Thursday Night UFO

A few years ago, my local needlepoint shop offered a "club" for a series of Faberge eggs. One a month for the entire year. Thought these would be a great decoration for the fireplace mantle in the living room. I made a start on January's and that's as far as I got. Until a group of us on a bulletin board I visit decided to work on a UFO every Thursday night. My job issues are starting to ease up and I can finally sit down to sew at night a few times a week. Plus Big Bang Theory is on at 8 and since it's one of the very few shows I watch on a regular basis, I try not to miss it. (It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm fascinated that someone can portray a person with Aspergers/high functioning autism so well. And it is a pretty funny show, too, although I'm sure there are physics jokes that I just don't get.) But to remain on topic, I decided to work on this piece since it's small. It's way outside my comfort zone with the stitches, but I'm taking it slowly and I like the texture that's coming from the variety of stitches. We'll see if I have the same feeling about this piece when I get to the stem stitch and the chain stitch that are used for those black and gold lines and the veins in the leaves.

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  1. MargaretNovember 6, 2010 at 12:52 PM

    Oooh, these look nice! I'm looking forward to your progress!

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  2. RobinNovember 7, 2010 at 4:43 AM

    Good for you! When we stop learning we stop growing. Looks like a nice design and a reasonably sized design to be a starter one. Good luck on those best laid plans to stitch every Thursday night.

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  3. woolwomanNovember 9, 2010 at 2:30 PM

    I LOVE BBTheory - I just hate they took it off Monday night - It was my "get over it's Monday" night show - I love your ornament - I hope you do enjoy the decorative stitches - I have really stepped out of my comfort level on my Autumn House - it has been very good for me to do this canvas myself and not just follow what someone else laid out for it. Love the colors on this - can't wait to see more thursday night UFO stitches and glad you are feeling better about work. Enjoy! Mel

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