New stitching progress!

Surprise surprise! I have a few cross stitching pictures to share.
First of all I'd like to show a picture of the Round Robin, that has been stitched for me. I got it back just a few days ago. It's not hard to guess what theme I have chosen. In the empty square bottom right I will stitch some more information, like when it started and when it ended.

As next I made a little progress on Special Delivery. Beginning of December the Mr. and I went to his hometown Oulu and I used the time in the plane to stitch a little.


Then there is another kind of Round Robin, just that this one came with the floss and pattern. It is a Sampler from a German cross stitch magazine and I made the start.



At last I have to show the square I received from my last Fair & Square Round. I am very sad to say, that I am disappointed with this one. It is required to stitch two squares, the actual square with a nice design and a second one with the name and hometown of the person who stitched it. This time I just got the one. No second square, no message, no note and about 3 weeks late. I kind of have the feeling that my exchange partner had no interest in exchanging this time and just stitched something quick after my squares already arrived there. But oh well, the tree sampler square is a really cute design and I bet I will find something nice to turn it into.

Fair and Square

It has been quite a while since my last post and I am so sorry about that. Live is getting really busy over here and I haven't done much stitching at all. The only few things I was stitching on are a couple of Round Robins.
I stitched these three doves sitting in a tree for a friends wedding sampler. It was quite a challenge for me. The fabric is something around 11ct. and it was supposed to be stitched over 2 threads. I haven't done such a rough fabric for nearly 20 years and it took me quite a while to get used to it.
I personally stick to my high ct. fabrics.


I also got notice for Jennifer that she received my squares of the Fair & Square Autumn round. So this is what I stitched for her:

The design is by Brooke's Book and is called Autumn Pantry. I thought it is quite fitting. I am just very sorry about the quality of the pictures. I like to iron my pieces before taken pictures to have a nice and smooth surface, but just right before taking the shots my iron broke. Now how does a woman survive without an iron. I am desperate getting a new one soon.

small stitching progress

After all of my not stitching related posts lately I finally have some progress to share with you. I only stitched a little bit here an there. Usually I am trying to stick to only one project at a time, but this time I wasn't really in the mood for that and stitched a few crosses each on all my WIP.

First of all I like to show you my update on Mary Wigham. It isn't as much as I liked to show you, but I am getting there.


Next one is something I stitched for a Round Robin. The Theme was "Winter" so I decided to stitch some cozy winter warms. The patterns for the gloves and hat are from a very old dutch cross stitch magazine. I got it once from my aunt.


This one is a freebie by Casey Buonaugurio. It is the same designer I stitched the Chocolate Covered Cherries from, which can be seen in an earlier post. I started this one quite a while ago and even thou it is such a small design I still haven't finished it. Shame on me!


Next there is "See the Stars" by Monika Buro. The colors look quite the same than my "other" new cross stitch project, don't they? Well, it is the same project. When starting the 3rd part of the SAL I recognized that I started at the wrong spot. It turned out I didn't leave enough border. So I had to frog everything and started all over again. This time I started with the 3rd part, so this way I am pretty sure that there is enough border left.


Last but not least is here a picture of my brand new project. Special Delivery by Blackbird Designs. I just couldn't wait any longer and had to start this. The picture showes the result of one evening stitching and I am already very happy with it. The fabric I have chosen is the same one I am stitching Mary Wigham on. It is a very rough raw linen from india. If you click on the picture it will enlarge and you can actually see how uneven it is. But I love it. I wish I could get more of it.

snowflakes and antiques

Even thou there is almost no time for my favorite hobby, I made a little progress. Today between my porridge and a cup of coffee I finished the snow crystal I was stitching for Evelyn's Round Robin. I actually don't like to stitch that much with light colors on dark fabric, but I think it turned out quite nice. I kind of like the idea of having something simple as snow crystals on a winter table cloth. I'm thinking about making something similar for myself, but than with a light colored blue linen fabric.


I also have to show you 2 pictures of my newest treasure. It is this real antique secretaire desk. It is in a rather bad condition. The paint is peeling of and some of the wooden parts have to be repaired of changed. I also have to build 2 little drawers, cause the original ones are missing. My only problem now is that I have so less time fixing it right away. And I really would like to have it at home middle of May when my parents and god parents are coming from Germany and The Netherlands to visit.

My first House

I almost forgot to show you.
This lovely wooden house has been stitched by Susanne from Germany for me.
I am taking part in a Round Robin (the first one ever for me) and I wished for houses. This is the first one out of seven. We are a rather small group with only 8 stitchers all together.
I will keep you updated how this Round Robin is going along.
Right now, I am waiting for the next piece to arrive that I can continue stitching my part for one of the others.

Round Robin for Maja

Here's what I was working on the last couple of days. This is a piece I stitched for a Round Robin, my first one ever btw. The owner requested the letter "D" with some cute attachment. As I understood the finished piece will be used for a pillow case for a little boy.
The pattern I have chosen is from Margaret Sherry and is actually a freebie available at the Cross Stitcher Magazine. They have the whole alphabet there, one letter cuter than the other.
The only change I made to the pattern is, that I changed the color of the letter form bright pink to green. I think that's more suitable for a boy.

For Mel

This is a picture of a second Project I stitched in the group Stickfreunde. It is going to be a picture for Mel including her and her husbands name and the wedding date.

The salmon colored flower on the left side, the ribbons and the leaf are from me. I also worked a bit on the background shadows.

PPP's for Petra

A little while ago, I received an invitation to the Yahoo-Cross Stitch Group "Stickfreunde" to join a SAL. Of course I joined right away.
In this group are also a couple of Round Robins going on and because of never stitching one, I tried it out.

These are all different P-letters I stitched for Petra