There has been a collective project going on at work for a couple of months. One of the activities ladies set up an easy to do cross stitch on a piece of 11 count aida. (That's 11 cross stitches per inch). A number of staff members helped with a few stitches here and there, myself included.
Many of the residents, particularly the ladies were interested to see progress and many rued the fact that their eyesight or lack of dexterity would not permit them to join in.
When it was first set up I had agreed to 'finish' it. It came to me with it's raw edges serged in black thread and in places it had been bound with a rather heavy duty and sticky white tape. Even though I used a squirty bottle of water to loosen the sticky I still ended up with quite deep fraying so in an effort to stabilise what little fabric there was around the finished design I put a piece of interfacing on the back.
Then put a piece of black fabric back there too before pinning and 'quilting' around the design. Finally I made a black binding and popped that on. And added two hanging loops to the back.
15 comments:
That's a great idea go have the collaborated cross stitch set up for all to do and enjoy seeing the progress made. Good on you to agree go finish it up, great job with the troubles you had to deal with. I'm sure you will fill in your three days off work easily, dont forget go factor in a bit of friends and family time, going out for a coffee or something similar.
Well done on finishing that project - a sterling effort!
you did well with the daffodils... it looks great and will be a cheerful addition to a wall somewhere.... well done with the studies... perhaps you need to reward yourself with a little sew time break?
Hugz
Well done with getting the little hanging finished with all the troubles you had with the edges. It looks really good.
That is such a lovely project. Well done for finishing it even with all the troubles. It will be treasured.
Love the cross stitch - what a great piece to have at work. Good luck with the rest of your studies - almost finished!
Those daffodils do look great - what a lovely project. xx
You did a great job finishing the daffodils, worth all your work…
you always keep busy and those finishes are piling up!
You have made a lovely finish to the shared project.
What a fun idea, to have a group project set up for anyone to help with - you did a great job finishing the hanging. I bet you'll smile every time you see it at work.
What a great job you made of finishing the cross stitch. Hope all goes well with your studies and that you find some time to stitch too! Christine xx
I am hearing you about what job to do first!!
Quite a few joint projects seem to be a challenge to finish. You have done well with what you had. I’m reading this rathe late. I wonder what you worked on during the weekend. Maybe your next post will reveal it.
Inner facing on the back was the perfect solution!
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