Romy in Austria

Finally I started assembling the first two squares for my Cross Stitch Quilt. It took about three years to find the perfect technique how to do this. I was looking for a way to finish each square separately, so that the quilt will be finished always and...

Thank you all for your response to my last question!!! Now I know another reason why I love to embroider :-)! It´s so great to "meet" same minded stitchers! I think, without you all, stitching would be only half of fun!!

As I spend a lot of time with stitching, it´s time to think seriously WHY do I love to stitch, and WHY did I become addicted to cross stitch??? First it´s absolutely hard for me to put my thoughts into English words, but I´ll try. It´s really not for...

Today I received my order from the Kunst & Vliegwerk onlineshop in the Netherlands. I ordered some fabric samples for linen. So I received try outs for 30, 36, 40, 48 and 55 count. No idea if I ever will stitch on the higher counts, but now I have them...

This weekend I found some time for finishing. So I finished my piece for the redwork exchange, will post a picture when it´s arrived in.................??? :-)!! And I finished the Lizzie Kate design " Cross Stitcher in Residence" as an ornament. Now...

I did a little progress on the English Bandsampler by Sandy Orton. I really love this sampler. I´m stitching with the colour conversion of Vikki Clayton silks and the colours are slightly different as the DMC threads, but I really like how it comes a...

Just I finished the Lizzie Kate "Cross Stitcher in Residence" design. That´s really a cute little design and absolutely fast to stitch! I changed the colours into Vikki Clayton silks, and now I have to think how to finish it. I surely will finish it as...

Today I got my wonderful freebie for the freebie exchange which Tracey stitched for me!! I absolutely love it!! She stitched for me "Dear Friend" by Brightneedle. The front and back are stitched one over one, and Tracey did a gorgeous job on the finishing....

I just found a perfect place to display the ornaments I got in exchanges. I started to hang them on a bell in our floor near the door to our living room, and it really looks lovely. And so I always see them and are remembering on my stitching friends....

Finally my new ordered French books arrived. I really like them. Especially in the Petits Cadeaux Brodes I found a lot if inspirations and new ideas. Especially I like the Sac été: And I found some ideas for using linen bands, which I have a lot in my...