A Busy Day with some old and some new - -

I finished my travel project.  It is Shepherds Bush Get Scared.  It was a fun stitch.  I was able to test out my new fancy wooden hoop.  I like it.  I am glad to have this done but now I have to figure out what is next to travel with.

I have also been continuing on Isle of Hope.   The pile of blankets are two quilts are done.  Then I moved on to the next row which has the heart.  This project goes rather quickly I suppose because it isn't very wide.

In 2004 I stitched this piece.  It is a sampler and I stitched it on an overdyed fabric.  The border was done with Jelly Bean overdyed floss.  I hated it.  The dark fabric just swallowed the whole design.  I was about to pitch it in the trash when I decided to toss it in some water with bleach.  Yes, bleach.  The next photo shows what happened.

How is that for a difference.  Now I can at least use the design or frame it.  It took a lot of courage to pour the bleach but I think it came out pretty good.  I have been chatting with internet friends about this project and decided to share it on the blog as well.