Over the weekend I did cleaning and cooking, and embroidery prepping, just as I had planned to get ready for my stitching retreat. But at some point on Sunday, I started getting lazy, and with so many projects prepped to work on, I started stitching.
One of my projects is a set of kitchen towels for my sister's birthday (next November). I had three washed and had applied the iron on transfers (Aunt Martha's Wine Country set 3998). They were even colored and the crayon set. So this is what I started stitching, and I even finished one!
I'm excited to get more done over the long weekend as well as the other projects I've prepped. I have all sorts of ideas for Christmas and birthday presents this year, and if I spend the first few months of the year working on them, I should be able to get a lot done without really killing myself.
The retreat starts tomorrow, and stitching this towel has really wet my appetite!
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That pattern is so cute! What a great idea for a gift.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute!! Looks you're off to a great start :) How well does the crayon wash? does it fade a lot over time?
ReplyDeletehave a lovely retreat and not only will there be plenty of stitching but good company too and maybe a few glasses of wine
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! This is such a fun technique. Starr--I've only used it twice before. Once was for decorative potholders that will likely never be washed. The other was for the pillowcase I made my nephew in November. I washed that before giving it to him with no losss of color. We'll see how it stands up to continuing washing. I have found that the color fades sometimes when it is first ironed. I have had to recolor certain areas and then iron them again.
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