IHSW or International Hermit and Stitch Weekend always starts on the third Friday of the month. It's a chance to lock yourself away and focus on your stitching for the weekend. You can take part on your blog or via the Facebook page - IHSW on Facebook.
This year I am trying something different for IHSW - an A-Z Challenge! These usually take place in April and people stitch one letter every day except Sunday. I don't want to swap projects daily so thought I could do 2 or 3 letters per IHSW instead.
The letters R and S were designated for October. I don't have an R project so I went with three S projects which were actually the three projects I have been stitching all month!
First up was Cottage Garden SAMPLINGS and Halloween SAMPLER.
I had finished all the words and now have the motifs to work on. It started here:
And finished here:
stitched on 40 count Witch's Brew linen from Zweigart
Next up was the Halloween Blackwork from The STEADY Thread, from here:
To here, completed the Home Sweet Home sampler, added some colour and a little bit of the lacy border, then almost all of the Witch picture:
stitched on 30 count tea-dyed linen
The third project is my Temperature Tree, again from The STEADY Thread. That went from here:
To here, with a lot more of the border done:
and back down to green leaves again:
stitched on 28 count Meadow Mist linen from Silkweavers
Next month will be T, U and V. Except I don't have anything for U or V so it will just be T projects. I do have plenty of those!
Finally the next IHSW will be 15th - 17th November so make sure you note the date in your diary or come and join us in the Facebook Group -
IHSW on Facebook. If you don't do Facebook then you can check in here by leaving a comment on my post.
Congrats on the finish! Just in time for Halloween! Super progress on your WIPs 👍🏼Temp tree will be beautiful when it's finished😍
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ReplyDeleteHave a great day hugs June,
Lovely stitching as always! That tree is just magnificent! Always a feast for the eyes when I visit. Happy Stitching!
ReplyDeleteThree gorgeous projects, a lot of blackwork which is great to see on the blog. I definitely LOVE those Halloween stitchings you made, such a great fabric and a great "alphabet/word" pattern. For U and V you can always use "Unexpected new start" or "Very important stitching"!! xxx
ReplyDeleteLooks like that was a very productive weekend for you! Does that mean the Halloween Sampler is (almost) finished? I don't see a lot of open space left!
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