A Stitching Love Affair

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year! I know, I know it's February! For me it was really quiet, New Years eve was spent at home watching movies on TV! Not that I really minded, it was nice to sit down and write down what I wanted for the year coming up. I had 3 new starts for this year, yes 3! Like I need more WIPs! Though there isn't much to show on these hence no photos. I also had 2 finishes so far, hooray!!! Pattini d' Argento By Cuore e Batticuore Stitched on 32-count natural Belfast Linen Recommended Floss Parisian Street Scene By Maria Diaz 28-count Lugana Recommended Floss I don't know when I started these exactly but they are now finished! Another update on Italian View Before-  After- Lately I have been watching Stargate Atlantis, unfortunately they only made 5 seasons of this but it is my absolute favourite! Hopefully it won't be too long before my next post but since being back at work ...

Yes the christmas tree is up! No presents under the tree yet is that is my job for this weekend! I am also toying with the idea of a tree skirt, has anybody stitched one? If you have, do they look good? Also coming along well is my Christmas project Before: After: Pattini d'Argento By Cuore e Batticuore Hopefully and fingers crossed I may have this finished before Christmas? Maybe... We have had some very hot days here the last 2 weeks, 30+ degree days which is nice but I'm always inside at work! :(  boohoo...hopefully the weekend is nice and hot. I have 3 more weeks of work before the Christmas break which I am very much looking forward to. I have stitching, walking, cycling and more stitching planned on my time off and I can't wait!!! Here is Gingalicious enjoying the sun... Happy stitching  Michelle

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...