A Stitching Love Affair

Hello everyone I have finally finished the Multiplication sampler!! By The Historical Sampler Company (Kindly loaned to me by Nicola, as this is now out of print) Fabric 28-count DMC floss I have also picked up Athena by Mirabilia Before: After: I don't think I have picked this up for a couple of years, but it is now on my list to finish this year. Italian View is also coming along nicely. Before: After: Also and update on Lake Como Mandala Before: After: A couple of weekends ago I went for a walk up Mt Oxford. It takes about 7 hours, so it's not an easy climb by any means! But the view is worth it when you get to the top. The birds you see in the photos are Keas, which are New Zealand's native parrot, and they are very naughty birds! They will dismantle your car, well at least the rubber seals around the car windows and steal anything not nailed down. They also are not shy with people!...

Well I seem to be a bit late with the Merry Christmas and Happy New year, but better late than never! I spend 10 days over Christmas and New Year in Sydney with some friends which was really nice and relaxing. I even managed to do quite a bit of stitching then too! We even had a very friendly kookaburra that comes to visit and you can get so close to him and just about feed him by hand. I went back to work on the 6th January, but I will have a longer break in April while my boss is away, and I will be kitty sitting for my parents when they go away. Its a great excuse to sit around and stitch all day and catch up on all the TV programmes I miss! Anyway here is my progress: Multiplication Sampler- Before After It's nearly there! I think last time I forgot to post a photo of my finish of the Beatrix Potter Alphabet, so here it is- Lastly I was reading a fabulous blog called My French Country Home  by Sharon Santoni, full of all thi...

1 more sleep to go!! I am very excited because I love Christmas and this year I am spending Christmas with my very dear friends in Sydney. I have one more day of work left on Monday, which is a little annoying having to go back to work for one day but anyway can't do much about that! Have have done quite a bit of stitching lately, first of all I finished something!!! Yes folks it's a miracle!!!! Beatrix Potter Alphabet And I have done some more on the Multiplication Sampler, which is coming along nicely. Before: After: I also spent a weekend in Sydney on the 5th-9th December at the V8 Super car race. I had a great time and picked up the Hawaii Five-0 themed race suit I won on eBay. So I spent one day in the pits with then Fujitsu Race Team, met the driver and had a jolly good chat to one of the engineers (as I am planning on being a mechanical engineer) The Hawaii Five-0 race suit, it even fits me! (it was soooo hot to wear though) I plan to...

Finally my exam is over! I had a 3 hour calculus and algebra exam which went actually pretty well, so hopefully I pass but I don't find out until early January. Which also means on the stitching front that I haven't don't done hardly any stitching for about 6 weeks while I was studying, though I have done a bit this week, but here are the updates anyway... Lake Como Before- After- Italian View Before- After- So overall not very much progress at all! I also had the honour of modelling a dress in a fashion show for a designer friend of mine, her collection was Parisian inspired and my dress was called "Parisian Springtime" It was so much fun to be a model and Lucy (the designer) also does everyone's hair and makeup! She is one very talented lady. Here are a few photos of my dress, but I can't show any others as she is entering them in competitions so they cannot be publicly photographed otherwise they get disqualified.  The ...

Just a very quick post, today I have my maths exam which is why I haven't posted for such a long time! I have been studying and stressing for 6 weeks!! Anyway after my exam this afternoon I will do a big post of my updates...not that there is much to show! but lots of other stuff has been going on! Michelle

Gosh has it been over a month since my last post! I have been so busy lately with work and study, I just have no time to do anything much. I do have a small update on Lake Como... Before: After: Other than Lake Como I haven't done any stitching much apart from a new start - The View It came with Aida but I really don't like using aida so I swapped it out for lugana which is much nice to stitch with. My Mum however has been busy making me some WIP bags. She used my stash of french inspired fabric I have and made up these wallet type bags for me, fully lined and finished with some vintage buttons my Nana gave to me. I love them! and they fit my projects perfectly. and some new stash! (like I need more..) I have also been going to adult ballet classes, I have always wanted to do ballet and finally they have adult class here in Christchurch. it is so much fun! I have never danced at all in any form so it is very new to me, but our teacher makes ...