His eye is on the Sparrow...

 His eye is on the Sparrow

After several "tear outs", 

I'm moving right along with this design

by Beth Twist from Heartstring Samplery.

Roof lines to stitch...

Houses to build.

While I am stitching on this very large project,

(31in. x 26in.), with a stitch count of 435 x 363,

 there is a lot of linen that over hangs my hoop.
(My linen is cut to 40in. x 34in.)

I use large bull nose clamps to hold my fabric 

"out of the way", while I stitch.  

The inside of the clamp is smooth,

so it doesn't harm my linen or stitches.

I roll my linen that hangs over the hoop

and then clamp it in place.

Somtimes, I roll the linen and then place the clamp

directly on the edge of my hoop,

while other times I just clamp the rolled linen.

Whichever works best at the moment.

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It does not matter how slowly you go

as long as you do not stop.

                           ~ Confucius

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Enjoy your end of the week...

Rose