I can't believe that I actually managed to finish this! I've been back and forth from Somerset to Yorkshire and stitched this in both places, it seemed to be taking forever. I'm back in Somerset now as we have no-one to look after Small if I'm up in Yorkshire with my Gran. Each section of this seemed to get longer every time, the pond itself was a nightmare and then when I hit the tree...
Wow time does fly when you're not so much having fun as being incredibly stressed out. I recently found out that my Gran who lives up in Yorkshire, has cancer, so I packed up some bags, left Somerset and came up. We had planned to come back down for a few days to spend time with my daughter but plans for a relative to look after said daughter while her Dad was working fell through,...
I've hit the boring part of my Village Pond cross stitch, lots of lines of blue. So I thought that I'd make a colourful toucan pattern to cheer me up! I didn't get round to it until our electric cut the other day (we have a meter and no memory) but I'm really pleased with how he turned out - and I hope you love him too! Here's the pattern, just right click and save...
I've been so busy stitching this Village Pond that I completely forgot to update my blog! It's going really, really well so far. The bushes can be a pain due to all the different colour but the result is worth the effort. I'm going to finish the house and the wall in front of it next, before moving on to a giant tree on the right. I've subscribed to the Cotton And Twine boxes by...
This week, after a disastrous attempt at Charlie's Ark I decided to start a Christmas present. Basically, it was going really, really well, I had the head finished and was starting the shoulders. The kit was difficult to work with as there was lots of very similar colours and the chart was so tiny but I'd worked it out. Until I took it off the frame and realised that I'd been stitching it landscape the...
Mr Pickwick and Mary are done! Mary only took me half a day, she was super easy to stitch. I think I'm going to take a break from Dickens to stitch the Charlie's Ark picture you can see on the right before coming back to Dickens. Vee x ...
Now that I've finished the first row of my Dickens sampler I can stitch a few more patterns inbetween the second row! The first free pattern is a little rainbow cloud design, because I can't resist anything with an adorable face. Or rainbows. I spent more time picking the rainbow colours than actually stitching, I'm sure of it! This pattern is whole stitches only, no backstitch, no half stitches, so perfect for a beginner. The...
Row 1 is FINISHED. I did originally start this months ago but only got as far as Dickens and Oliver before I got bored apparently. I'm determined to finish it this time - if I can finish Kings And Queens I can finish anything! 'Dodger, Dodger, try this.' Fagin said, brandishing the pan at him. 'It's from this new recipe book I got off that rum duke on Drury Lane, Green Eggs And Ham.' 'Oliver,...
I live in the UK, the glorious home of cross stitch magazines. I often buy 3 a month - Cross Stitch Crazy, Cross Stitcher and The World of Cross Stitch. While having access to so many amazing patterns is a great thing, piles and piles of magazines are not. Here's 5 things I do to try and keep on top of them: 1. I tear them apart. Yep, I don't think many stitchers here keep...
It's hot and I'm ill. Never a good combination. I've been stitching the first row of Bothy Thread's Charles Dickens sampler but since this heat kicked in I've chosen to just sit as close to the door as possible instead, it's impossible to want to stitch in this heat. Just Artful Dodger and Fagin left to finish though and I'll have a whole row done! Vee x ...
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