Summer Stitch School 2011 Wrap-up

First, I want to thank everyone who left comments here or at Flickr on the stitch school entries. It helped keep me motivated knowing people appreciated the work. This is the first time I have tried a long series, and to be honest I wasn't sure if I would make it to the end. It has been some work to make the samplers and take the photos. But it turned out to be quite enjoyable to take a closer look at some different stitches, some of which I use often and some never. So often we just use the stitches in the standard way without much thought about how we could vary them to get a special effect. But now the idea is there, and it can be built on. It's definitely worth a small amount of time to just practice a little, even if you don't have hours and hours to spend. After you have done a stitch a few times, it becomes part of your stitching experience. Then it's easier to think of the stitches when you work a project because they are closer to you than otherwise.

I put together a little mosaic of all the samplers, just for fun.

I have no idea if I will put them together in some way. I might because it would be nicer than a bunch of loose cloths. I will say these are definitely fun to have.

As for what's next. This isn't the last time I will do this sort of thing, but I don't know what form the next presentation will take. I am contemplating some sort of stitch shcool as early as this fall, but it will be shorter. I will be considering what might be interesting to do!