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.
To a learn more about the project and request your own (free) peace pin, click on thislink.
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.
To a learn more about the project and request your own (free) peace pin, click on this link.
The original Peace Pin Project came about after the 2016 election. So the the timing of this latest iteration is no great surprise.
This latest batch of pins was stitched at St Liz, where I also gave away a “tend peace” and a “spread peace” pin, neither of which were photographed (oops) …
These three are heading to Stephanie in California, Connie in Texas, and Deb G in Washington (state), whose recent house painting inspire my floss color choices.
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