Let's Give This Stitching a Try

You would think that international press coverage would follow once I decided what my next stitching project would be, the way it took me weeks to decide.  Meanwhile, I care, and maybe one or two other people.  Maybe.

But decide I did, and here is my contribution to Tiny Needle Tuesday.

This past weekend, in what I have started to call Stitchy Saturday, I pulled out this kit that The Tim had given me for my birthday two or three years ago.

It's been a loooooong time since I've done any embroidery - I took a class a couple of years ago to refresh my memory, and I enjoyed it, but then as is usually the case, did nothing.  I do remember when I opened this gift, it was with some other stitching things - extra needles, a notions pouch - and The Tim said something to the effect that he knew it wasn't cross stitch, but he thought I'd like the teacup and flowers.  And he was not wrong.

So I got myself a cup of tea, and got all situated to get started.  I decided it would be good company to watch the latest Flosstube video from Floss Toss, which is done by Rachel of Treehouse Fiber Arts, and Sue, who is one half of the Legacy Fiber Artz team.  I don't watch all of their videos, but those I've seen, I've really enjoyed - those two do some amazing stitchery!

The really weird/funny thing was, in this episode they were discussing their latest obsession - embroidery!  Isn't that funny?  It made for even better company while dipping my toes (well, fingers) back into an embroidery project.  As with all things, I started with completing the flower part of one of the flowers (above), and by the time the podcast was finished, I had this:

Three flowers done!

Now, don't get all excited because my embroidery skills are not even in the same universe as expert, but making these flowers was just so enjoyable to me.  And since 99% of what I do craft-wise is to please myself, who cares if it's not perfect?  I had so much fun doing this, and it also gave me a nice way to have a "goal" - I told myself that I would try to complete the three flowers on Saturday, and it was not only a reasonable expectation, but I could immediately see what I'd accomplished, and some days that is exactly what I need!

I cannot tell you why Saturdays are the days I usually work on some stitching.  Maybe because they are generally quiet days, when I can have a stretch of time to really concentrate.  Maybe because I just like the sound of "Stitchy Saturday" once it occurred to me.  No matter what, Saturdays seem to be when I most feel like pulling out anything I'm working on or starting that is not knit-related. 

This coming weekend, we'll be out of town with family stuff going on, so I probably won't even take this along.  But that gives me plenty of time to decide what segment to try and complete next.