Sunday, January 4, 2009

Close to A Start


I have coffee dyed my fabric for the Me, Myself and I RR and I now just basting the edges by hand. I must say that I am not really happy with the fabric I have, I was hoping to use 40ct and not 32ct, but I just could not find anyone that stocked it in the brand I wanted. Lakeside linens and R & R Reproduction fabrics are almost impossible to find here in Australia. Here is the layout I have chosen. It's about 337 x 333 stitches in size. All the charts have been purchased and the threads have been ordered. I am only working with DMC, but some designs are going to need at least two skeins of some colours.
Here are the charts I am using:

Pear Orchard Farm - Barrick Samplers
Where My Heart Blooms - Blackbird Designs
Their Song - Blackbird Designs
Hopeful - Carriage House Samplings
Fruit of the Spirit - Plum Street Samplers
Friendship Sampler - Hillside Samplings
Peace - Birds Of A Feather
The Good Neighbour - The Drawn Thread

3 comments:

Jeanne said...

Good for you dyeing your own fabric. :) I used the border from Good Neighbors for my piece - since my piece was larger than the chart I had to do a lot of copying and pasting together of pieces to make it work. It's not a totally repeatable border so that made it tricky. Good luck on your stitching!

Teri said...

Given the charts you've selected, your neighborhood will be lovely!

mainely stitching said...

OOOOHHHH! Love your design choices!!