I totally understand your struggle with the symmetry in the sampler. I prefer symmetry myself. Sometimes I make adjustments to glaring differences other times I embrace the unique features of the piece. It’s ok to make it reflect what you like. It’s your sampler now. Make it what you love! No one will notice but you!
I’m in Northern California and today totally felt like the beginning of spring! It was so wonderful, I decided to clean out my greenhouse. Tomorrow, there’s rain in the forecast. I gotta take advantage of nice weather. I enjoyed your WIP parade. Nice work on the At Home by Brenda Gervais. It’s really turning out gorgeously! ❤
Hi Alana - if you "love" the Sarah Smith, then you love it the way it is. Obviously, the asymmetrical nature of the piece is not bothering you. This means you should stitch it the way it is. It is only your need to have everything matchy-matchy that is holding you up. Nobody and nothing in creation is perfectly symmetrical. Just keep telling yourself that. I really hope you can get over this hump and stitch that for your daughter-in-law. Have a happy New Year and keep stitching.
Good morning Alana. I totally understand the symmetry conversation. My eye tends to see that as well. In fact I make mistakes in stitching because of it. Sometimes I think it's an optical illusion when I look back and forth between my stitched piece and the pattern. Do whatever works for you but the important thing is finishing the piece for your daughter-in-law. It's great to have a Canadian stitching friend!
Thank you so much for mentioning my Bible Study and Proverbs 31 SAL. I plan to start February 1st. Lovely WIPs and best of luck on no buy until May....I already bought 2 patterns today. LOL! Thanks again and keep on stitching!
Happy New Year Alana! Love all your wips and plans. I feel you're very lucky to live close to the border and have access to wips & supplies that can't be shipped into Canada. I'm looking forward to seeing how your year goes.
You are so normal and I love it and totally relate. I, however, will not be able to no-buy on patterns due to fomo and patterns have a way of disappearing. No unicorns for me. I will allow myself to kit one pattern once a month. Patterns are easy to store and kits are expensive and become bulky to store. And I avoid having too many wips this way.
For the Sarah Smith sampler, I wouldn’t want to stitch it either. I’d hate to have people who don’t ’get it’ think that I messed it up. So I’d make all corners the same 🙃
Your plan with the anniversary charts - the Blackbird ones for your family is so cool! Are you going to put their birth year in the date and then the initials elsewhere? Or are the initials going where the date is on the chart? Happy 2025!
There are helpful videos for Mark up xp. It does have a learning curve but once you get it you will never go back to paper. Let me know if I can help you
I totally understand your struggle with the symmetry in the sampler. I prefer symmetry myself. Sometimes I make adjustments to glaring differences other times I embrace the unique features of the piece. It’s ok to make it reflect what you like. It’s your sampler now. Make it what you love! No one will notice but you!
I’m in Northern California and today totally felt like the beginning of spring! It was so wonderful, I decided to clean out my greenhouse. Tomorrow, there’s rain in the forecast. I gotta take advantage of nice weather. I enjoyed your WIP parade. Nice work on the At Home by Brenda Gervais. It’s really turning out gorgeously! ❤
Hi Alana - if you "love" the Sarah Smith, then you love it the way it is. Obviously, the asymmetrical nature of the piece is not bothering you. This means you should stitch it the way it is. It is only your need to have everything matchy-matchy that is holding you up. Nobody and nothing in creation is perfectly symmetrical. Just keep telling yourself that. I really hope you can get over this hump and stitch that for your daughter-in-law. Have a happy New Year and keep stitching.
Good morning Alana. I totally understand the symmetry conversation. My eye tends to see that as well. In fact I make mistakes in stitching because of it. Sometimes I think it's an optical illusion when I look back and forth between my stitched piece and the pattern. Do whatever works for you but the important thing is finishing the piece for your daughter-in-law. It's great to have a Canadian stitching friend!
Loved seeing all your different wips. They are all gorgeous
Wishing you a wonderful New Year. Thank you for showing your stitching, you are an inspiration.
You have lots of great WIPS. Keep on stitching--they will get done. Happy New Year!
Beautiful stitching! I just ordered green coat Santa on her patreon. Can’t wait to start 😊
Thank you so much for mentioning my Bible Study and Proverbs 31 SAL. I plan to start February 1st. Lovely WIPs and best of luck on no buy until May....I already bought 2 patterns today. LOL! Thanks again and keep on stitching!
Happy New Year Alana! Love all your wips and plans. I feel you're very lucky to live close to the border and have access to wips & supplies that can't be shipped into Canada. I'm looking forward to seeing how your year goes.
LOL I also use just like Adobe Reader on my phone for patterns too!!! i color over where i have done, very simple. PS i love the stitch behind you
Beautiful wips!
You are so normal and I love it and totally relate. I, however, will not be able to no-buy on patterns due to fomo and patterns have a way of disappearing. No unicorns for me. I will allow myself to kit one pattern once a month. Patterns are easy to store and kits are expensive and become bulky to store. And I avoid having too many wips this way.
Love your wip parade. Happy new year. You have beautiful projects. It would be interesting to see what you unkitted or decided to UFO.
Milk and honey. Cream and sugar. They are half and half. Three statements of dairy 😂😂😂
For the Sarah Smith sampler, I wouldn’t want to stitch it either. I’d hate to have people who don’t ’get it’ think that I messed it up. So I’d make all corners the same 🙃
Your plan with the anniversary charts - the Blackbird ones for your family is so cool! Are you going to put their birth year in the date and then the initials elsewhere? Or are the initials going where the date is on the chart?
Happy 2025!
There are helpful videos for Mark up xp. It does have a learning curve but once you get it you will never go back to paper. Let me know if I can help you
Can you name the 2 red ornaments that are on yourtree?