There’s more to come on why I’m so far behind in posting (hint: it’s not because I’ve been sitting on my hands!). But first, here are the latest peace pins …
Juliann in Washington and Marianne in South CarolinaDeb Lacativa’sthread magic on displayA new one for me myself with indigo thread from Bethat Still Life PondHeather and family at St LizLisa at St LizMaggie in New Jersey and Kathy in Michigan
Sadly, I was so excited to put Yvette’s blue “live peace” pin in the mail to the Netherlands, I forgot to take a picture.
As for why I’ve been pre-occupied, first there were the altar linens I made for St Liz and then forgot to photograph …
Hmmmm … WordPress has decided it doesn’t want to upload any more pictures … so I’ll end here for now and continue in another post once I figure out what’s going on.
Over the years they inspired me to sew/sow peace, so making peace pins for them was especially meaningful.
Barry requested rainbow threads, so I tried two different Deb Lacativa rainbow threads on gray and white linens …
Oddly enough, I liked the gray linen version better from the back, which led to rather a unique solution …
As for Fiona, one of my favorite pieces of hers was Too many poppies, which put me in mind of red … and then red and green …
So of course I sent both … with fingers crossed that the US and Australian postal services cooperate.
I’ve also continued to stitch peace pins for for the good folks at St Liz …
along with altar linens, which I haven’t made for over twenty years. Of course I neglected to take a picture of the completed set, but here are some in-process shots of the hemstitching, which is worked with one strand of 100/3 linen thread over three threads of linen cloth at a time …
which looks like this on the front …
Hemstitching is the most soothing thing imaginable … good therapy in these post-election days.
Last but not least, I also got to do some baking therapy: 17-layer cake for G’s 12th birthday … with the added joy of a full moonrise …
So yes, here’s to continuing … with Juliann and Marianne’s peace pins next on my list.
It’s going well … stitching one peace pin each day … these three going (or already gone) to Laurie and Wanda at St Liz and to Angie in Tennessee …
The colors in the photos aren’t “true” … but that’s okay. And I’ve added a new bit to the process described in the Peace Pin DIY: putting a bit of card stock behind the stitched side of the pin to give it a bit more stability. Please let me know if you’d like a do-over for any of your pins (although a quick press under an iron also helps).
And for those who have asked, the DIY link also includes information about the split backstitch I use to make the lettering.
Last, but not least: I spied these smile-inducing treasures whilst picking up the mail this weekend …
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