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EEF SAL
I'm happy that I decided to join the Ewe&Eye&Friends SAL which Aprilblue is moderating. There are 13 "EEF girls" stitching 13 different EEF designs in a SAL. I choose the Pink Hare Sampler and it's really funny and relaxing to stitch. I'm in this SAL...
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Spread The Love Award
Some days ago I got thís Spread The Love Award from Barbara http://handgemachtes.blogspot.com/ I really was honored and delighted. It's always nice to hear that other wonderful stitchers are reading my blog, and maybe will get some inspirations. But now...
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my Austrian Spot Sampler
Maybe some of you remember that I started drawing and stitching an Austrian Spot Sampler. I think it's about five years ago that I started with this project. I wanted to create a sampler by myself which is influenced by the traditional stitching style...
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Summer Sampler
Now it's summer time and I thought it would be nice to start a little summer stitching. I choose the Summer Sampler by Chessie&Me. It's a nice and funny stitching. Most of the design is stitched in cross stitch and smyrna cross stitch. There are little...
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Progress
Here´s my progress on the House on the Holly Hock Hill so far. Now I really like it how it comes along. I want to thank all the stitchers who encouraged me to continue stitching. I´m only a little nervous how to manage the lot of one over one stitching...
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Update on House on the Holly Hock Hill
Now I finished all the over two stitching on House on The Holly Hock Hill by Ewe&Eye&Friends, now I really like how it came along. But there is a great part of the one over one stitching left over!! I'll finish the verse, which is over one on 36 count...
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Finished Ewe&Eye&Friends Pin Cushion
Finally I found some time to finish my "In The Pink" by Ewe&Eye&Friends.I got some suggestions how to finish it ( Thank you for this, I really love your commends ). Now I finished it into a pincusion and here's the front On the back I sewed two little...
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Merry Cox
I always was fascinated from Merry Cox designs. I never had the chance to take a class, but I always tried to buy this charts on ebay or from friends who took the classes. So I got a nice collection of Merry Cox charts. I know this charts aren´t easy...
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Flower Scissor Companion
First I have to thank Su, Vero and Lena-Lou for your motivation to continue stitching on House on the Holly Hock Hill by Ewe&Eye&Friends. First I put it away, maybe not only because I miss counted, also because I wasn´t really sure if I like this design...
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Friendship Quilt again
Today I added two more squares to my friendship quilt. And as promised I took some pictures of my way of finishing this quilt. First I sew a backstitch border with perl cotton # 12 over 4 threads. I do this border 30 x 4 threads, so the square becomes...
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Exchanges!!!
I was participating in several exchanges some time ago. It always was a lot of fun to get in contact to other stitchers and I also learned a lot in this exchanges. Not only I met new stitching friends, I also learned a lot of different finishing only...
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new square for my friendship quilt
Just I finished a new square for my friendship quilt. It`s a part of the LHN design Country Stitcher - City Stitcher. I think it fits perfect to the thema of my quilt. I`m more than happy that Annemarie had stolen :-) the idea for my quilt and Vonna opened...
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pin cushions
Slowly it´s time to decide the way of finishing for my EEF In the Pink I just finished ( http://romyaustria.over-blog.com/article-6660293.html ) I think I´ll finish it as a pin cushion. Think that will be a nice piece for my pin cushion collection I got...
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Friendship Quilt
One of my goals for May was to continue working on my Friendship Quilt. http://romyaustria.over-blog.com/article-1035187.html So I pulled out my squares, and I really love to play with them. I started a new square, it`s a part of the LHN City Stitcher...
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My New Start is ........
The picture of my new start I showed you earlier this day is an Ewe&Eye&Friends design again. It`s House on the Holly Hock Hill by EEF and I started on 36count linen. I really couldn´t resist to start another EEF design. I did a little progress the last...
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Just came back
Just I came back from a wonderful golf trainings week in turkey. It really was a wonderful week with great fun and a lot of sport, but no stitching the last time. But the great colours of nature inspirated me to pick up my stitching again. So some goals...
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I did it!!!!!
I really did it!! After my stitching break I did my first new start last weekend. I started the Little Sampler # 8 by Ewe&Eye&Friends. I really love those little samplers, they look so much more beautiful in reality as on the pictures. They are quick...
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Ewe&Eye&Friends sampler #8
Yesterday evening I finished EEF small sampler #8. I can`t explain why, but in the moment I`m totally fond of this designs. They are so funny and easy to stitch, and they look somehow special when they are finished. Have to say, that they look much more...
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It`s Sping Time
It´s spring time and in our garden the first trees are flowering. I absolutely love this season when the garden becomes colored and everything starts to grow. I found some time to stitch on my PS spring samplers. And here you see to top of the first of...
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Catherine Agnes finally framed
When I pulled out my stitching look I found Indigo Rose Catherine Agnes which I finished last year. I totally forget about it. I had an old frame in my stash which fits exactely. Now it`s framed and I have a wonderful place to hang this sampler. And.........now...
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Looks like IŽm a little back to needlework!
Dear friends, I have no idea if there is already someone who read this blog???? I know I haven’t updated it since a long time so I don’t know if some of my “old friends” are still here?? I really missed all my dear stitching friends all over the world...
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L@@k what I got!!!!
Okay, I think slowly I become totally spoiled with my packages :-)!!! Today I received my exchange for the Sampler Lady Exchange at the Legacy BB. Chris stitched for me the most wonderful scissors keeper. It`s perfectly stitched on (40count linen, isn´t...
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Ornament SAL
In March I started a little Ornament SAL with Paula and Su It´s really funny to choose one seasonal ornament a month and (hopefully) to stitch and to finish it. For May I started an Assisi Medaillon. It´s stitched with DMC linen thread. It´s the first...
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another great mail day :-)!!
Today I found these beautiful Thread Rings in my mail. Aren´t they gorgeous??? I always was looking for special thread rings, but it looks like they are not available anywhere. These rings are made from mother of pearls, the outside is 3/4" wide and there...
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Catherine Agnes finished!!
Today I put the last stitches into Catherine Agnes by Indigo Rose and now it´s finished. It was the first time I did cutwork, and I really like how it looks like. It´s always a pleasure to stitch one of these Indigo Rose designs and they all looks really...