Throwback Thursday....

While going through "The Bin"

(the place unframed finishes live),

I found a couple of vintage finishes languishing

on the very bottom.  Time to bring them

back to life (at least briefly) on my blog.

My oldest.....

I still have this book but am too lazy to look for it!

Good old ivory 14ct. w/ DMC

Circa early 1980's

This was probably my first "big" project when

I started stitching.  I was definitely a teenager

when I started stitching it...maybe 15 or 16. 

My grand plans were to finish it as a wallhanging

 but it was not mean't to be. 

 

I remember the design had two colorways...

pink or yellow. I picked yellow to match

my teenage room... too bad it never

made it to the wall.

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Another oldie...

D Morgan "Home Again"

Stitched on 14ct w/ DMC

Circa early 1990's

I stitched this one in the early 1990's during

my lunch hour watching the Young & Restless. 

I just knew this would hang in my house

someday.   Not sure why I liked this one so much,

but needless to say, it has never seen my house!

My favorite memory of this one involves the

original chart, which I still have.   I used to

drink Slim-Fast for lunch

(back in the good days when it was a powder and you had to mix it in the blender).  

I left my container in my car one day and the

southern heat caused pressure to blow the top off

and spitting my remnants all over my chart,

which was laying on the seat.  

Thank goodness my stitching was spared!

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And even older....

P Buckley Moss "Sisters"

Stitched on 18ct aida w/DMC

Circa mid 1980's

I know I stitched this one in my teenage years and

only remember it seemed to take forever to

finish.  Pretty sure it was all of the half stitches

on18ct aida as well as the backstitching.

This was to be the first of many P Buckley Moss

designs I planned to stitch. I love her style. 

Unfortunately, it was the only one.

I still like this one.

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And lastly...

I still have this book too but am too lazy to look for it.

Stitched on 14ct aida w/DMC

1990

It is easy to see this one was stitch in 1990.  

Yes...it the proverbial "country" design that I

know we all have in our stash as well as finishes.

I do still like it, though, with the bright red

and greens of the melons

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Psst....I have a confession!

I used masking tape on my edges when I first

started stitching.  I can only imagine that I read

that somewhere because I can't imagine I

would think to do that at 15.

Yes....it has been stored that way all of these years

and I just tooked it off.   Sigh...I know.

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Well....how many of these have you stitched???

Thanks for visiting and happy stitching!