I started this blog post on April 13, but Blogger wasn't co-operating. I wasn't able to add the photos properly, so I stopped and then forgot to come back to it until today.
Jo at Serendipitous Stitching just celebrated 10
years of blogging on April 8th. She has posted 10 questions on her blog
and has given us the list if we would like to participate as well.
1.
The tenth project you completed was a very small project I
stitched way back in 1997. The pattern is from one of my Cross Stitch and
Country Craft magazines called Rabbit Bookmark. You stitch
the 2 sides on one fabric and then I folded the edges over and glued them
underneath. Then I glued the 2 sides together like a book. The book
mark goes on the corner edge of a page. If I was to stitch it again I
would stitch the edges together like I do with my Just Nan mice instead of
using glue.
2.
The tenth blog post you made on March 25, 2012 Liebster Award
3.
The tenth blog in your blog roll (or your reader or however you follow
blogs).
I use My Blog List which is located on the right side
of my blog and is sorted by most recently updated. This list changes by
the minute. I selected the blog name
from the actual list where I add and remove them to show up on my blog (hope
this makes sense). Stitch Bitch is the 10th entry in this list.
4.
A designer you have stitched more than ten designs. I have several
designers that I have stitched more than 10 of their charts... Dragon Dreams
(30), Just Nan (25), and the closest to the number 10 are Country Cottage
Needleworks (12).
In 2013, I stitched Santa's Village 12 buildings all in a row.
Design stitched area is 62" long by 7" high. I hang it on my
ledge in the basement at Christmas time. I used a candy cane swirl fabric
for the edges and back.
5.
A project that took/is taking more than ten years to complete. I have only
ever had a few projects take more than 1 year to stitch, but none over 10 years
to complete. The closest was the Plaid Trousers I completed last year,
but it wasn't because the project was too large it was more I procrastinated
because I hated the inconsistency in the designer's chart. Actual stitching
was probably only a month once I got it all re-charted. You can read
about Plaid Trousers as a UFO and the Happy Dance.
6.
A design on the theme of "ten". In 1998, I bought and
stitched a Leisure Arts chart called Baby Keepsakes for my
oldest son Jaspar's Kindergarten teacher. I have now stitched it 10 times
for teachers, co-workers, and friends of the family. Each time I have
changed it to make it more personal.
Leisure Arts Leaflet 540 - original design
I stitched it for the 1st time (as charted) in 1998, for my oldest son
Jaspar's Kindergarten teacher.
I stitched it the
2nd time (pink) in 2007, for my brother Dan’s first granddaughter. This was one of the first big projects that I
planned using my cross stitch program on the computer. Motifs were free from Ellen Maurer-Stroh. I also found a pattern for small handprints for the bottom.
In 2008 I stitched the
pattern 3 more times without the baby information and handprints.
3rd (green) and
4th (blue/boy) both were gifts for co-workers. They both had boys, but at
the time only one knew she was having a boy.
I used the same motifs as above. Blogger has decided the blue one should go first.
5th time was for a
friend of my youngest sister Denise. The
parents are Reptilians, so she wanted me to stitch reptiles as the theme.
In 2010, I stitched the pattern for the
6th time for a friend’s first granddaughter.
I added the baby info and their nursery theme was butterflies.
I stitched the pattern 2 more times in
2011.
The 7th time was for my sister Pam’s
best friend’s first son. She had a
jungle theme, so I added jungle animals to the baby info.
The 8th (2011) and 9th (2014) times
were both stitched for a close family friend’s 2 daughters. I stitched the first daughter in pink, so I
did the second daughter in purple. I added
baby info only because we didn’t know if they had a nursery theme at the time.
The 10th time was also stitched in
2014 for one of my sister Pam & Denise’s friends. Pam was crocheting a palm tree with 5 jungle
animals (lion, tiger, monkey, elephant and giraffe) that stack on top of each
other. I cross stitched the same 5 jungle
animals.
7.
The tenth colour on your current project. Do you use this colour a
lot?
DMC 666 is listed as the tenth colour on the ACNH SAL. I have used this colour more in
the past year because Stewart at Cunning Cross Stitch also used it on the
Harry Potter SAL in 2020. 8.
Your tenth WIP for WIPocalypse, WIPGO or whatever list you make.
I'm usually a One-at-a-time stitcher, so I don't have a list of
WIPS.
9.
Your tenth finish this year (or last year if you haven't finished ten so
far this year).
I have finished at least 10 small motifs on my current 2021 ACNH SAL.
10.
How has your stitching style changed in the last ten years?
When I started stitching 26 years ago (1995) all I did was stitch gifts for
other people (teachers, friends and family). Ten years ago I slowly stopped
stitching for everyone else, now it is just for myself to display in our
house.
