Hornbook Finish Finished

I finally finish finished the hornbook. I finished the stitching and told you about it here. The meeting to learn how to mount the stitching on the hornbook was the night before Maddie's surgery. I was able to get it to the point of mounting it to the hornbook during the meeting, but with Maddie's surgery it had been sitting in my studio waiting for this last step until I had a bit of free time. While on Maddie watch my hubby and I have to alternate cores or put her in the crate while we are home. I hate to crate her if I don't have too since she is in it all day while we are at work and all night while we sleep. My computer is in the same room as her, so right now she is out and able to enjoy lying in the sun.

This was a Foothills Chapter EGA project. A member's husband made the hornbooks and she adapted a design for us to stitch and she instructed us on putting it on the hornbook. I think most people put it on their hornbook with the handle at the top so they could use the hole to hang it. I decided to mount it with the handle down which is how the original hornbook would have be oriented. The twisted cord I made for it originally was too skinny so I used it as a hanger and made a bigger cord to go around the stitching. As a side note, the original hornbook, would not have had those holes down the sides to hold threads since it was used as a means to learn the alphabet, math and other non-stitching related subjects.

Truth be told it has been finish finished for about a week, I just now got around to posting about it!

It was a lot of fun to do, THANKS Donna!

Hornbook Needlewomen Completed

The stitching and preparation to put this on the hornbook at our May 7 Foothills EGA meeting has been finished. I made a twisted cord with some #8 perle cotton in the main color (which I had to buy, everything else was from stash). Since the piece is small I decided to scan it on my scanner and as you can see the fabric color much better!

The designer of this Needlewomen is unknown. It was done using DMC floss (3328, 3053 & 712), Krienik #4 braid color #102 for her needle and is stitched on Zweigart's 32 count Apricot Belfast linen.

Have a GREAT day everyone!!

Hornbook Pre-stitching Progress - UPDATE

Today I thought I’d show you my progress on the May Foothills EGA project. It has pre-stitching and here is what I have done so far. The fabric I am using is a pale peach which did not show up so well in the photo. Hopefully I can get a better one when it is finished. It is approximately 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches and is stitched over two on 32 count fabric (in order for it to fit the hornbook) using two strands of floss. My threads are DMC colors 3328 (main color); 3053 (green "thread"); and 712 will be the "fabric" she is stitching on when I get it in there. I still have to put in her "needle" and plan to use some silvery gold #4 Kreinik braid.

*****UPDATE: Sorry designer is unknown*****

It has been fun so far. I outlined here skirt so that all I have to do there (and in area that is the fabric she is stitching on) is fill in the space. This way I do not need to look at the chart and can work on it wherever or whenever I want.

We need to have the stitching completed by May 7. The program is putting it on a hornbook, which are being made by one of our chapter members talented husbands. Here is the finished sample.

Happy Monday All!!