Mary's Thread – Using every spare moment to stitch all the things

03/21/2026

Sparrow Pinwheel is Finished!

Surprise! I have another finish this week…this is the little bird pinwheel from Fanny Collins 1853, by Fox and Rabbit. The pinwheel chart came with the sampler chart and was part of an Attic event. It is stitched with 100.3 on 40 count whatever linen was provided in the kit. I know a lot of people love 100.3 but it […]

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03/19/2026

Sacred is Finished

I finished Sacred! Hooray! This was my own silk conversion. I tried to use silks from my stash for the most part, but I think I did buy one to fill in a color that wasn’t close to anything I had. As I stitched it I found some odd charting and so I did “fix” the golden embellishments on the […]

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03/14/2026

More progress on Sacred. Roses.

We’ve finished the second week of March and here is the progress I’ve made on Sacred. I am in the home stretch! Our family enjoyed a nice Spring Break in California this past week, perhaps our last spring break with all of us together, at least for this stage of life. My oldest is headed to college this year! I […]

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03/01/2026

Sacred

Well I’ve gotten a little carried away with Sacred, to the detriment of the Checkerboard Stag! That did not get completed in February (though it might have had I not picked up Sacred) but I made good progress on Sacred. It’s good to have the stitching bug back! One thing or another will get finished soon! That’s good right? I […]

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02/20/2026

Samplers Remembered

Ta DAH! I finished the Red and Green Carnation Sampler…quite pleased with how it turned out. I made the little fill-ins in the border suit me. Some I modified from the chart, others I added. The initials down the left side are my children’s and since this is our 25th anniversary, I put our wedding year and this year to […]

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02/09/2026

Now I’ve Stitched My ABCs

I finished the middle of the Red and Green Carnation Sampler! I am making some slight changes to the design. That’s ok. This one isn’t even signed so I think approaching it as a personalized thing is just fine. Now to finish the border, and add in my customized border elements. I’m consulting in the Ultimate Sampler Motif book to […]

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02/05/2026

A Finish in February! And Good Progress

I picked up a little bitty project to stitch on a plane trip last weekend…it was so small I finished it! This is Christmas Scissors Basket from JBW Designs: This was one of those projects that stitched so fast I wondered why I didn’t just stitch it when I got it. I probably spent more time thinking about starting it […]

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01/30/2026

Four Finishes

I did it, I finished stitching 4 things this month! Fern Ridge’s Strawberry Pie Fob: I really really love the fringe. It is so beautiful. Peyote stitching is pretty fun. I am thinking about what beading project I’ll do next. Homespun Elegance’s Stitching Necessaire: I added the embellishments and fixed the edge that had come apart. It is a sweet […]

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01/25/2026

Some plans for 2026

WIPS to Work On I’ve sorted out my many many project bags and have put a number in my workbasket to focus on this year…at least the first bit of this year. Most of these have been worked on pretty recently, and other will probably make you say, “Mary! You didn’t finish that yet?!” We’re not going to look and […]

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01/17/2026

Smalls. Starts.

No sooner do I get an idea in my head than I am distracted from the task at hand. I wrote last week’s post and then said to myself that I really should go looking for more smalls to work on this month. Looking for trouble more like! I found quite a few started smalls that I will aim to […]

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