I had eye surgery late last week, so have been in recovery. Which means very little doing of anything and lots of rules 😦 no outdoors (except with sunglasses on); no bending over; no lifting; no coughing (except with my…
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Happy New Year!
Wishing you all a year of peace in 2012 and many contented hours of stitching and crafting. Things spun a little out of control in December. Work and tidying up the house/yard in preparation for Christmas guests took all my…
Tagged with: Birds Of A Feather, Carriage House Samplings, Drawn Thread, Goode Huswife, La-D-Da, Scissor Fobs
Posted in Cross stitch, Finished pieces, Samplers
Posted in Cross stitch, Finished pieces, Samplers
Framed Work
I paid another small fortune to get some of my favourite recently stitched items framed… I was a little anxious about choosing a modern frame for these designs, but I’m absolutely rapt with the final result! I’m busy stitching for…
Sooner Begun…
…Sooner Done! Yippee, my Sally Spencer Sampler (Birds of a Feather) is stitched 😆 I’ve been on a short break from work for the past week and have been enjoying a bit of leisure time working in the garden when…
It’s Winter in Perth…
… and I’ve been hibernating a little. It’s been raining most of this week, which is a welcome change, and temperatures have dropped to 19° Celcius maximum during the day and about 7° Celcius at night. Not a whole lot…
New Year, New Start
In keeping with a tradition some stitchers have, I started a new design to mark the new year. I decided on a design by The Drawn Thread, one of my all time favourite designers. Morning Glory, Drawn Thread Fabric –…
Tagged with: Birds Of A Feather, Carriage House Samplings, Drawn Thread
Posted in Cross stitch, Samplers
Posted in Cross stitch, Samplers
Endings…
This past week I’ve been at home taking a break between jobs. Unfortunately, the government’s 3% efficiency cuts has affected my job. The unit where I’ve been working for the last 7 years or so was one of 3 Curriculum…
Kindness Grows
I finally succumbed to the flu (hopefully not of the swine variety) that’s been going around the office and have been home yesterday and today, too bleary-eyed to do much and nursing a stubborn cough. Anyway, I took some photos of…
A certified cross stitch addict who is mad about samplers and loves working with hand-dyed fabric, variegated threads and embellishments. Stitching keeps me sane.
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