About 10 days before Christmas, I decided to start a new project. It seemed a little crazy to start something new so close to Christmas but this project had been on my mind for about 2 weeks and I just couldn't let it go! I knew what pattern I was going to use, so I started picking fabrics. As you can see in the picture above, it looked like a mess but what a fun mess!
I decided to plan the project around my favorite picture of my 4 children at Christmas time. This picture was taken about 7 years ago and I still have it in a frame in my bedroom. The pattern I drew up was a difficult one, but I really wanted this to look as vintage as possible. I felt that the extra time it would take to piece it would be totally worth it. Pictured above is after a few days of piecing.
Here is more progress after a couple more days. Remember it was Christmas time, so I worked it in around other Christmas stuff I was doing!
A few more days later with more progress, you can see my faithful sidekick right at my side as usual!
Finally about a week later, it was pieced! Time consuming, but so worth it as I felt it had the vintage feel that I was going for.
What I usually do next is pick out all of my thread and silk ribbon that I am going to use. The things I pick intially are not always what I end up using, but a girl always has to have options!
Then I pick out my laces and trims that I may use, with the same philosophy...options!
I usually put all of my stuff for a project in one box, so I can just grab it and go.
This old blanket binding looked interesting and was the right color so it may have a use, we'll see!
Then, on to my favorite part, stitching!
I just love that herringbone stitch I did around the fan shape in the upper left hand corner. I used ribbon floss and I love the shine it gives to the stitich.
Here is a closer look at the top right hand corner. That green piece of tatting is going to become a wreath. Well I have more done than this, but I'll save that for another day!
Talk to you soon and thanks for stopping by,
