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If you've come from the main "Now Stitching" page, this page will show you the steps that went before. You can follow projects from the glimmer of an idea through completion.

If you want to see the latest posts, click here to go directly to works in progress now.

I don't post new patterns until I have stitched them. But I can give you a sneak peek at what's in the works. Every few days we post a screen shot during design or a picture of designs as I'm stitching them.

This archive is the history of those posts.

The entries in this archive are in date order from top to bottom.

February 7

Mother's Day Design Suggests Another Alphabet

Alternate Design with Outline Text

The cross stitches are now done for the main portion of the center florals. With the lettering next, I'm surprised how much I like it with only the backstitched outline. Because of this, I'll wait to add cross stitches in the lettering until the rest is finished, so I can decide whether I like it better with only the outline.

I also like the florals and can imagine calling it complete as is, but I will finish it as called for in the original design. I'll stitch the blue circle next and follow with the border. As I complete each remaining step, I'll be ready to rip out stitches if I think the design works better as is.

By the way, I'm really beginning to like the lettering in this project, so I will use it as the basis for a couple of new alphabets. Check back with Now Stitching to see how they progress.

Keep on Stitching,

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February 12

Completed Curling Ribbon Alphabet

Click here for the Curling Ribbon Pattern

Curling ribbon makes a nice finishing touch on any present. This alphabet mimics that effect. As with most of my alphabets, I've designed narrow versions of some of the wider capital letters for those times when you must squeeze text into a small space.

One difference in these letters is that you can alter the "curl," from a simple angled end to a full circle. (See the final row in the pattern pdf.) You can change the "length" of the angled end, as shown in the "m" and "n" examples.

Keep on Stitching,

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February 18

Italic Outline Alphabet

Here's the beginning of one of the promised outline alphabets.

Outlines seem to have "weight" by roping off some space rather than filling it with color. They work well in places where the letters need to fill an area but you don't want to overpower the surrounding design elements.

Of course, if you like the alphabet but want it filled in, you can certainly do that, too.

Keep on Stitching,

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Track designs introduced here as they develop. Click here for March, 2009.

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