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December 18, 2007
Take a Stitch Tuesday weeks 51 and 52
Posted by SharonB under Challenges, Hand Embroidery, Needlework, Take a Stitch Tuesday, Take it Further challenge | Tags: Challenges, embroidery, Hand Embroidery, Needlework, stitching, TAST |[33] Comments
In a Minute Ago 
December 18, 2007 at 8:13 am
Thanks so much for putting your time and effort into this challenge, Sharon. It must have had you whirling at times! I have done quite a few of the stitches and need to get them posted to the appropriate week. I will continue to use these stitches in my current CQ and will update as I go along.
Thanks again and I am SO looking forward to 2008!!!
December 18, 2007 at 10:25 am
Hi Sharon –as I have often said I have enjoyed this challenge immensely not only for the stitching side of it but also for getting me started on a blog.
I have made some wonderful friendships because of this and hopefully this will continue as we work together on TIF next year.
I would also like to say that never once did I consider dropping out of TAST even though I did get behind on several occasions and now I have an excellent reference library of stitches- many of which I had never heard of before.
Thank you so much Sharon and lastly I would like to wish yourself and Gerry a wonderful Christmas filled with love and happiness.
Doreen
http://doreeng.blogspot.com/
December 18, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I, too, want to say how much I enjoyed seeing the new stitches every week and keeping them for a wonderful reference.
I have used a number of them in projects, and I intend to work them into the TIF challenge next year.
Thx so much, Sharon, for leading us. I’m not blogging myself, but I’m reading hundreds of them thru Bloglines. I appreciate that lead almost as much as the stitches….Happy Holidays!
December 18, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Sharon, I’ve never questioned whether it was worth continuing and I’ve always looked forward to the next stitch. I think there is only one I did not practise. And I’m very glad I’ve made it to the end. It has been fun all year long and I thank you for all the work you have done.
Apart from stitching, this brought me to the blog community, where I met wonderful persons and learnt a lot too.
Now I have to find a way to keep all those samples plus the one I made in your courses…
Have a nice holidays!
December 18, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Hi Sharon, thank you so much for this year of learning, I managed to more or less keep up and I have posted my TAST 51 in my blog as we leave for 10 days on Kangaroo Island on Thursday and I wouldnt be able to scan it while we are away. I had an hour or so this afternoon to do it before a big family gathering tonight. I NEEDED to sit and relax.
All the best for Christmas and the New year to you and your husband. I look forward to next years challenge.
on my blog http://backvalleyseasons.blogspot.com
December 18, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Hi Sharon, thank you for TAST, I think that everyone has got a huge amount from it…
I have hesitated about the take it further challenge but with your deadline it is time to decide and you can put me down as a participant I know that I will get a lot from it…annie
December 18, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Hi Sharon,
I also will thank you so much for all the hours you have put is this challenge the past year.
I have done all the stitches and it was a joy to learn so many new ones.
I didn’t embroidery much before I started your Encrusted class last January.
Now I see I have many more different stitches to use, and that is so nice.
I wish you and your family a lovely Christmas week.
Ati.
December 18, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Hi Sharon,
for me this has been a real learning experience because i had a very limited embroidery knowledge. it has been enriching, frustrating at times, exhilarating and the chance of getting in contact with like minds has been priceless.
Thank you so much for this opportunity, your time and your generosity.
Merry Christmas
peace
neki desu
December 18, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Testing us to the end, a lovely twisted stitch to finish with. Thank you Sharon for all the work you have put into this. I wish you and yours all the best for Chistmas and look forward to joining you for Take it Further.
December 18, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Sharon, although I fell by the wayside a bit during TAST I thoroughly enjoyed the stitches I DID manage to try, and also The Personal Library of Stitches class I took earlier in the year. My terrestial stitching friends are amazed to hear we all learn and practise our stitching on line, LOL. I’ve been clicking on the TIF links and offering encouragement to the newbies, and I’ve noticed a few novice bloggers using other systems than Blogger can’t receive my comments. Just thought I’d mention it, as I use Blogger I can’t seem to comment on WordPress blogs unless the setup is a certain way. Works for yours, so your setup must be OK. See you at TIF Challenge in the New Year,
Hooroo and a very Happy Christmas to you and yours,
Christine
http://missmuffettwo.blogspot.com/
December 18, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Thanks from me, too, Sharon. As you know, you got me started blogging, which is a great pleasure. With my computer problems the past few weeks, I’ve not done TAST samplers, though I have made a few stitches to try them out. I found it a struggle to keep up, but even when I didn’t do much stitching, I so much enjoyed seeing what everyone else was doing. And I’m so glad to have all these stitches for future reference and experimentation.
May the new year bring you rich blessings.
December 19, 2007 at 1:05 am
There’s a new pic on my blog of pistil stitch and the double detatched chain. I’m working the last two, chain bar and spanish feather as I browse right now. I endorse what others have said, this has been a great challenge and I’ve enjoyed it immensely. Now i’m on the last ones it feels like a real achievement! Sharon, thank you so much.
http://www.embroideryoverlaps.com
December 19, 2007 at 1:09 am
Sharon good days, good hill and I do not know if your new challenge 2008, but will be 12 is just easier for me, besides this in my area of work .. And also I would like to take the kind of surfaces on January 24 … kisses
Nela
December 19, 2007 at 1:12 am
Hi Sharon, thanks so much for this challenge, even though I have so far only managed half the stitches but it has led me on to so many other things. I still plan to do them and will be posting the results on my webpage as they are done.
Having looked at your new challenge, I can see its exactly the next level I need, so I would love to participate,if that is ok. 12 projects seems like a much more managable number for me.
December 19, 2007 at 1:20 am
Will the Sumptuous Surfaces class also explain some of the stitches? I read the course description and it sounds great -but I am not very facile with embroidery stitches – which is why I wish I had caught on to TAST when it began !!
December 19, 2007 at 2:17 am
Congrats to all who stitched all year – I think I only made it to the end of January!
Thank you so much Sharon for all of your hard work. I’m really looking forward to your new challenge (and there’s only 12 this time!)
December 19, 2007 at 7:14 am
Marie I have drpped you an email but you asked if the “Sumptuous Surfaces class also explain some of the stitches”
There are full step by step directions for the stitches in the lessons. If the stitch I refer to is in my online stitch dictionary I point students there but otherwise they are illustrated.
The web address for the stitch dictionary is http://inaminuteago.com/stitchindex.html
December 20, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Dear Sharon and all other challengers,
I have done them all and have enjoyed all of it. I have been busy but this has been not so time consuming and I have been able to keep with the rythm. I have used the stitches on my cq blocks, RR blocks and other embroidery work.
I wish you the Joy of Christmas and I want to share your TIF in 2008!
Love,
Helina in Finland
http://www.flickr.com/photos/helinacq/
December 20, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Hi Sharon, we are on Kangaroo Island on holiday but i did complete my Spanish feather stitch and it is on my blog. I had a few problems with this stitch but once I worked it out it is a lovely and useful stich to know.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and i am looking foreward to next years challenge, ok so I have said this before but then I was home, now I am on Kangaroo island.
http://backvalleyseasons.blogspot.com
December 21, 2007 at 2:30 am
I’m one who has fallen behind, but I wanted you to know that I have fully appreciated what you have done for us by way of that challenge. Each iota of time and effort on your part was more worthwhile than you could every imagine. I will be continuing the challenge, if only as a personal one. Of course just as I thought I had a manageable approach to 2008 challenges and classes, you offer the irrisistible temptation of Sumptuous Surfaces!
December 21, 2007 at 2:21 pm
I’ve finished 51 & 52. You can see the most recent at: vivian-institches.blogspost.com/. The whole challenge is on my flicker site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/64179668@N00/
Thanks again to Sharon for the time and effort spent on this challenge. We have all learned much and I am sad that it is over, I’ll miss my weekly challenge. However, I look forward to the new challenge.
December 22, 2007 at 1:25 am
I never gave up on TAST but I have fallen way behind, only managing French Knots and Bullions in the second half of the year (FK’s took me 4 weeks and bullions took 6!) I think I may be better suited to TIF, to which I am really looking forward.
Congratulations to every one who took part, especially those who saw it through to the end. I have enjoyed seeing your efforts immensely and the whole experience has been enriched by your taking time to post each week. Thank you all and not least, thank you Sharon for the incredible amount of work you put into this challenge.
CA
December 23, 2007 at 7:27 am
Well Sharon I have done my week 51 and 52 challenges and they have arrived in my 200th posting on the blog so I have achieved 2 milestones at the same time.
Thank you for getting me started on this great journey.
Merry Christmas
Doreen
http://doreeng.blogspot.com/
December 25, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Strange feeling, it is the end of TAST!
Thank you Sharon for this pleasure all round the year!
My last sampler can be seen at
http://aufildujardin.blogspot.com/2007/12/tast-last-weeks.html
or
December 27, 2007 at 1:43 pm
All good things must come to an end or so some say. Thank you Sharon for all your hard work making it possible for us to enlarge our stitching library with the TAST Challenge! My Chained Bar may be seen here:
http://normasneedlez.blogspot.com
December 27, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Oops! should have mentioned the Spanish Feather Stitch is also posted on my blog. All done! Now to have fun with them!
http://normasneedlez.blogspot.com
December 28, 2007 at 7:23 am
I have made the last stitches, they are here:
http://www.isetegija.net/index.php?ind=blog&op=home&idu=2796&singlepost=24742
I can’t thank You enough for this wonderful year! I have enlargered my view on embroidery, I discovered that it can be used almost everywhere in handcrafting. I already miss it, and I’m thinking about how to continue stitching regularly in future.
So thank You and Happy New Year!
Freddy.
December 30, 2007 at 11:30 am
I have completed and posted my TAST for the year. This weekly challenge has been a pleasure to me. I couldn’t wait for the next Tuesday to arrive. A few stitches were -dare I say- quite nasty and I vowed never to do one again. I ‘ve decided to redo these harder ones and with patience I hope to make them look good. LOL
Like everyone else who has done the TAST, I appreciate the time and effort you have given to us Sharon. I am sure you cloned yourself several times to accomplish this feat.
I have joined the TIF, which I feel is way outside my square and so I will be looking at everyone’s blog to give me some clues. The eye candy is ever a delight to me.
My thanks to all who commented on my blog.
I wish you a very healthy and happy New Year.
cheers Maureen
http://crazyqstitcher.wordpress.com/
December 31, 2007 at 6:55 pm
I did it! I just finished Spanish Feather Stitch and posted my sampler to my blog:
http://blog.orangerugyarn.com///index.php/musings/2007/12/31/tast_i_did_it
January 1, 2008 at 9:45 am
I’m just careening in under the wire with my weeks 51 and 52 (at least here in Canada!). I know you’re already celebrating where you are. Thank you soooo much Sharon for all you’ve done for us over the past year. I have enjoyed every second of the challenge and now have a wonderful library of stitches I can continue to play with in the future. You are absolutely a wonderful inspiration!
All good wishes to you and yours for the year to come!
Cheers
Mary Anne
http://magpiesmumblings.blogspot.com
January 1, 2008 at 12:19 pm
I have finished my last few stitches and posted them at Flickr and on my Blog. This challenge has been a joy to do – Thank you so much Sharon.
I’m so looking forward to the new challenge…
http://luciscreativeadventures.blogspot.com/
January 2, 2008 at 12:31 am
Here’s my Chained Bar sample: http://faffingabout.blogspot.com/2008/01/tast-chained-bar-stitch.html. Only one more to go. Happy New Year, Sharon!
January 7, 2008 at 12:48 am
Here’s my final sample for Spanish feather stitch: http://faffingabout.blogspot.com/2008/01/tast-spanish-feather-stitch.html. I’ve finally finished the challenge so thanks very much, Sharon, for all your hard work in putting it together.