August/September update

Slooowly....very slowly, I will get there and make this cross-stitched cat into a little cushion!

Cat & mouse

Ooh, it has been a long time...
My laundry bag is finished, I use it for my stray socks (know the problem?).

I'm always stunned by the beauty of Mrs. Potter's watercolours, and I have quite a few projects in mind, featuring her characters.


From now on, I will post a monthly update of my cross-stitched cat. I want to use it for a pillow, when finished.

In the meanwhile, summer has arrived. I try to enjoy it as much as possible, although I have a lot of computer work at the moment.
And that means:
having tea and cake and cherries in the garden,

walking barefoot,

and admire the flowers from my garden.

Sweater love

Two more projects finished!
A striped sweater for Lucy (I already gave it to her with Christmas, but forgot to show it on my blog...)

And a blue, cabled sweater for me. I'm wearing it now, because it's so freezing cold!


The cross-stitched mouse is finished too, and with all the fabric, trims and ribbons prepared, I hope to get my sewing machine out and make me a cute laundry bag. Wait and see...
Strange, but on photo, my desk seems less messy than in real life.

Not as quiet as expected

For the first time in months, it would be a quiet weekend without visits, parties, etc... But fate decided otherwise: my poor son was taken into hospital and had his appendix removed last night. So after this blog update, I'm off to the hospital again, and I'm taking my knitting needles and a new pattern for me and some DVD's for him.

My granny blanket isn't finished yet (all the loose ends, sigh...), but already in use.
In the meanwhile, spring is starting to show off, flowers and buds and birds.

And this is something I want to finish very badly, one day this little mouse will be used on a laundry bag I have in mind.

Finished!

Yes, I did it! My Christmas sampler is finally finished. I'm really proud of myself.
It really needed some freshening up, so I washed it in a mild dishwashing liquid (I used Ecover) and rinsed it with cold water.

So now it is ready to be framed.

This week, another two (almost) finished projects: a knitted sweater and cardigan. To be continued...

Week#15

Last week, I managed to stitch quite a lot, and that gives me the courage to carry on. As you can see, I only need to finish the left border and the left down corner.



Outside it is very stormy and wet, but I bought myself a little bit of spring with this tulips.

Too cold...

...to work in my room upstairs.

As everywhere else in Europe the past weeks, it has been very cold. So I decided to move my computer downstairs, where I have no internet, but my view on the garden makes up for that.

January had a very hectic start, so I try to get a bit of rest in the evenings. I'm knitting a green cardigan, a rather easy pattern, because I like to knit while watching television.

Our Christmas tree is waiting to get planted, all the decorations were put in their boxes till next year.

The snow started to melt today, time to put a bit of spring in my house.

Almost Christmas

No, I will not be able to finish my Christmas sampler in time. Here you see the result after week#13 and week#14.
Due to all my "real" work, I neglected my sampler a bit... And cross-stitching isn't something you can do full speed, I'm afraid.

It takes me a few hours to stitch a little flower.

It started to snow a few days ago, so with a bit of luck we will have a white Christmas! It seems that we had our last in 1986, I can't even remember it... I'm probably getting old.

Day#10

I've been a fan of Beatrix Potter's work since I was a child. Her work keeps amazing me.
This is a cross-stitched Mrs. Tiggywinkle for a laundry bag that I want to make.

I'm not giving up...

...on my Christmas sampler! I managed to work a few hours on it last week (the 12th week, by the way). I don't know if it will be finished by Christmas, at this tempo...

Golden days

September glow on the pond,

the company of a lovely cat,

autumn flowers,

...and working on my sampler!
It has been a hectic week, lots and lots of work, but I tried to enjoy my garden as much as possible (a lot of coffee-breaks).

Week#10

Although the weather has been very sunny and warm the past weeks, I keep working every day on my Christmas sampler. It's a bit strange to sew edelweisses and snowy trees at this time of year.



And since we're back home, I'm working every day to switch my children's room.
Girl's room has become ...

boy's room, and vice versa.

Since my son is away from home a lot for his studies, my daughter dreams to turn his room into hers. Because it's a lot bigger and she needs a big desk for Art School projects and painting.
So now I am moving furniture, painting, cleaning and reorganizing like mad.
A new room asks for a new crocheted plaid, I wanted it bright and colourful, like the flowers and berries at this time of year.