I forgot to pack my camera, when packing for the retreat ... so photos will have to wait till Wednesday.
Midnight Moogies is done. A process that started back in 2006 is over at last. And a strange process it has been. My first mistake was using the recommended 14ct Aida. If I were starting over again I would use a 32ct or, better yet, a 36ct linen. My next mistake was starting at the center and working outward ... after making a rookie mistake in the orientation of the fabric. I ended up lopping off sections at the top and bottom and sewing them to the sides to correct this error which I didn't discover until well into the project. At that point I had already stitched the two right side cats and all the houses and shooting stars on the right as well. I really should have started over again at that point but I just didn't have the heart to do so. All I can say is I do not recommend stitching through three thicknesses of Aida even with the sturdiest of needles. I dislike Aida at the best of times but this was such torture that I put this piece away sometime in late 2006 and didn't resurrect it till October of 2012. It was one of my very oldest UFOs. I do like the individual cats though and I can see myself someday wanting to stitch one of them again: maybe as a cell phone case or a TV remote pocket. Not any time soon, mind you, but someday.
So, it is with great joy that I mark this project as DONE on the UFO sidebar. I am a little too old and arthritic for a happy dance but I can manage a few bars of the Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Please sing along with me.
Midnight Moogies is done. A process that started back in 2006 is over at last. And a strange process it has been. My first mistake was using the recommended 14ct Aida. If I were starting over again I would use a 32ct or, better yet, a 36ct linen. My next mistake was starting at the center and working outward ... after making a rookie mistake in the orientation of the fabric. I ended up lopping off sections at the top and bottom and sewing them to the sides to correct this error which I didn't discover until well into the project. At that point I had already stitched the two right side cats and all the houses and shooting stars on the right as well. I really should have started over again at that point but I just didn't have the heart to do so. All I can say is I do not recommend stitching through three thicknesses of Aida even with the sturdiest of needles. I dislike Aida at the best of times but this was such torture that I put this piece away sometime in late 2006 and didn't resurrect it till October of 2012. It was one of my very oldest UFOs. I do like the individual cats though and I can see myself someday wanting to stitch one of them again: maybe as a cell phone case or a TV remote pocket. Not any time soon, mind you, but someday.
So, it is with great joy that I mark this project as DONE on the UFO sidebar. I am a little too old and arthritic for a happy dance but I can manage a few bars of the Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Please sing along with me.
5 comments:
Huge congratulations for persevering and finally completing the Midnight Moogies. Have you decided how you are going to finish it?
Yeah you fininshed Moogies. Congratulations.
Linda
I think you'd rather see my dancing than hear my singing but it's a close run thing!
Congrats on the finish, perseverance pays off in the end.
Alleluia! Alleluia! You finished Moogies! It is such an unusual piece, I can't wait to see it! Alleluia!! :)
Sorry I'm so late coming to visit, but congratulations! Can't wait to see it! :)
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