Shepherd’s Bush – Feather Stitching

I managed a small finish this week, after using this project as part of a few stitching challenges. I was determined to get it finished before Halloween this year! I was really disappointed with the threads in this kit, which is unusual for a Shepherd’s Bush kit – the threads were sooooo short it was really wasteful and caused so many ‘stop and starts’ through this piece that at one point I caved and purchased a full skein of the border thread just because it had started putting me off actually stitching on it. As soon as I had some longer threads to work with it gave me a boost to get it finished.

“Creepy Cushion” by Shepherd’s Bush
Started 20 January 2025 – Finished 12 October 2025
Stitched using kit fabric and threads

After hearing people talk about Halloween coming soon, I got a sudden urge to do a small bit of Halloween stitching … this little project has been sitting around for far too long in my ‘to be stitched’ pile, especially as the chart was on loan from a dear friend … so it finally got to see the light of day and I stitched it up over the last 2 days. Unfortunately I didn’t have any of the green Fuzzy Stuff thread for the witch’s hair, and I’m too impatient to wait until I order some, so I just decided to use the green DMC that is used for Frankenstein’s face. I also changed the fabric to something that I think suits it quite well 🙂

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“October” by Shepherd’s Bush
stitched on 32ct Thunderstorm Belfast linen
with recommended DMC threads, but using DMC instead of Fuzzy Stuff for witch’s hair

I managed to do quite a bit of stitching yesterday for the first time in weeks, and hope to have another happy dance in another day or two – a project I started in March this year when I was in NZ … and which was in my planned 2013 project stitching (Little Blue Potting Shed by Brown House Studio).