I really wanted a cute project bag to take on vacation. My mom gave me the main fabric years ago. It was leftover from a pillow blanket she made many years ago. I had the perfect fabric to go with it and off I went. I made the large bag, a small zipper pouch, thread catcher, project mat and wrist keychain (not pictured). Tangled progress. This is at 72.16% complete. That's 197,210 stitches down 76,070 stitches to go And I have a finish! My travel project is complete! My Stained Glass Purple Rose is complete. It has been on several adventures but finally it's done. This is 27,783 stitches. Started 13 Jun 2025 and finished 13 July 2026.
I've had some questions about my process for adding embroidered details to my blocks. So here is my process. I start by removing the paper from my block (if it's a fpp block). I do not square up my block first. I am careful about being aware of the edges and don't stitch closer than about 1/8" from where I estimate the finished edge will be. I can always go back and add stitches but if the stitches get cut when squaring up the block. Finished Appa block with no embroidery I use 2 strands of black Anchor embroidery floss. When the embroidery line does not follow along a seam line or an obvious outline I use this disappearing marking pen to roughly draw the embroidery line. Because it is air and water soluble I only mark small sections at at time. Roughly what I can get done in 15-20 minutes. Small section drawn on as a guide. I take 2 to 3 backstitches at a time. Trying to keep the stitches small and even. The next section is drawn on. Using the guide in the pattern I ...