Needlecase update...

A quick update on my needlecase seen as I said I'd be back soon...yes :) it is a Merry Cox design so well guessed ! It doesn't actually take long to stitch ...my problem is I don't have alot of stitching time so this is all I have done in a week. I have had family to stay and then I realised I had done 1/1 crosses on the girls bodice, face and hair and it was wrong when I re-read the chart :-( So unpicking was the order as it should be done 1/1 tent stitch which it is now...whilst I was unpicking I decided I didn't like my original green for the grass as I hadn't the called for colour so I took that out and re-did that in a darker colour which I am happier with now.

I have done a little extra thing this week and stitched  a small gift for a friends birthday ,  I'll get it finished into something and will show you later this week. I have decided I must be the worlds slowest stitcher though ;-)  Do I hold the official title??  WSS ;-)  Or is it called 'seriously time challenged'  STC 

Have a nice week everyone!!

Just a small thing...

I have had a very busy week with this, that and the other...so this is just a quick update as its nearly a week since I have blogged! It has taken me ages and I mean ages this time to decide what to stitch next. While I have been dilly dallying I have changed my template for a more summery look...I am ever hopeful that we will have a return of the 'sunshine' as it has been pretty cold here, loads of rain and quite windy - infact I think it is getting me down a bit !! Come on sunshine, I need you, I am starting to crave you !! Won't you shine for me because quite frankly just what is going on ? ?

Talking cross-stitch again after all that's why you are here..... (but you could join in (while you are here) on a sun worshipper dance with me just to tempt it into action ;-) ... I have got so many really nice charts and some quite special kits and my problem is I want to do them all!! So consequently I have spent loads of time looking and re-looking through my stash. I don't know if anybody else gets like this with themselves (this is new to me)? Then at the weekend I found again a chart I have had for some time. It will be a needlecase...can you guess who by? I will post some updates of progress through the week as hopefully it won't even take me too long with my tiny bit of spare time to stitch. :-)


Have a lovely week everyone

In progress...

...is my 'Needlework Shop' by Brightneedle which I am stitching on the recommended 32ct linen. This design is stitched using 1 over 1 and uses 34 different colours and a few specialitity stitches it even has a floss cabinet with tiny weeny skeins of every colour in the design in numerical order. I have only done small amounts of 1 over 1 before so this is quite a project for me to do a whole design that way but once I get going I am fine. Although at the moment I do not need glasses.... but I may by the time this is completed... lol :-) It will probably take me a while doing this in the odd daytime that may be available to me. I will post some progress as I go along with it :-)