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A Post for Wilma - Starting Amelia Boyce
I decided to make a start on Amelia Boyce. The first stitches were made a few days before Christmas and because I had a couple of days of from work I made fairly good progress on her. What attracts me...
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The Frogs and Rachel
Grrrrrrrr !!!How could I be so silly, when do you get a flower with a purple stem with green leaves. I am so cross with myself misreading the colours. I just wasn't thinking.The seam ripper is coming out.
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A New Start for the New Year
I was lucky enough to win one of the Advent Calendar Draws in December. My name was chosen for Elizabeth Burrows, a nice small sampler with some alphabets and a variety of stitched borders.Here is a...
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A Finish!!
Dear Stitching FriendsHappy New Year to you all!I have finally finished Gardner Pocketbook.Stitched with the kit 35 count linen and AVAS. This was a very relaxing stitch. I will post more photos when...
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Beyond the Little X – An Interview with Edgar!
Happy New Year Everyone! Like me, many of you may already be familiar with Edgar’s blog, Blacksheep’s Bit of the Web, where he blogs about movies, thrifty finds, life in San Francisco, and, of course,...
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Ann Lawle's whitework band
Last night I put the last stitch into Ann Lawle's whitework band. And I started the Montenegrin stitch that creates the dividing band between this and the next band.My plan is to work a band a month on...
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It's Been Too Long...
It's been too long since I've last posted and I hope to make up for that today.I've fallen head over heals in love with Lakeside Linens Legacy linen, a 50 ct unevenweave linen and Tudor Silks. I...
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Learning a lesson
Great intentions to really get moving along with Janet Burnet in the new year, after finishing up several projects that had to be done by Christmas. OK, that's understandable, right? And I have on...
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A Post for Wilma - An Update on AW
Another band finished, two more to go. I love the small bands at the top and bottom of this band. Now on to a fairly large band and some alphabetbands before I can call it a finish.Happy stitching!
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Moving on with Elizabeth Burrows
I've spent quite alot of time working with Elizabeth Burrows this week and weekend and here is a scanned picture of my progress so far:She's growing fast! This is five days' work. I started using the...
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New Start JCS 1707
Hello everyone! I am so glad we are continuing this blog! On New Year's Day, I started the sampler JCS 1707. Unfortunately, the frog prince arrived so I had to rip out what I started and redo last...
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Ann Medd
Well finally I have managed to sort out the issue with the downloading photographs, so here is my update on Ann Medd. This is where I was on 9 December when I took this photoThis is where I am...
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Finally Framed
This is a quick update on SDW and Red Rooster.It has been a while, with both of these hanging on the back of my workroom door for.....well far too long. SDW and Russian Red Rooster are finally...
View ArticlePLL is Finished!!!...and a couple of new starts!!
Good Evening!PLL is finished!! Woo-Hoo!! I finished everything except the whiskers on Lenora (the leopard) and Lionel (the lion) Saturday night, but by 11:30 I was so tired and feeling cross-eyed,...
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Thank You!
Jane Ogle's Sampler of 1700andElizabeth Norris's Sampler of 1730Two Band Samplers of LettersHappy New Year! I'm so excited to receive the sampler graphs for Jane Ogle and Elizabeth Norris, c.2001...
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A Post on Behalf of Isabel - An Update on Antonia Gonzalez
I find that to work on Antonia is very relaxing. I am using AVA silks, and 40 ct. Linen. The colors are strong but beautiful, very happy with it. I told/send a picture to a friend in spain (this a...
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Rachel Jarratt -Band 6 Continued
Not much progress as I have been unable to stitch due to business committments.I have been busy with a cottage refurbishment and pushing the tradesmen to finish the interior, then cleaning (several...
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Spot Motif Update
I am trying out my new tablet tonight. I hope this works! I thought I should update my Spot Motif sampler. I have outlined the entire top and have now filled in the unicorn and the blue flower. I put...
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Abbie Lucas and Mary Sears
I have just been looking at some new photos for our gallery and thought I would share a photo of Abbie with you.Abbie is all cross stitch over 1 and 2 threads on 25ct.She has quite an impact and is...
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The Monthly Draw
Our last monthly draw !!! How quick the time has gone and February the 20th will be here before we know it for the Grand Draw.My AGA is being serviced this afternoon and I asked the engineer to draw a...
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