Yesterday I visited a yearly Crafts Fair in Stockholm (the capital of Sweden) and I had the most WONDERFUL TIME ! I spent lots of money and bought lots of crafty goodies : )
As far as cross stitching is concerned , I bought all these small beads for a real bargain price : )
They aren't Mill Hill , but I tried to pick beads in nice colours that I could use instead of Mill Hill seed beads . Now that I have found out how much I love beading I have to make sure I have a little stash of beady beauties lol !
I bought more of my very favorite knitting yarn !
I also got some sparkly metallic threads in Christmas colours for crochet projects . . .
Since this was a general crafts fair I also got some scrapbooking material and some crafty magazines ! Normally craft products - including cross stitch products -are very expensive in Sweden , so it is absolutely lovely to have an opportunity to find some bargains for once in such an setting ! It was just a wonderful time and something that really fed my soul with happiness : )
Otherwise I've had a really busy week and I've hardly had time to sit down to stitch . . : (
Therefore I had decided that today would be ALL about stitching , so for 8 hours I stitched . . . and it was pure bliss ! It made me realise how much I had missed not being able to cross stitch , so this week I have to make an effort to find more time for my cross stitch projects .
I worked on my Iphone-cover and made really good progress on it ! Almost all of the white background is done :
It is difficult to see on the pictures but I have used some white Pearlescent in the background . I tried to catch the sparkle from another angle . . .
. . . but I'm not sure it worked . . . lol : ) I can't wait to see this one finished and to be able to put it on my phone !
Speaking of finish , I am FINALLY finished with my never - ending strawberry band ! ! ! I did the last backstitching today . . .
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| Chart from Cross Stitcher issue 239. Designer: Lucie Heaton |
. . . so now I have stitched 14 strawberries in a row ! Mentally this was a huge struggle - soo boring to repeat a pattern over and over - but I must say that in the end they look great together all in a row ! However , I can safely say that I have definitely had enough of strawberries for this year lol !
Hope you've all had a really nice weekend with lots of nice cross stitching !
Annie
Great stitching and new goodies! I can totally see the sparkle in the phone :)
ReplyDeleteLots of pretties! It sounded like a great fair. Beautiful stitching:)
ReplyDeleteLooks like somebody went crazy at the fair, haha, what a shopping spree you had! They all look pretty. Glad you had a wonderful stitching time (8 hours!?!?!), beautiful results:)
ReplyDeleteCraft fairs are such wonderful events. But I always need my big purse when going there. Whenever I go I can't restrain from buying more than I intended to, lol. Your new stash is absolutely gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteGreat that you finished your strawberry band. And that phone cover is nearly done.