Romy in Austria

I finished the Periwinkle Promises Sunshine Sampler Accent. This little sampler is worked with silk and only specially stitches. It really was funny to stitch. And now I´m in the mood for a new start! I´m thinking of a sampler, maybe a reproductions sampler....

I just came home from shopping and I want to share with you my purchases! We live in a very little town and when I go shopping I never get the thinks I´m looking for, but I always find a lot of things I´m not looking for but must have :-)! First I bought...

I started my Merry Cox Birds & Berries and put the first stitches in. But as the most of this piece is stitched tent stitch on 32 count, I always can do only a little progress at a time before my eyes become tired. Now I will stop stitching on this for...

I just got a message with a link about a stamp with embroidery which is realized in our country. http://mitglied.lycos.de/bsv2005/html/20050719.html Monday I have to go to the postoffice and have to look for this stamp!!!

I`m absolutely fond in needlework accessoires like sewingcases, pincushions, needlebooks............ So I often visit this HP and I always get a lot of inspirations! http://www.stitchedwithlove.net/smalls.php I love viewing the beautiful samplers too,...

This weekend our oldest DD will become 18 years old! It´s really a strange feeling to become an adult daughter. Here is a picture of her 18 years ago!! And here an actual one: Today I pulled out her baptized cloth which I stitched 18 years ago. I´m remembering...

The French ladies infected me with their patchwork projects. So today I received my first order from a patchwork shop. I bought some fabric. And I bought some Japanese patchwork books. http://www.quiltzauberei.de/oxid.php/sid/oxs42c554d15f265/cl/alist/cnid/1ee409a3fedab9567.20246285...

After I read Veros blog and her article about Merry Cox http://verom.over-blog.com/article-578361.html , I pulled out my Merry Cox charts. Can´t understand why I never started one of her designs till now?? I really have to change this immediately. But...

Yesterday I pulled out my WIPs. And I found a lot of big WIPs, so I decided to make some progress on one of them before they will become UFOs. I have a lot of Chatelaine designs started (since long time). The only Chatelaine Mandala Garden I ever finished...

Just I pulled out my kit for Jackie du Plessies Bee Keeper onlineclass which will take place in September. This is another Elegant Stitch class. http://www.elegantstitch.com/shop%20classes.htm ItŽs a needlecase with six pockets. But there is some pre...