Wedding present - finished.

Another one

Finished this one. I like the colour but I think it will have to be darker in the future.

Mum's SIxtieth Birthday Present

Really enjoyed doing this - it was a fair piece of work and a few stitch techniques that I haven't tried before. I am pleased with how this looks in its frame. Even found time to sign this one!

De DerDeDer Derrrrrr!

The first of many. Kits to follow

A long pause

Been a long time since I've posted here. I am still stitching but I did take a small break from doing certain items. I'll post more when I get back of the things I am working on and the things that I have completed.

Finished One Thing...

... So I started something else. Two things actually. I've started the family tree kit that I got for christmas and I've been working through some alternate stitching techniques from that book I mentioned a few posts ago. I've put up a shot of that when I am happy with the result. It's looking a bit like a traditional sampler - when people were just doing rows of stitches in different styles to proactise their skills. I quite like the idea of stitching for the hell of it and not actually having a pattern to follow.

Third Tree Done

Finished my third gift tree and I'm very happy with the result. I am also quite please with the fact that I don't have to do another one! I managed to put some more time into the Mario sampler and it is coming along nicely. It is starting to balance itself out a bit. I am not looking forward to the border at the other side though!

One down...

... One more to do. Quite proud of how this one turned out. A bit of a shame that it is a gift! It's the second time that I have done this pattern - I've got another one to complete in the next two days.

Finished

I am pretty pleased with how this turned out. It will end up as a book mark for my Minecraft addited daughter - MinecraftMinx She is obsessed with all things Minecraft and even has her own YouTube channel with her own 'Let's Play' videos!

Progress

Taking advantage of my time and doing more work on the sampler and a couple of other things.

Another Icon from the 90s

Bauble for the tree

Butterflies, Balls and a Dish

As you can see, I've finished two things! This is kind a record!

Another Historical Creation

I was looking through my kit and I found this :

I'd forgotten that I had done this. I really need to get it framed and on a wall somewhere. I also found more works that I hadn't finished (some that I had hardly started) - I think that this blog will help me get some of these thing complete and on display. I have another classic samplers to do after the one I mentioned a few posts ago - I really like working on samplers as it gives you the chance to put the pattern down and sew from memory. Repeating borders may appear boring but so long as there aren't too many colour changes, you can just settle down and crack on with them.

I'd like to design my own contemporary sampler. I think that I'll look into that and get back to you with some preliminary ideas.

Some other work

I'll try to keep this sort of post to a minimum, but while I get established, I'll post a couple of my previous creations. I've been working on something today and I'll post the pictures of them next.

I did finish these fairly recently. I took part in an event organised by another blogger and what you did was make a piece of craft for a stranger. I made the swallow tattoo stitch for my partner and I got an awesome pac man needle holder. If I get a few moments, I'll post a picture of the needle holder and credit the creator.