Hello Stitching Friends❣
The past week had been a bit of a struggle for me so it seemed as if I didn't get much stitching done. However, when I looked at my photos it was obvious that I still found some time for cross stitching.
In the beginning of the week I spent a day working on this lovely cottage.
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| Chart by Lesley Teare from Enjoy Cross Stitch Cottage Gardens Spring 2015 |
This is where I was when I started stitching in the morning...
...and this is the part of the roof I added during the day...
I'm looking forward to working more on this cottage soon…maybe it's time to add some more greenery...😊🌸🌹🌳.
I only picked up Victorian Street once, and that makes me feel guilty😔. I should stitch more on it but when I struggle with life I tend to go for cross stitch projects that are easier to work on. That is, projects that don't overwhelm me...
However, I'm still going to appreciate that I managed to add some more shop window structure and went from this...
…to this:
Because I was feeling a bit down I decided to cheer myself up with stitching a cheerful Xmas project and found this cheerful little stocking in Cross Stitcher magazine issue 311 by Sarah Cookland.
I love it! The best thing about this pattern was that it only required 4 different colours of thread and I had all of them in my stash!
During the weekend I started a new project since I'm taking part in the crazy Spring into Summer New Start Binge hosted by TIFF and RACHEL. I wasn't sure what my start was going to be, but when I browsed through my old cross stitch magazines I found a cute chart by Durene Jones in Cross Stitcher magazine issue 310. I didn't have all the thread colours used in the magazine, but I was able to replace them with similar colours. After working on it during Saturday evening and all Sunday I actually managed to finish it!
I'm really happy with how it looks and how well the replacement colours work! I'm going to frame it once I have given it a quick rinse. I must say that I really enjoyed working on this project and stitching the different parts of the design was so much fun.
Annie
