Mary's Thread – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

10/20/2025

Stitching In Hawaii

My family was blessed enough to get a week long vacation on the Big Island of Hawaii last week! and I personally was blessed with good stitching time during it! We stayed at a beautiful resort and did many fun things….snorkeling, swimming in the pool and at the beach, eating good treats, driving around to see waterfalls and the Volcano […]

Vacation Stitching 2 3 min read

09/28/2025

Dorcas Haynes: Ta Dah!

The finish was a quiet breath as I pulled tight the last stitch and buried my thread in the back. No big feelings, just a pleasant satisfaction that I did it. And I am 2 days shy of month’s end which means I judged my time very well and didn’t have to rush or compromise to finish my goal. That, […]

Finishes of 2025! 2 1 min read

09/22/2025

Dorcas Check In

Friends, I can just about taste that finish of Dorcas. This is the penultimate check in…I am sure the next time I photograph Dorcas she will be finished. I finished the Satin Stitch Band above, and below shows my improvement of the color in “Like”…the left hand picture shows the final and the right hand picture shows the anemic pink […]

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09/15/2025

This weekend’s work…after the weekend

Checking the “to do’s” off on Dorcas this weekend… I also reorganized and tidied up my threads and my 2 (!) project bags I use for Dorcas and selected the colors for the upcoming work. I still need to pick the colors for the bullion knot flower centers. That won’t be hard. I just didn’t do it yet. During the […]

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09/13/2025

This week’s work…before the weekend…

Hello…and here we are 12 days into September…I have finished Dorcas’ inscription, I have charted and stitched my name inscription band, and I have started the satin stitched vine. Since my name inscription is on there now, we can see how big the project is…my name band is the end of the project. You can see I have plenty of […]

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09/08/2025

Dorcas Haynes Inscription and Berries Band

I really made sure to get some stitching time this weekend and made huge progress on the Berries Band and the Dorcas Haynes Inscription. I just have to put the embellishments between the words on the inscription band and stitch the other half of the berries.m I also took out the “like” in the verse because I really didn’t like […]

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08/31/2025

Dorcas Haynes Progress

This month I almost finished the large floral arcade band! Almost finished because I haven’t done the bullion knot middles of the flowers. That’s ok. I will get to them just like the acorn caps, probably at the very end. Even though my hoop stitching hasn’t messed up the satin stitches or the french knot centers of the flowers in […]

Almost finished! 0 1 min read

08/25/2025

A stitching update

This past weekend I worked through The Attic’s Summer School. It was a really fabulous event. I was a worker bee, not a participant, but still got to enjoy some good stitching time and socializing with all the lovely stitching people over the weekend. That is a real perk of working at Attic Needlework! Here is some inspiration for you […]

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08/11/2025

The Velvet Parsnip

I finished off something this weekend! The Velvet Parsnip by Stacy Nash: You can see I decided on the needlebook finish after all. This would be an awkward ornament! It’s surprisingly big and there leaves are floppy. I thought I could make the carrot design into a scissor case and a velvet tomato and then have a vegetable themed sewing […]

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07/28/2025

Mary Ellen Turner

I wanted to get back to some cross stitch comfort stitching so I picked up Mary Ellen Turner these past few nights. I needed some stitching that didn’t take too much thinking, I’ve made excellent progress on it. I really am enjoying the Belle Soie silks, both the colors and the feel of the silk. It’s coming out really pretty. […]

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