My entry for TAC this month is kind of a double treat, you’ll see what I mean 😉 This first post will be focused on idle nattering – the one coming up shortly afterwards is going to be a LONG post, jam-packed with pictures and finishes, so get your tea ready, grab a snack or whatever you fancy – it’s going to take…… Continue reading The Alphabet Club – K –
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
in the attempt to do things right and on time I’m checking what happened to February’s goals and setting new ones for March, hoping that I won’t get sick again or get run down by another stress tank, this week was enough, thank you very much. 😖 February stitching goals: finish L*K’s ’13 mystery Holly & Hearts…… Continue reading new month new goals, Watson
so I did get the chance to hermit & stitch a lot during the weekend, but because the threads I’m using keep on knotting (I swear in the past week I had all the knots I usually get in a year!) I had to deal with a lot of sudden cuts, half lengths, otherwise unnecessary…… Continue reading hermitting, knots and a new clue
I’m very pleased with the result of Lizzie Kate’s Cozy Christmas Wishes, I’ll stitch more of these during the summer as xmas presents.. this way I’ll get to use all those lovely buttons I’ve been collecting so far..! 😀 I made a few changes on this piece: I backstitched the outline of the mug together with…… Continue reading cozy stitches, buttons and biscuits
a little almost-midnight-post to show you today’s spooky stitches.. the idea of creating an alternate version to the spider charm Lizzie Kate suggests in the chart was too tempting.. especially since I’d found these funny spiders 😀 it’s a freebie from LK’s website, stitched on 32ct. black Zweigart Belfast linen with called for GAST threads, DMC…… Continue reading ..in this town we call home everyone hail to the pumpkin song!
now, the first thing I have to do is thank Edgar from Blacksheep’s Bits of the Web for writing about me in his post ..it was really nice of him, and it did help HUUUUGELY in letting people know about this gift-away (as he rightfully named it) secondly, I really have to thank you all for…… Continue reading it’s a gift-away party!
this summer gets more and more intriguing by the day.. Manuela aka The Shop Around the Corner has suffered from the SAL contagion, and decided to start a Christmas themed project.. you can join by mailing her at manualbanese@gmail.com ..and don’t forget to visit her blog! these are the details she gave me so far: the…… Continue reading SAL contagion
The Grey Tail 