Lucy Landry Designs

February 16

TAST
Time once again for Take a Stitch Tuesday challenge by pintangle.  This week’s stitch is the Detached Chain Stitch otherwise known as the Lazy Daisy Stitch. At the suggestion of my very clever husband, I decided to continue with the … Continue reading →

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February 13

More Church Banners
I’ve been making more banners for First United Methodist Church in Tell City, Indiana.  The first set that I made in the fall were for ordinary time.  These new ones are for Lent and Advent.  Thorns in the Desert Lenten … Continue reading →

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February 10

Embroidery at Night
In the midst of all the things I’ve been busy with these days, it’s been nice to take a break at night and sit and embroider while my husband watches TV.  The “Take a Stitch Tuesday” challenge sponsored by pintangle … Continue reading →

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February 08

Wedding Dress Part III
After days of hand sewing, the lace skirt is ready to sew onto the bodice. The back seam will be sewn after the zipper goes in.  It’s almost the last thing to do.  Which means, I still have a bit … Continue reading →

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February 03

Take a stitch Tuesday
Yesterday I happened across an embroidery website by Sharon B. called pintangle.  She has a fun challenge going called Take a Stitch Tuesday where every week she posts a different embroidery stitch to explore, create, post, and share.  I’d been … Continue reading →

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February 01

Wedding Dress Part II
Time to get to the nitty-gritty with this lace.  I’ve done a fair amount of sewing over the years including other wedding dresses, but nothing with lace like this lace.  It has a lot of open netting that has a … Continue reading →

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January 28

Wedding Dress Part I
At last I have made some real progress with Alison’s wedding dress.  It’s going slowly.  I’m taking my time to get everything perfect.  Or at least close to that ideal. Neither Alison or Martha, my artist daughters, would draw up … Continue reading →

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January 23

Flower Power
The new year started off with a renewed effort to clean out.  It was time to fix up Martha’s former room into guest room number two and also my second workroom.  Now that room is all freshly painted and cleaned … Continue reading →

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January 09

Dolls on Display
I spent the morning helping to put up a fiber art show.  It was rather tiring, but the end product was worth the effort.  The show, which is called “Ten Years in the Swamp,” is located at the Bluebonnet Swamp … Continue reading →

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January 07

Goldenrod Embroidered Box
Today may be January, but you’d never know it by the weather we’ve been having.  Even for Baton Rouge, it is unseasonably warm at 74.  It was a gorgeous day with a vibrant blue sky.  Kind of makes me think … Continue reading →

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