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How Time Flies...

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Can you believe how fast March has gone?? Seriously it doesn't seem two minutes since Christmas.  I've not had much stitching time during March thanks to my boys and their activities but whenever I could I have managed to put the odd stitch in. The Great Escape designed by Abi Gurden, The Stitch Specialists Hurray one of my 15 challenge projects finished, it didn't take long once I sat and actually stitched properly. Cedar Sampler by Elizabeth Designs Thank you to everyone who either left a comment or sent me an email with their suggestions of what colour I should use with my flower. The overwhelming majority voted that I should stick to white.        So here is how it stands today, I've used perle, satin, stranded, coton a broder and the centre has DMC Memory Thread couched around it.  Stitches used are: Stem, French Knots, Spider, Chain, Running and Couching. A bookmark I made for Lisa for an exchange I took part in... Finally here is t...

I'm getting there slowly

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As the kids have been on half term holiday and the 2 youngest being ill I've not had as much stitching time but here's where I'm at on my main projects.... Bothy Threads Cut Thru Noah's Ark Page 1 completed Castles In The Air Papillion Creations This is the Tango piece that I'm doing for our youngest son. I only need to put the word Tango at the bottom now and frame it ready for his dance exam on the 25th March. Here's my Great Escape so far. Part 10 was putting the mouse into the picture...our daughter has named him "The Big Bad Mouse" from her Gruffalo book so that's now what we call him. The Great Escape designed by Abi Gurden The Stitch Specialists A new project I started one very cold morning... Cedar Sampler by Elizabeth's Designs Finally here is my TUSAL, a few days late but with illness and a husband recovering from an operation I hadn't had time to update until today... to join in go to   Sharon at Daffy Cat