Daffy's Stitchy Friends

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Successful Hermitage



This past weekend was International Hermit and Stitch Weekend or IHSW. I am pleased to say I had a great one! Now, I will admit to snooping blogs a bit (but one has to keep up on their reader or it gets out of hand so fast) but for the most part I stitched and it was glorious. Lots of progress has been made on La D Da's A Bird in Hand:


Nina's threads are very pretty, with subtle variation in color. You can see more of them on her site ~ click here. Oh, and she is making pretty jewelry too ~ must see!

If you'd like to join us during the next IHSW it will be the 3rd full weekend in April. Click the link above for more information.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!
xox

43 comments:

Carrie said...

Adorable!

I haven't done a IHSW yet, think I might have to join in next time!

Anonymous said...

Hello

Your Bird in the Hand project is looking great.

You had a really great IHSW.

Carol said...

Very nice progress, Sharon--glad to hear you're enjoying those pretty threads from Nina :)

Annie said...

Gorgeous colors, both threads and fabric. That really looks like a fun stitch!

valerie said...

Great progress on the birdie! :)

Anne said...

It's looking beautiful Sharon! I love her threads even though I haven't ever used them, they look wonderful! I hear you on the blogs getting out of hand! I managed to get my reader down to 7!!!

Barbi said...

OH! I love how this is stitching up for you!

Krista said...

Your Bird is looking very pretty! I just picked up some of Nina's threads too, can't wait to use them. Glad you had a productive IHSW, me too :)

Lynn said...

Oh I do like those colours you've chosen! It looks great so far!!

Margaret said...

Just gorgeous! You're making me feel the urge to go find this chart now. lol!

Claudette497 said...

Your fabric really sets this off - it's looking great!

Pumpkin said...

Ouuuuu...this IS turning out really pretty Sharon!

Lana said...

Bird in hand is gorgeous!!! Yes! Def. have to keep up on that reader, it snowballs pretty quickly!!!

Jan said...

Very pretty.

Anonymous said...

Great work done during your weekend. Very pretty.

Ziggyeor said...

Very pretty. I do stitching on the 3rd Saturday but I can never seem to hermit away.

Veronica said...

So pretty. The colours are great!

Hugs,
Veronica.

Debbie (Little Gingham Bear) said...

that looks great - the threads are lovely xx

Diane (di) said...

Love the colors and the border in this piece, Sharon.

(that fabric choice is great, too!) :)

Lesleyanne said...

Glad you had a good IHSW. Great progress on your lovely project.

Nina said...

Oh, I really love this progress :)
Thank you!!

Christine said...

That is so pretty Sharon, I love the colours

Angela said...

So cute.

I seen seeing Nina's thread and fabrics on a few blogs recently and may well have to purchase some but I think I need to get the old needle and fabric in touch with each other first though.

Chris said...

The colors on this are wonderful :)
Great Progress.

Mouse said...

ooo well done you got lots stitched :) looks gorgeous and love hermitting ... and a good excuse eh ?? love mouse xxxx

Sadie said...

It's looking great, very pretty colours indeed :-)

Susan said...

Great start and very pretty threads.

Unknown said...

What a lovely stitch!
Nina's threads are fabulous.

Angela said...

Great progress! I love this overdyed color you are using for the bird :) I will have to take a further look at Nina's threads to see if I will like them more than the other ones out there! LOL

Angela said...

I meant to add that I love your dyed fabric you are stitching this one with :)

Sue said...

Your Bird in the Hand looks fabulous.

Sally said...

I love this Sharon. The colours are beautiful.

I just had my second IHSW and it was very successful so will definitely be joining in with as many as I can :)

Karyn said...

Your IHSW sounds awesome!
I love your progress on "Bird In Hand," it's just gorgeous...and Nina's threads are divine, I have been wanting to try them myself and I think I just might after seeing your WIP.
Hugs
Ma

Meari said...

Sounds like a successful weekend of stitching. Love the colors!

Carmen said...

cute stitching!.

butterfly said...

So pretty love your colours, enjoy your week.

weustygirl said...

gorgeous update, thank you for sharing. I just did my first IHSW last weekend and it was great, lovely to see what everyone got up to

Joysze said...

Well, at least one of us stitched. LOL!!!! I love the pinks in here. :D

Sigh.... that blasted reader, I tell ya, those numbers keep churning up and just will NOT slow down... ;)

Annette said...

You made a big progress in your weekend!
Hope te next one is also a good one..

Kate said...

Such beautiful progress, great job!

Catherine said...

Great colors on this piece!

Bea said...

That's great progress on your bird. This was my first IHSW and I think I will be joining in as often as I can. I love the fabric you're using.

Louise said...

Hi Sharon, I am finally making some comments (I finally learnt how to do them). I absolutely love reading about your stitching projects. Thank you for sharing.

Louise