Today I went back through and tied off all the dangling threads and finished the odd stitch that was left for later.
cottons pieced together to mend a torn jacket
Visible mending using scraps of Japanese cotton
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 65
Here's the other side of the collar. Now that the collar is finished I can start to work on the sleeves.
day 64, stitch a day, 2017, visible mending
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 64
The other side of the collar
collar patched with visible mending
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 63
And this finishes up the collar.
visible mending using cottons hand dyed in the indigo vat
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 62
Filling in little bits and pieces around the odd corners.
block printed cotton using clay resist and indigo dye used in visible mending repair
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 61
Having finished the back and most of the front I've moved onto the collar which I've patched with scraps of clay-resist printed cotton that's been indigo dyed. There's also a small scrap of a handwoven cotton I picked in one of the water towns near Shanghai and a few other random bits that filled in the small spaces.
Sashiko Stitching on board clamped shibori indigo
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 60
Day 60, the end of the second month! I'm one-sixth of the way to my goal. And I've got a large new pile of hand-stitching to get onto. I'm going to start teaching visible mending classes at a local shop, and am putting together some indigo dyed pillow projects to teach as well. But I have every intention of keeping at my stitch a day project. It just maey need to be on some new pieces.
Stitching around resist dyed indigo dots
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 59
Lots of shades of blue here. And again, a day without many stitches. I'm in the midst of a remodel, with a wonderful new studio space in the works, and have been spending a good amount of time on the endless decisions that need to be made. Not much time left for stitching. And the bit of spare time I did have I used for a game of Catan with friends, which is a great way to spend an evening.