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Thanks! That's true - similar to a Chatelaine, on a Teresa Wentzler you go back over the same area multiple times to put in new details.

Wow! How fun!

LOL! I am definitely over that border! :D It looks great, but I probably should have done more as I was going along.

Very much relieved! :D It was fun to work on, but definitely took awhile to finish up all the details. I'm almost overwhelmed by what to work on next, since I feel so free now! :D

@@StitchinMommy I went back and watched your first video for old times sake last night 😂😂 I did not realize you had your husbands Simpsons piece for that long!! Maybe you could make it…not like a focus on a finish but more of a focus so you can get closer to a finish 😂😂 I have no room to talk though, I have pieces still from when I was in high school 20 years ago 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

@@jennthecaffeinatedcrafter5679 Yes! I had started Simpson ages ago with a 1 strand half stitch on 32 count, since that’s the smallest fabric I was aware of at the time. But I really didn’t like it and never worked on it. Then I discovered new fabrics once finding Flosstube and found out about 40ct evenweave, which was pretty new at the time. I restarted it (after also recharting it cuz the paper pattern was terrible to use), and the rest is history! It has still been slow going because I’m trying to keep it a secret. But I think I can make my new goal, so that’ll feel good to have it done, too. 👍🏻

@@jennthecaffeinatedcrafter5679 oh, and I have several WIPs from high school also! 🤪

That's so fun that you've been along for the entire stitchy journey! :D

How fun that you're stitching the Friendship design! :D I actually made amazing progress on the teacup yesterday and almost finished it! So, I'm going to continue on with it today to finish it before moving on to Lollipop. I'm taking some liberties with the backstitching instructions, but it will still follow the spirit of the piece. ;)

@@StitchinMommy I am sure the Teacup will be wonderful. I just told Marilyn you were stitching on it. She surprised me with the news that she has started a flosstube and that she mentioned Topsy Turvy in her first one. I am off to find hers.

@@carla_mc Oh fun! I’ll have to go find her, too. 😊

Currently no new Teresa Wentzler's on the horizon, but I still have one WIP - Fantasy Triptych that comes out every once in awhile. I think the next likely candidates of hers are a series of small seasonal band samplers that I'd like to stitch. :)

I do enjoy stitching half stitch on the full coverage pieces that I've chosen to stitch that way. It can make the project faster for sure. There are a few pieces that could have benefitted by doing it with a full cross - like the Visit Endor piece - because it would make the design details flow better. But I can't imagine stitching the rest of that piece with a full cross - I'd get so bored with all that block stitching! On Verdal, it is 40 count, so for me that is too small to stitch a full cross with DMC thread. Especially with a full coverage design. The smallest I will go to do a full coverage with a full cross is 28 count. I have stitched some non-full coverage designs with a full cross on 32 count and they were tight. If you want to stitch with a full cross on 40 count, you would need a finer thread than DMC, which would then make it hard to source all the colors for a full coverage pattern - but could definitely work for a sampler with fewer colors.

Yes, I watch him. :) I actually still have another Teresa Wentzler WIP - Fantasy Triptych - that I pull out once in awhile. I don't have any immediate plans to start any more of hers, but on the short list would be a small seasonal series of band samplers I have by her. :)

Thanks! :D My oldest is actually going to be a senior in high school next year - that's crazy to me!