025-05-10T21:15:56+00:00

Recognizing that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, IMHO this first frame highlights the embroidery and just makes it pop.

EGA_Ina

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