The Premier Exhibit

It's finished!!!

I finally finished Tuscany Town mandala on Friday, I had to finish it by then so I could enter it in the Oxford A&P show.

And I won! 1st prize, premier exhibit and most outstanding cross stitch! I can't believe I have actually finished it! It has taken about 2 years, which is quite a while but I don't really spend huge amounts of time stitching every week.





I also started the Multiplication Sampler by the Historical Sampler Company, this chart was very kindly lent to me by Nicola. This chart is now out of print so I was very lucky that Nicola could lend me hers!



I also got some more stash! 




I'm really looking forward to doing one of the Scarlet Letter samplers, as they have lots of specialty stitches which I love to do!

I hope everyone had a happy Easter, I know I have enjoyed some lovely autumn weather here, unfortunately daylight savings finishes next weekend which is always a bit sad because winter is coming. An update on my shoulder, which is now healing very nicely and I should be back at work in the next couple of weeks ( I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to that or not, because I have got lots of stitching and maths study done while I have been off work!)


 Happy stitching everyone!

Michelle

Comments

  1. EwaApril 2, 2013 at 3:09 PM

    What a gorgeous finish and congratulations on your win! That's fantastic!

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  2. Stitching NoniApril 3, 2013 at 4:04 PM

    Wow, congratulations on the great finish... And big congrats on the 1st place - that is fantastic news :). Well done!

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  3. Jo who can't think of a clever nicknameApril 5, 2013 at 1:10 PM

    Congratulations to you, frankly anyone who didn't award your gorgeous piece first place does not deserve to be a needlework judge! It's phenomenal!

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