A Stitching Love Affair

Well not a lot of stitching went on this week! In fact I didn't do any...I was rather busy this week doing stuff, I'm not sure what, but it took up a lot of time!  I actually have been going through all my cross stitch stash and deciding what I'm going to sell off. I have far to much stash and quite frankly I will never do it all. some of the stuff I have I don't even like anymore! So I have been taking photos of it and listing my stuff on Trade Me (the New Zealand version of Ebay) I did go out to my very dear friends house, who live just out of Christchurch in a nice picturesque valley. So yesterday her husband Glenn and I went for a walk up the hill where you can get some nice views. The nice view from the top. It was very high up, and only took 30mins of scrambling up rocks and sides of hills :) That is Lucy and Glenn's garden down there! Today we walked up the other hill on the other side of the valley. Lucy and I also watched "Mrs 'Arris goe

Tuesday 22nd February 2011 12.51pm Magnitude 6.3 Depth 5km deep 181 people killed Today is the one year anniversary of the February earthquake in Christchurch.It's been a sad and quiet day. There was something that brought a smile to my a face and a few tears - we have so many orange road cones around the place warning of road damage etc...well people were encouraged to place flowers in the top of the cones, so everywhere today I saw flowers in road cones, it was lovely (unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me) The earthquake caused widespread damage across Christchurch, especially in the central city and eastern suburbs, with damage exacerbated by buildings and infrastructure already being weakened by the 4 September 2010 earthquake and its aftershocks. Significant liquefaction affected the eastern suburbs, producing around 400,000 tonnes of silt. I was at work in Lincoln which is about 16 km south east of the central city and although we feel it really badly o

So who likes my new nail polish? Yes it is blue but it can't be too radical because my boss hasn't said anything about it (mind you he is a man...) I do wear gloves all day as I work in a dental surgery, so I don't really get to flash my hands in peoples faces - just mouths haha, and my work is a little conservative...unlike me...maybe I'm in the wrong job... I am doing a special post for tomorrow as it is the 1 year anniversary of the earthquakes, it's a bit of a sad and poignant post but I can't believe it's been a year, feels like yesterday Michelle

Well this week I haven't done much stitching at all, I did pick up the Enchantment of Winter and did some on that, but not much to show really. Before: (sorry it is upside down) After: Today I had a 25km Time Trial race, and after yesterdays 27 degree day, it decided to rain and be cold- oh well, I got thoroughly wet and cold but I did have a good race. All smiles at the start As you can see I don't wear a skin suit or aero helmet like this guy, but he looks much better in a skin suit than I ever ever would... WIP This particular WIP is called Attic Collection-A Stitchers Accessory Book by Judy Odell. I have done one front panel, but I haven't even finished that! I haven't picked up this one for at least a year, so does that make it a UFO? Anyway maybe I should actually do a rotation of my WIPs and then some of them might actually see the light of day! Lastly a note about my ramblings about Guns n' Roses and Bret Michaels of Poison from last week, J

I must show you my cupcakes I made last weekend, I thought I had better take a photo of them before I ate them all! Yummy Yummy... Anyway, here another WIP, its the Beatrix Potter ABC Sampler Most of the sampler is done except for the border and the tiny mice around the letters, so this is one I will plan to finish this year! I haven't got an update on Tuscany Town this week, because I haven't worked on it, I needed a break from it and I really wanted to start something new. My new start is called Holiday Cookies by DMC, all I have of this chart is the black and white chart, so I have no idea of how it will look at the end, actually it's kind of fun being a mystery stitch! I have had this chart of about 10 years and I have no idea where it came from (too long ago). I am doing it on 25-count (well I think it is) and using 3 strands. I had experimented using 2 strands but 3 had better coverage. It's just nice to have something that is really easy to stitch, but

Unfortunately I wasn't mtb in Tuscany - nice as that sounds... I was much better this week and basically back to full health after mostly 2 weeks of being sick, so it was back to normal cycling training which means not much stitching get done during the week.I have got a bit more done on Tuscany Town. Before: After: I have done the tiny jessicas, which are a little tedious but look really good when done. You realise how many beads there are on this when there a lots of empty squares when the cross stitches have been done! I may start doing some beading soon, just for something different to do. The next WIP is English Garden Sampler by Teresa Wentzler. I can't remember the last time I actually did any work on this, I think I put it in the "too hard" basket because of the blended threads, I find them a real pain, but I guess I will work on it again one day...  This what it will look like when I finish it...one day...  Since I had dragged out my chart for