After many years I have finally completed this cross stitch. I bought the kit for it in 2013 at the ACT Embroiderer's Guild exhibition and decided to enlarge it, finding extra quilt blocks to use. The dresden plate in the centre and corners has special meaning for me as it is the emblem Wyndham Patchworkers chose for their badge. I was the founding president and am a Life Member of the group. Which is why I repeated the block when adding the extra stitchery blocks.
I actually completed the stitching in late 2013 while staying with my Mum while Dad was in hospital but didn't get it framed. I bought a frame for it a few years ago together with the board to lace it onto and pinned the fabric over the frame. And that is where it sat, waiting for me to get enthusiastic enough to do the lacing. This is a job I don't like doing which is why it sat waiting.
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| Patches in Stitches Cross Stitch |
I did the lacing yesterday and inserted it into the frame. Job completed. We will get a picture hook and put it on the wall later today.
The reason I picked this project to complete is that my new year's resolution was to complete a project every week (Mon-Sun) and I hadn't done one this past week. So I found something that I could complete quickly and found this waiting.
I have spent the week making three baby quilts. I need 2 for babies that are arriving in the family - a great-niece due in March, and a great-nephew due in April so I chose to buy 2 Moda charm packs and make "Happy Blocks" (these are the same type of block I used to make my grandson's baby quilt in 2016). Each charm pack of 42 charms yields 42 blocks, only 30 needed for each top. Two tops are made, ready for me to shop for backing. The third top is in progress and is made up of 12 blocks from each charm pack and 6 blocks from a fat quarter purchased for the occasion.
