I finished up SanMan's March Blackwork last night. I love doing blackwork, that's probably because I am in the very slim majority that actually enjoys backstitching. I would say backstitching is one of my favorite parts of working on a piece, maybe because a piece is truly finished once the backstitching is done. Not sure what's up next, I could probably work on Wash Line Blues but I'm still in a new project mood! lol
Here are January, February & March together.
We had another day of amazing weather, near 70 again and very sunny. Took the opportunity to pull Baby out of the garage and do an interior cleaning. Got all the mats & carpets vacuumed and cleaned, conditioned the seats & wheel and detail cleaned the vents and stuff on the dash. Now if only this oil change can get done Baby will be ready for the road! lol
Hope everyone had a nice Easter & thanks for visiting! Nick
Great work! They'll be beautiful all put together. We are having beautiful weather in Michigan, too. Glorious!
ReplyDeleteDuh - I forgot whom I was talking to for a moment - I know you're also in Michigan!
ReplyDeleteLovely work Nick! So could I hire you to do all my backstitching, lol? My sister lives in Michigan and she told me what lovely weather you were having there. Ours has been pretty nice too.
ReplyDeleteLove it! They are all really pretty. I don't really like A LOT of backstitching, or difficult backstitching--Margaret Sherry stuff--but I love blackwork. I printed off those Sanmans but haven't stitched them yet. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love blackwork too & these are lovely. Well done on another finish. Glad you had a good Easter. :0)
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Do you actually back-stitch or use double running stitch?
ReplyDeleteAll 3 look great Nick. How do you plan to finish them?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments everyone!
ReplyDeleteCarol - I try to do the blackwork with the double running stitch and I almost always end up using back-stitching. Old habits die hard I guess! lol
Myra - Once all 12 are done my mom is going to quilt them into a wall-hanging. I was originally planning on doing all 12 on one piece of fabric. I've done so many monthly pieces that way though, I thought something new would be cool.