Spring Into Summer New Start Binge and thread organizers

Hello Stitching Friends❣

I'm SO happy to see that a few of you found my previous post, and even took the time to leave a comment. Thank you so much; that really made my day😘❤❣ And it also made me even more happy and pleased with being back in the land of cross stitching!

For the first time in a long time I also caught up with some of my favorite cross stitching blogs around the world and it felt really good to read your posts and be reminded of the warmth and encouragement that exists amongst stitchers💝. 

And to my delight I also found a perfectly good reason to start another cross stitching project...or two... I mean, who doesn't want a reason to start another project??? RACHEL and TIFF started and planned the SPRING INTO SUMMER NEW START BINGE with a new start every weekend during April, May, June and July to replace the sad absence of the Tokyo Olympics. I desperately miss all sports around the world that have been cancelled and anything that takes my mind off it is a good thing.   

Hence I started a design by Ursula Michael yesterday! It's one of her many gorgeous 'Let's…..' word designs made up of just words and backstitch. I love them all but only have a couple of charts. This one, Let's Cross Stitch, I bought back in 2016 so it's about time I started it, don't you think?!

I had some lovely lime-coloured aida in my stash and I originally planned to use it for another design, but I changed my mind and decided to use it for this one instead. And I'm so happy I did! It works perfectly with the bright colour threads and the simple backstitch design. I also replaced a couple of the original tread colours since I'm trying to use ONLY my old stash (the last couple of years have been a huge financial struggle for me...). That means that I have to make a couple of adjustments to the original chart. For example, the scissors should be stitched in DMC 333 but I used 915 instead as you can see. I actually don't think you can tell that I changed the numbers 333 to 915😊. Overall it feels great to finally start this project, and I only wish I had more of these lovely charts by Ursula Michael...

I was on such a stitching roll yesterday. After I finished working on my new start, I picked up this lovely Swedish project again.

I added some more greenery, and started to stich the cottages and lighthouse and some more water. My needle was flying and I didn't feel like stopping until well after midnight. Which I'm paying for today...😁. But I enjoyed myself immensely and I was so happy to be cross stitching again!

Lastly, I have to show you the thread organizers my clever sister made for me! When I stitch freebies from cross stitching magazines I always need some kind of organizers for the loose threads and mostly I make something really ugly and haphazardly such as this one:

 So I thought I'd ask my super creative sister instead if perhaps she could help me to make some nicer ones?!

So she kindly cut some new ones from her cardstock in lovely colours and then I decorated them with some old stickers that my sister also made. Aren't they pretty?! I almost want to grab a freebie card and start stitching just so I can use them😂.

Now it's time for me to stop blogging and start stitching.

Happy Stitching,

Annie