Embroidery strip 2020 - 29 March - 4 April

Week 14
(Delayed)

I am catching up with week 15.

25 million stitches

The second panel is finish. I showed the first half here.

Third quarter

Final section

Interesting how just a bit over overlapping- cross stitch and couching - makes the colour brighter.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 22-28 March

Week 13

This week I chose colours that reflected the sections, for instance green on green and brown on brown. Some blended in so well they disappeared, some more noticeable.

Embroidery Strip 2020 - 15-21 March

Week 12

This week I used threads that are in the orange range. Well, some are more close to yellow, but I haven’t got much orange in my stash.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 8-14 March

Week 11

This week I used threads of purple hues.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 1-7 March

Week 10

This week I used threads with green.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 23-29 February

Week 9

This week I chose threads with red or pink.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 16-22 February

Week 8

I chose threads that were blue, contained blue or grey/black.

My evening work spot

Just to show you how I use the carrying bowl for my daily embroidery.

And my Valentine roses! And the 25Million stitching project.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 9-15 February

Week 7

I decided to use my threads that are yellow, orange, or containing those colours.

25 million stitches

Halfway through the second panel.

Using the old hoop from my 7570 Pfaff for shape.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 3-8 February

Week 6

The next set of embroidered sections on the blanket yarn.
These are mostly done on the cream sections.

Embroidery strip 2020 - 26January-2February

Week-5

The next set of embroidered sections on the blanket yarn.

Visual Thoughts and Ideas

Sometimes planning is about auditioning. Will these work or will they change?

Embroidery strip 2020 - 19-25 January

Week 4 -

I was trying to describe the strip of wool I am embroidering. I could not remember the vendor at all.

This week, I suddenly got an email out of the blue, a newsletter from Ragged Life. I thought, what is this about? I’m not interested in rag rugs? So I was scrolling down to the bottom to unsubscribe and Oh! And I saw a roll of wool like this. It is called Blanket Yarn. And when I had a look, I discovered I can buy a similar ball to this. And then I will not have to worry about finishing the year when this runs out.  I think I must have signed my name to the newsletter list, but I know that this is the first one I have received. I am glad it came

Embroidery strip 2020- 12-18 January

Week 3

The other day Kathy asked me some questions about the parameters of my daily project.
This was my reply:
The selvedges are 3xm if you don’t count the fringe. The sections are between 9 and 10 cm long. The white/ cream section has 3 sections which alternate the weave. So I am counting that section as 3. It looks like the weave alternates between the 2 different patterns, whether colour or plain.
So each repeat - between the “strings” - is 18.
If I counted right , I think there are 15 repeats. Which doesn’t make a whole year, even if you do something to each of the 3 strings between repeats and count them as 3 days each.🤔 so, I am holding on for another bright idea to turn up before we get to that point.
Thanks for asking!

So, what is new.

I did finish the 24,000 bead project, but still need to take a photo. I am still thinking how to hang/mount/present it.

But, I have finally got my head round the 2020 project.
Last spring, I bought this unique ball of wool selvedge. One stand hand loads of these balls that were being used to do large knitting or crochet. Most were one colour or just 2. But this one caught my eye because of the variety of colours.

 I knew I wanted to embroider onto it, but needed time to work things out. As the year went on, I decided I would take a break from the beading and do a daily embroidery instead. Because of the sections of wool strips, it would work well to use this ball.

Then it came to the New Year, and the thread I had decided on wasn’t going to work. It rather got lost between the weave because it was too thin. (Upper right on photo below) Because I was still coughing my brains out, I couldn’t really think about what to do. But finally I got round to considering, and realised my pearle cotton was just right.

I caught up and then needed to do photos. Which I have finally done. So this is up to the 11th.

I am not making any real rules. What I chose for thread on the day, and how I feel about the stitch...duplicating doesn’t matter.

Number 12 in progress

 I have counted the sections...I may come back along and stitch over the threads between the larger sections of 18. I don’t think it will last a whole year, but I have plenty of time to work out what happens next.

25 million stitches

making progress  on the second panel. Because I used a circular embroidery hoop on the first one, I thought I would use a somewhat square hoop from one of my machines. That wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. 😅
So I decided it would be ok to draw light lines with a pencil. So the second attempt looks a bit better. Keep going... I am going to try a few different designs within the shapes.

25 million stitches

I posted a few weeks ago about a hand stitching project I am taking part in called 25 million stitches,

A new public art engagement project that aims to raise awareness about the global refugee crisis. (it could quite easily be more, depending on the source, but that is the number they are going with.)

I have finished the first length of fabric, they call them panels.

Trying to show you closer with a video. Pardon any wobbles! I haven’t done much with closeup videos.

I like working with the variegated crochet cotton.
The circles are inspired by my hoop.😁 I don’t usually use a hoop, but this is one layer of fabric, so I knew the stitches would not stay flat if I didn’t use a hoop.
I have started another panel. I am working with a more colourful variegate crochet cotton now. I have a squarer hoop this time, but I’m going to have to work at it more if it is going to look good enough to do not quite squares all across the length.

More Stitches

I recently heard about another stitching project. 25 million stitches. ONE STITCH FOR EACH OF 25 MILLION REFUGEES

Jennifer Kim Sohn asked What do 25.9 million people look like? and then set out to answer as she grappled with the enormity of the world’s refugee crisis. 25 million people across the globe have been forced to flee their homelands as a consequence of genocide, war, poverty, natural disasters, targeted violence, and other grave threats.

Sohn began asking volunteers to hand stitch on fabric panels. thousands of embroidered panels, each representing 100 refugees. The final result will be displayed in a 2020 exhibit that will coincide with World Refugee Day on June 20. 

The two objectives of the project are:

1. To engage as many people as possible to raise awareness of the global refugee crisis and

2. To amass 25 million stitches to visually represent the sheer volume of this astronomical figure of refugees.

So, as this is also something that is heavy on my heart, I decided to join in on the project. Something that can keep my hands occupied, as well as helping to raise awareness.