Happy New Year!
Just a quick recap of some of this year’s finishes to say goodbye to 2015 😊 See you in 2016! 😀 Lots of love and happy xxx, Chiara
Just a quick recap of some of this year’s finishes to say goodbye to 2015 😊 See you in 2016! 😀 Lots of love and happy xxx, Chiara
that’s how it works, right? you finish something, you tell yourself you’re allowed to start something new rather than picking up an old WIP, and BANG! colour issues arrive! 😤 – – – let’s start with the finish 😉 in 5 days or so I stitched the lovely Little House Needleworks freebie that I received…… Continue reading one finish, one start, one drama
it was a happy mail day today! I better hurry up with the mini stitch enigma piece now that, among other things, I got linens and threads and could start working on those SODA Stitch charts. 😉 – – – see you on Monday for a full report and a new clue! Happy Hermitting! chiara
first and foremost, I want to clarify that my previous post from the other night wasn’t part of what has been called a “media attack” of any sort. I was given those comparison shots of Sara Guermani’s designs and Little House Needleworks designs, together with the information that there was a dispute of authenticity going on.…… Continue reading clarification
[edit: February 7th] after the publication of this post I received info from fellow readers and stitchers of at least two more designers involved in this presumed* scam: Moira Blackburn for the outer border and alphabet you see in the first of the following images, which comes from her Time and Season Sampler, just google a picture of…… Continue reading !!! a sad and urgent post
the poll for this year’s blogaversary challenge has just been closed and the results are in! you can see them here: by one vote only, the stitch enigma has officially won!! – win win, cause this means I’ll have to start something new pretty soon! WOOHOO!! 😀 I know it was part of my New Year’s resolutions not to start…… Continue reading and enigma it is!
previously on The grey tail: I know, I know. my startitis is hopeless. – – – so what is it that I’m going to add to Manu’s Marquoir? well, during the summer I asked Elisabetta if she could fulfill this crazy request, and she did. masterfully! I gave her BaBa’s pictures and she gave me these in return!…… Continue reading Chapter forty-one – BaBa buttons
previously on The grey tail: all the furry ones are almost completely through with the deep shit they got themselves into. I’m spending more time in the garden than stitching. perhaps I should start stitching in the garden. or gardening in the stitching. no, that sounds stupid. – – – I know I promised I’d…… Continue reading Chapter sixteen – Engulfed by the mysteries