Christmas in February
I have been diligently working on my square for Laurie’s Seasonal RR the last couple of days. Her choice of patterns is four “Prairie Schooler” designs and I have chosen to do “Winter,” though the proper title of this pattern is actually “Christmas Eve.”
Instead of starting in the middle like I usually do, I started this pattern by stitching the border and have been working my way up the chart. I was required to do this because Laurie only left one stitch around her basting stitches for the pattern and if I didn’t get it exactly centered it wouldn’t fit in the allotted space. Therefore for the first time in my stitching career it seemed wiser to start in the corner as opposed to the center and amazingly enough it has worked quite well thus far! (Knock on wood.)
Since tomorrow is my SAL day with Cathy I plan to devote my stitching time to “Catch the Wind,” but I estimate that “Christmas Eve” is about 40% done so if I don’t get distracted by something else I think I can probably finish it this week.
28 February 2006 at 01:23
Sorry I gave you a headache Renee. I’m very pleased with what you’ve stitched so far.
3 March 2006 at 04:20
Your winter design is looking great - look forward to seeing the finished version