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"lemon sherbet" stitching?
What do you all do to "clear the palate" between big projects? Or do you
feel the need to? sometimes I take a deliberate break after a big stitching to do some simple ornaments. At the moment I also have a travel project of "Miss Mary Mack" going - just black silouette stitching so it's straight counting, no deeper "thinking" required. Going to a musical festival this weekend, so I hope to get a lot done! Sue |
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I usually crochet something. I like to make little cotton lace doilies and
when I accumulate 8 or 12, mostly different patterns but one color, either ecru or white, I give them to friends. They look very pretty used as coasters under wine glasses and are very washable if done in mercerized crochet thread. Since they're little they are just enough work to be challenging but don't take very long and I find them refreshing. Lucille "Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen" wrote in message ... What do you all do to "clear the palate" between big projects? Or do you feel the need to? sometimes I take a deliberate break after a big stitching to do some simple ornaments. At the moment I also have a travel project of "Miss Mary Mack" going - just black silouette stitching so it's straight counting, no deeper "thinking" required. Going to a musical festival this weekend, so I hope to get a lot done! Sue |
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Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen wrote:
What do you all do to "clear the palate" between big projects? Or do you feel the need to? I've always got some Mill Hill kits around. Sometimes (more often than not, really) I use them _during_ big projects, just to be able to complete something. Karen E. -- _______________________________________ "What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before." Mark Twain |
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I usually crochet a scarf or some booties, or do a little sewing on my
machine to have the satisfaction of an "instant gratification" project. -D "Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen" wrote in message ... What do you all do to "clear the palate" between big projects? Or do you feel the need to? sometimes I take a deliberate break after a big stitching to do some simple ornaments. At the moment I also have a travel project of "Miss Mary Mack" going - just black silouette stitching so it's straight counting, no deeper "thinking" required. Going to a musical festival this weekend, so I hope to get a lot done! Sue |
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What do you all do to "clear the palate" between big projects? Or do you
feel the need to? Something w/ simple shapes and bold colors (right now it's Saguro Forms & Cactus Flowers). If I don't have anything that fits my need for "lemon sherbet", I'll crochet or knit or create something fanciful/whimsical/totally useless on a scrap of fabric or a bit of needlepoint canvas (they do end up being useful for something tho, typically ornaments). Susan |
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"Karen E." wrote in message ... Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen wrote: What do you all do to "clear the palate" between big projects? Or do you feel the need to? Bookmarks. The basic ones that I bring back from my travels and tuck away in the "quickie" pile (which will henceforth be known as the lemon sherbet pile). Felice |
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Oh, lucky you - anyone interesting performing?
Pat P "Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen" wrote in message ... What do you all do to "clear the palate" between big projects? Or do you feel the need to? sometimes I take a deliberate break after a big stitching to do some simple ornaments. At the moment I also have a travel project of "Miss Mary Mack" going - just black silouette stitching so it's straight counting, no deeper "thinking" required. Going to a musical festival this weekend, so I hope to get a lot done! Sue |
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I usually start up a simpler project .. but I find I get bored with it quite
quickly - I guess it's the intensity of the big project that makes you want to pick up something easier - but then it's the intensity that brings you back to something else more challenging ... but keeping that simpler one on the side for times when you don't really want to concentrate is a good thing. Sharon (N.B.) .................................................. ........................... ....... "Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen" wrote in message ... What do you all do to "clear the palate" between big projects? Or do you feel the need to? sometimes I take a deliberate break after a big stitching to do some simple ornaments. At the moment I also have a travel project of "Miss Mary Mack" going - just black silouette stitching so it's straight counting, no deeper "thinking" required. Going to a musical festival this weekend, so I hope to get a lot done! Sue |
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I tend to break up my larger projects into sections and do something smaller
inbetween the parts. When I had about a third of my latest big project (the Yellow House Sampler) I took a break and did a calico cat on a huck towel to make into a bag for my youngest sister's birthday. I also learned how to knit socks, which does not bode well for the people in my family, who will now be over-supplied with hand-knit socks! Katrina L. |
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Jiminy wrote:
What do you all do to "clear the palate" between big projects? Or do you feel the need to? Something w/ simple shapes and bold colors This is usually what I do, too. Right now I'm working on Grandma's game (by Jeremiah Junction?). Between Fire & Ice (Kustom Krafts) and Dream lover (Silver Lining), I did a fun Diane Arthurs one--A Wild and Wack Woman lives here. Or I go from working on black to something on a light fabric to give my eyes a rest! -- Joan See my first-ever design he http://www.heritageshoppe.com/joan.jpg "Stitch when you are young and poor, frame when you are old and rich." - Elizabeth's (rctn'r) sister's MIL (Barbara Marr) |
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