A new Stich Along Harvest Hues with Mary Corbet

 I have gathered my supplies for the newest Stitch Along I am taking part in hosted by Mary Corbet.

You can read about it here and join along if you like, we don't begin stitching the leaves until next week so there is time.  Here is the link to Mary's Website for the SAL

https://www.needlenthread.com/2024/09/harvest-hues-1-design-materials-set-up.html

As soon as I saw the photos posted on her blog I knew I would join in.  I love Autumn colors and I'm always looking for something new and colorful to use to decorate my home here in Florida.

I have some wool blend felt I purchased about a year or so ago from Benzie Design for a project I did with quite a bit left over. Here is there website https://www.benziedesign.com They also have an Etsy store by the same name.  I love their wool palette selections most of the time you can purchase the DMC floss to coordinate with the felt which saves time trying to get that perfect match depending on what you make.

Also for autumn I am stitching another Mary Corbet design Autumn Leaf Lines the pattern is free for members of Mary's Patreon. 

I first came to know of Mary Corbet when I renewed my interest in Hand Embroidery way back in October 2014.  I enrolled in a hand embroidery class on October 7th we would make 2 projects from Gail Pan's Patchwork Loves Embroidery book. My finished needlebook and pincushion side by side with the photos from the book.  I can happily say my French knots have improved.

 The next project to follow was a Crab Apple Hill design which I am happy to say I am still crazy about those patterns. More about those another time.

After the New Year in 2015 we began to meet once a week for hand embroidery class learning new stitches and refreshing our skills.  Many of those classed included a video from Mary Corbet, it may have been either the website or YouTube. 

I have to say signing up for that first class 10 years ago was one of the best things I  have ever done.  I have grown as a hand stitcher following patterns to designing some of my own patterns and exploring the world of Slow Stitching in many of it's forms.

I will also be working on Kathy Schmitz Woven Wreaths block for October along with her Fright Night Table Mat which is available on Spoonflower, it includes the backing fabric when you purchase 1 yard.

I just love the vintage look of the motifs there are 12 in all and also available in Kathy's shop as a stand alone download to stitch the images.  I may use these as part of a bunting instead of the table mat.

The design images reminds me so much of the vintage Halloween cutouts from when my son was a little boy kind of like these vintage Beistle 

I just saw in the Spoonflower shop there is a Christmas Table Mat and a Wall hanging, I may grab one though I do have the Jolly And Bright ornament pattern to start on soon.

I am finally linking my post to Kathy's Quilts here:https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2024/09/slow-sunday-stitching_02122906470.html
It's been a while since I linked a post so it feels great to have something stitch related to talk about.

Slow Sunday Stitching with Autumn in Mind

 The weather has just been so miserable and dealing with the pain and waiting for the injection into the spine next month has left me weak and tired.  I haven't had the energy to take my daily walk mainly because I am so unsteady with my footing I don't want to fall.

Yesterday I started a new hand embroidery piece for the Autumn Equinox, I am using DMC Coloris 4511 for the maple leaves and 4510 for the oak leaves. I started out just outlining the leaves then decided to use the satin stitch to show the color changes. So I went back and filled in the outlined leaf. This is a coloring page I purchased and tweaked by adding a goddess in the center.

The two Coloris colorways I'm using are very similar, the green in the 4510 is lighter and there is no brown.

I used a split stitch for the stems and the main veins on the leaves, I like how the leaves turned out but I also liked the outlined leaf I guess because much of my work is done in outlines I just wanted something a little different.  

The actual coloring page was purchased on Etsy Owl and Moon Art the the center motif is a large apple which looks wonderful but I wanted a goddess in the center.

I am also signed up for the Woolie Friends Pumpkin Patch SAL on Facebook it started on July 31st and I just made it in time for the first Free block. Every Monday for 12 weeks a new block pattern is posted and is free to download for a week, if you join and missed the free pattern they are offered for sale at each vendors shop.  

The third block pattern is available tomorrow and today is the last day to get block 2 for free.   

I loved the 1st block so much I purchased the kit from Calico Patch Designs the photo below is the designers finished block.  

https://www.calicopatchdesigns.com/

Here is the schedule for all of the blocks and vendors.

What I love most is you don't have to use wool or purchase a kit, many people are using fabric for the blocks and many are pulling wool from their stash and the creative tweaks people put into their blocks are so different. My block kit is due tomorrow though I am sure it won't arrive until Tuesday or Wednesday since it's in Jacksonville and anything in Jacksonville seems to get stuck there for several days.

In the meantime I am going to continue stitching my Autumn piece all the while dreaming of cooler days in November when autumn usually arrives here in central Florida.  I am linking my post over at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching, head on over to see all the lovely things other bloggers are slow stitching this week.

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2023/08/slow-sunday-stitching_01808149954.html