Here’s this week’s item:
The first step here was finding the right board. My craft space is in the living room so I don’t have a lot of space to hang a board in and the cork board I had was too big. I wanted to buy one that I saw in Pottery Barn but it was a little more than I wanted to pay so I got this one instead. It’s not on sale anymore but it was $15 when I bought it. It’s just the right size and it’s a quiet beige.
The board came, I hung it on the wall and spent a lot of time trying to decide what to do. Then I decided that since I am really inspired by fabric and stitching and people like Rebecca Sower and Pam Garrison right now, I’d make the board a stitching sampler.
I measured interfacing in the exact size of the board and then started stitching random bits of fabric on to it.
I didn’t pay too much attention, just lined up the ones I liked and kept stitching.
After a long while, I was done. I had the whole thing covered.
Then I added some lace.
And then started stitching a bit. Still practicing my French Knots. I still screw up more often than I get it right.
I added some more details here and there.
I then pinned it on top of the linen board:
My plan is to add a lot more stuff. Every now and then as I feel like it. I want to add buttons, dangle things, stitch, add beads, I have a lot of plans. I will share more photos as I work on this but it’s already inspiring me just to look at all that fabric I love.
Here it is with my sampler and the hearts on there:
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