I used my 40% off coupon to Hobby Lobby and I bought the last Q-snap they had. Fortunately for me, it was the 6" x 6". I had used hoops in the past, but I hate the marks that are left on the fabric, and I detested how my oils and the dirt totally stick to the piece when using a hoop. I was very afraid that I was purchasing a very expensive hoop ($12 was the original price for the small size).
Now, I seem to have become a Serial Starter because I still have the baby sampler on the scroll rods, but I realized that Fall is just around the corner, and I promised myself that I would my make sons a Christmas ornament. They are actually my steps-sons, and while they aren't making actual noises with their complaints that everything I create only has the girls in it or on it or is for the girls, I have noticed that they look around in the house. My only defense is that they are rarely here, so it's hard to include them in pictures, etc.
But, to correct this, I pulled out a white opalescent Jobelan, and I used the Better Homes and Garden Christmas book I had to take the letters from the bell pull sampler to stitch individually - AND, I started using my new Q-snap. So, in getting ready for The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, I have a Christmas WIP.
The stitching went so fast on this smaller project that I didn't even realize how much I got done so quickly. The start of the project was just yesterday, and here was my progress through tonight:
If everything goes well, I will be turning this into a Christmas ornament by tomorrow night, and I should be very good to go for the other two boys before Christmas.
Absolutely beautiful. I really love this, it is sooo cute. Well done one being sucked into the wonderful world of Q snaps. They are a bit more expensive but totally worth it. I bought the duo which has enough pieces to make either a 14x14", 9x9" or 14x9" a good number of years ago and at the time it was very expensive but I still use it all the time. I am very tempted by the Q snap lap frame. Wonder how I can squeeze it into my budget :)
ReplyDeleteI have been avoiding the Q Snap - I had been using a 6" hoop and still do so for beading but have transitioned to stitching in hand - but someone told me that stitching in hand can cause all kinds of wrist problems - so I have been rethinking it - so now because of you I might break and try a small q-snap!
ReplyDeleteI understand that avoidance Jocelyn. I didn't want to "cave" in either, but I'm glad I did. My wrists and hands don't hurt while I'm using it.
DeleteI have only just found q snaps also, advice from the owner of my LNS, - I love them too.
ReplyDeleteYour ornament is way cute. How old are the boys?
Thanks! They like to remind me that they are my "step" sons, but I've never treated them as such. I'm hoping they won't complain about getting them. The eldest is 21, then (almost) 18 and then 16. We'll see how they like them. Each will have the first letter of his name stitched and then made into an ornament.
DeleteI know how that step thing is. You have so many great ideas, your blog is great to read.
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