Continuing with the 100 day stitch book challenge #stitchbookchallenge2026 hosted by Ann Wood.
I have a bunch of little left over triangles from another project. You know, those corners that are trimmed off and thrown in the trash. I could sew them together to make into 1" squares. Or I have dreams of stitching them to solid squares for a quilt, sort of like this quilt by Quilty Love. Of course, these would be much smaller squares than is used for that quilt, probably best for a mini quilt.
But that is sometime in the future. For now, I'll dip into the left over triange pile and use some in this little stitch book. I put as many as I could on the page. Day 6 was simply choosing colors and arranging and re-arranging the triangles onto the page and pinning in place.
On day 7, I started to stitch them down with a running stitch and black hand quilting thread. I decided about 1/2" between lines would be good.
I got a little bored stitching in the same direction. I tried a 90 degree turn, hoping to add some interest. I finished the running stitches on Day 8. I noticed that with the stitching lines 1/2" apart, that left some of the edges flapping. I'll have to figure something out to get those stitched down.
I forgot to take a picture on Day 9. I used the base of an Aurifil thread spool to randomly trace circles all over the surface and embroidered around each circle with different stitches with 2 strands embroidery floss. That took care of most of those loose edges I was concerned about.
To my eyes, and compared to the first page, this still looked very flat. The circles didn't pop out as much as I had imagined they would. I felt like something more was needed. But I didn't want to add fabric over the triangels, so for Day 10, I added embroidery stitches to the bottom of each triangle with 2 strands brownish embroidery floss.
It actually looks better in this picture. I can see the blue circles here, but in person they don't stand out as much. In the end, I feel like it's just a bunch of stitches. Which IS the idea of this challenge. But I think I am probably trying too hard to make it into something. I'll try to dial it back a little on the next page and let it be more organic and remind myself that more is not always better, sometimes more is just more.
Thanks for visiting and having a look at what I'm stitching on. I wish you sunshine and joy until next time!
