Day 25 Vase of Flowers

I'm still enjoying this one but sometimes find it difficult to see the holes-they're not in straight lines

Day 18 of vase of flowers

It stitches up quite quickly and the colours are fantastic. 

Vase of Flowers - Day 4

This is day 4 of my new project. I know I shouldn't have started a new project yet but I did fall in love with it when I saw it in July 2015 CrossStitcher. I ordered the material - a whopping £15 plus postage from Willow Fabrics and this is the first time I have stitched on 19 count aida. It was out of stock so it took a fortnight to come but it was worth it when it came and I'm pleased I didn't use another alternative. 

The material turned up on Friday 26 June and I couldn't wait to get started but due to the type of material I decided to edge it with my sewing machine. 

I tried to edge the material with my sewing machine but my sewing machine and I don't get along too well  And after an hour of trying to thread it and get the bobbin to sit where it's suppose to I finally set off to edge the material AND the material got snagged up!!! And as I've probably mentioned The material was expensive so I spent Friday afternoon over stitching by hand. 

Finally about 5pm I was ready to start and I loved putting the first stitch in. I've stitched loads over the weekend and am pleased  The results. I am using 4 strands of DMC thread on 19 count evenweave. 

Here's the results after 4 days of stitching. 

The only thing is I have a busy week this week with work, evenings out and kids sports days/end of term assemblies so I won't get much done this week. 

This weeks crafting

I haven't done much this last week or so. Now the lighter nights are here we've been out and about on an evening and hubby and I have taken up swimming so by the time we've got in from work, gone swimming and walked the dog and had tea I'm too tired to stitch. 

I'm still working on my owl. I don't feel like I'm getting far with this but I am enjoying it still

I'm really onto my crochet at the moment. I'm working on 3 blankets at the moment working them in weekly rotation  this one I call Scandanavian Cool 

There is only one row of dark brown. I have tried doing it again further up but it doesn't work so this might be the only row of dark brown in the blanket. 

I am also trying my hand at knitting. I have subscribed to The Art of Knitting and am working through the squares. 

This is what I've done so far. Im falling way behind I've only completed 4 and started the 5th but I have 14 issues and to make it worse my sister has also subscribed. I'm not saying my sister and I are competitive but she's way ahead of me and I don't like it so my challenge now is to complete a square a fortnight!!!!

I'm 

A finish

I did finish this at the weekend but have only just got round to showing it. 

It was a great little stitch but like all my stitching it took me a lot longer than I thought to stitch. I did hope to finish it over a weekend but it took me 2 weeks to finish. I am also not on target to complete my other WIPSby the end of May so I can start my summery kits. It hasn't helped that I've been doing extra hours at work which sounded like a good idea when I said I would do them but now I'm regretting it. I did not realise how much it would cut into my craft time. 

Bank Holiday Weekend Stitching Challenge

Ok so it's another British Bank Holiday weekend here. I am hoping to get lots of stitching done especially as it's predicted to be a rainy one! I have set myself a challenge to get this piece finished 

It is an easy and enjoyable piece as it's mainly block colours but I do need good light to work on it as it's done on 28 count even weave and my eyes are not as good as they use to be. 

Here's an update on my owl 

I hope to have this finished through May and am hoping from June 1 I will be able to,start some new pieces, more 'summery' type ones I have in my 'to do' pile. 

A Finish

So I have finally finished the first of a set of 4 pictures which I have been doing on holiday. They are enjoyable to do with their bright colours and the right mix of block and scattered stitching. Not too taxing for stitching on holiday. On this holiday I've been waking up about 5 am every day so I'm able to get a couple of hours in before the others get up and it gets too hot to stitch.  

This is the fantastic view I have while stitching 

Overlooking the hotel pool and the fantastic carribean sea. And here's my finish.