At our last post my East West Sampler looked like this
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I had added the star block and the row of tiny stitches. I had placed the star from the pattern in the wrong position and the tiny row seemed so, well, just wrong. I decided to leave the star but removed the tiny row. Taking crafters liberty and sampler creating of old, I have gone rogue, but in a good way. Here is where I am now.
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I am not quite done yet. Still planning on adding the date and perhaps a 1, 2, 3 or A, B, C. Then the moment comes to play a game of truth or dare with this. Should I leave it as is ? or tea or coffee dye to age this creation? Any suggestions on that?
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Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon,
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About the SAL
Please note this SAL is not accepting any more new members until further notice but this is what it’s all about anyway. This SAL (Stitch Along) is slightly different to other SALs in that we don’t all stitch the same design at the same rate. We choose ONE unfinished project, or ONE new one, and show progress of its completion over a series of three weekly updates. There are no deadlines and no set amount to stitch. The result is that the space in our drawers full of WIPs (works in progress) is gradually being freed up to store lots of new crafty goodness. It’s surprising how much motivation I’ve gained from being in this SAL.
You may have gone rogue but this looks great! I think tea-dyed would be fun, but it is a more primitive look, so make sure that you like that look (I do, and I think that you do, too.). 🙂
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Hi Laura ~ TY ~ Yes the primitive look is exactly what I am going for. Do you have an opinion on tea vs coffee dying for this?
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I don’t have any experience with coffee dying. In my imagination, I don’t see the difference. Maybe coffee dying is stronger, so I might pay closer attention to the amount of coffee used, or the time that I leave it in there? Melissa at pinkernpunkinquilting.blogspot.com does a lot of tea dyeing. You might like to check with her.
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Thank you for that suggestion 🙂
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Brilliant! Looks like you’re almost finished. I’d have a trial run of dyeing with a piece of scrap if you have any.
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TY Claire ~Great idea. I am not sure I have exactly the same fabric piece but something similar for sure.
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I am looking forward to hearing about this dying approach Sharon!
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I need to do some research (google) aging cross stitch projects . I will be sure to let everyone know 🙂
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I’d be too much of a chicken to dye the fabric after I’d stitched it LOL. Your additional rows of triangles make me happy. They remind me of bunting wafting in the breeze 🙂
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As I get closer to dyeing it I am feeling a bit chickenish myself 🙂 I love the bunting rows 🙂
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Looking great!
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Thank you
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Beautiful stitching and great progress!
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Thank you so much Karrin 🙂
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