AlwaysStitching

  The twelfth man is finished, along with his two flower motifs. I stitched the smaller sections in darning stitch and the two large bi...

I have taken the last panel of my Skyros Men out of my floor stand and oval hoop for the last two men and four remaining small motifs. I w...

I haven't entirely neglected my Skyros Men. Circumstances over the last weeks have meant I've found less  time to sit at the large f...

I traced up my third chair panel of Skyros Men as soon as I finished the second one. By careful manipulation, I managed to get all four men ...

The small motifs are finished off and the second panel for my chair is out of the frame and ironed. I pinned the new panel...

I have the scent of a finish for my second Skyros panel, so made good progress on the eighth Skyros man. Again, he is worked with the grai...

The seventh Skyros Man was the first of the men to be stitched not on the straight grain of the linen, but slightly on a slant. In order to ...

The sixth Skyros man is to the right of the fifth - another one of the flower-holding ones. Again, I worked his pantaloons in Bokhara stit...

Yes, I have been progressing my Skyros Men in the daylight hours, with the fifth man now finished. I need to take frequent breaks to rest...

Stitching the first finished panel on to the chair cover was an exercise in pinning, adjusting, repinning - and manipulating a lot of fairly...

Since returning from Kangaroo Island, I have been working in daylight hours to finish the first Men of Skyros panel. I had four small motifs...

The last of the four Men of Skiros in this first block for my chair is wearing a long coat. I have used Bokhara stitch for the coat, to give...

I am very happy so far with my Bokhara and Darning Men of Skyros, but thought I'd try a lattice on the pantaloons of the third of the me...