Confession

I have a confession to make.....while I love my circus quilt project and I know I still have puppy blocks to finish... I... brace yourselves... have been working on something else as well. You see, Ivy mentioned (and I agreed) that it was kind of... boring looking around here and I should do something to spruce it up. So in the interest of making things nice for my guests (see how I justify) I've started working on a new banner design....

I really love how it is turning out but working with the dress linen is taking some getting used too. When I tried hooping it just by itself it was too stretchy(?). I'm not sure that's the right word but I was having tension issues. I bought some tear away stabilizer and that helps but I'm having to adjust how I stitch. Normally, especially with stem stitch, I'm more of a sewer. The stabilizer doesn't have any give at all so I'm having to use more of a stab approach. I think it still looks ok but I feel slower than normal.