WIP: Remember Me Photo Album (by Indigo Rose)
Today's featured WIP is likely the one that's got the least amount of stitching complete. It is the Remember Me Photo Album by Catherine Strickler of Indigo Rose. Isn't it pathetic that I only made it this far before putting this aside?
Background: I'm not really sure when I started this. I think it was shortly after the design came out, and since Catherine's original had a date of 2003, I'm guessing I started in 2004. Since I never bothered to mount this on a frame/hoop/Q-snap or any such thing, I'm sure this was started as either a desk project (for stitching during my lunch hour) or a travel project. As such a project, it only saw hit-or-miss progress, which accounts for how little is completed.
Why it's not done: Have I ever mentioned that I really don't like to work on 28ct? I really don't. On 28ct, you have to use at least 2 strands of cotton floss, and then you have to lay each stitch to get halfway decent coverage. Of course, this is much easier if the fabric is mounted on some sort of frame and in a stand, so you can use a laying tool. Trying to stitch on 28ct in hand is a pain. (Yes, I know about railroading. I never have good results with it, because one strand eventually overtwists and the other undertwists on me, so I don't use this technique. If it works for you, please share your secret!)
What's left to do: Just about everything. Fortunately this piece isn't huge, and if I actually mount the fabric on a frame of some sort, it shouldn't take too long to do.
1 comment:
I never use a laying tool on stranded floss and I ALWAYS use Q-Snaps as taut as possible without ripping the fabric. I railroad. For me, the secret is to go very, very slowly on the last inch in. That's when it's liable to tangle. If it does, I use my needle as a laying tool to separate the strands, but I don't have to do that often. Like most handwork, once you do it 10,000 times, it comes so naturally that it seems strange not to railroad one strand.
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