Pristine

Hey Blog Buddies,
Feeling somewhat guilty for all the new starts on my 2013 To-Do List, I decided to rescue this poor hardanger table topper from my UFO pile.  I started it in 2006, worked on it for a couple of months, and it's been folded up in a project bag ever since.

This is Pristine by Cindy Valentine Designs.

The design is almost two feet square,

and as you can see I have a fair amount done.

It's the largest hardanger project that I have ever started.

Back in 2006, I cut a thread from the ground

that I wasn't supposed to, and I freaked out.

There were also several smaller mistakes

(which I have yet to run across),

and so I decided to cut the fabric up

and save what fabric could be saved for smaller projects,

but fortunately I never did.

I'm older and calmer now.

After a bit of searching, I found the cut thread and

unwove it--not all the way--but to a place where I could anchor it.

Satin stitches are good anchors.

Then I took a thread from the very edge of the ground,

running in the same direction as the cut thread,

and wove that in its place.

You really can't see it, and it wasn't as hard to do as it sounds.

Next I decided to do the rows of satin stitches in the center.

I can see the look of horror on the faces

of those of you who do hardanger.

Why is she doing satin stitches after she started to cut?

Wellll, I believe what I was thinking in 2006 was

that I was just going to leave the center plain.

But now I want the satin stitches in,

so I'm taking a chance that it won't

loosen the ends of the cut threads.

(Kids, don't try this at home.)

I was hoping to have the center satins done

by the time I went to my next rotation piece,

but these satin stitches are taking a lot longer

to do than I had anticipated!

Isn't that always the way?

Here is a close-up of the corner design.

This will probably be a multi-year project

so I'm not going to bombard you guys with

photos of white-on-white hardanger

which will probably look virtually identical.

But I am hoping that this piece will stay in my rotation

until it's completely finished.

That's it for today.

Hope you are having a good day,

with maybe some stitching time thrown in.

Thanks for visiting!