Posted by: claire93 on: February 27, 2012
I’m going great guns on my patchwork blocks and spent Sunday drawing my three new templates, cutting fabric and assembling my sixth block. “Kaleidoscope” (middle block of second row). Rather fiddly in the centre, to get all points to line up (and they don’t quite) but if you don’t look too closely, it’ll pass lol. [...]
Posted by: claire93 on: February 25, 2012
Mmmmm – another block complete but not perfect. The not perfect part shows up quite well I think . . . it’s my “curve” around the quarter circle that tends to be a bit straight at times. I got better with curves when I stitched the outer curve though, so it’s definitely a learning process. [...]
Posted by: claire93 on: February 24, 2012
Time to give you another update on my half-term holiday resolutions. I’m not doing too badly, but I haven’t done as much as I’d hoped. Five days on, and I have completed a second assignment for Animal Care but since I was hoping to complete SEVEN in two weeks, I’m way behind. Maybe I was [...]
Posted by: claire93 on: February 24, 2012
Lovely Lionel stopped off again yesterday with more birthday gifts – this time from Joce. A lovely fat parcel containing lots of cat-related goodies. A magazine full of CAT cross stitch designs, a book by Marie-Thérèse Saint-Aubin, AND a beautiful hand-stitched bookmark for my collection. Thank you Joce ^^
Posted by: claire93 on: February 24, 2012
when I posted photos of my finished “Rondo” project, Avis of Oh Sew Tempting, mentioned a secondary design of four large hearts within the design. However as much as I squinted (with or without contact lenses in) I just couldn’t see it . . . so Avis took the time to fiddle around with my photo [...]
Posted by: claire93 on: February 22, 2012
A few hours with my sewing machine (in keeping with my half term resolutions) and I have finished off one of my latest cross stitch pieces. “Rondo” (Whispered by the Wind) even when I began stitching this design, I knew how it would be finished off, quite simply because of it’s perfect square shape : [...]
Posted by: claire93 on: February 21, 2012
Birthday surprises are still arriving by post – so a big thank you to Karen, who sent me a lovely brooch which can also be worn as a pendant, a set of Russian doll writing paper AND a whole load of fabric squares (three of each design) to give me plenty of inspiration for patchworkings. [...]
Posted by: claire93 on: February 20, 2012
Today, Monday 20th, is the first day of the fortnight half-term school break. Some people go away, but we’re not as my other half is working, and besides, with 4 cats and one dog, it’s rare for us to take a holiday. Not that I’m complaining because I’d much rather have the pleasure of all [...]
Posted by: claire93 on: February 19, 2012
It is sooooooooooo exciting to receive photos to see how other people have stitched a design. Here is Sandra’s finished “hearts in a square” – in red and grey which really makes the hearts stand out. Sandra tells me she’s going to finish it off into a pouch/cover for her Kindle so I can’t wait [...]
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