Hawaii and Paris

Well what an interesting April I had...

Firstly I went on holiday to Hawaii, which was awesome! I was in Honolulu for 3 days and Kona for 4. It was a jam packed holiday with not much time spend laying about on the beach (I'm not really a lie on the beach type anyway)




I wish I had more time there to actually drive around the island, but maybe I will do that on my next trip! Then after the Hawaiian holiday I had another week off work as my boss was still away, so I had plenty of stitching time!!

So to the stitchy stuff...

Italian View
Before:

After:

Roses of Paris
Before: 

After:

I have mostly been concentrating on Roses of Paris as I am really enjoying stitching it, I think my next Chatelaine will be Paris, or maybe London...Hmmm decisions, decisions

Happy stitching
Michelle


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  1. Jo who can't think of a clever nicknameMay 9, 2014 at 11:03 AM

    Gorgeous holiday snaps and great progress on Paris. I intend to get London for my Birthday, it will be my first proper full size Chatelaine!

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