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Christmas surprise in the mail!!
Today I got a wonderful Chritmas package from my dear stitching friend Laurie. She sent the most loveliest, tiniest, cutest, prettiest Christmas Stockings I ever saw!!! I love them!! Can´t wait to decorate our Christmas Tree. Usually in Austria the tree...
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Hornbook
After I read Veros article about Hornbooks http://verom.over-blog.com/article-1415582.html I pulled out this little item we have since always in our home. I always saw that there is something to put a sheet of paper in, but I didn´t know how and why this...
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Birthday present
Today I got my Birthday present from Ann Maree in Australia. I was a naughty girl and couldn´t resist to open my package a few days before my birthday :-)!! Ann Maree stitched for me a lovely needleroll and included some lovely extra goodies! Do you know...
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the last new start for 2005
Yesterday I had a new start. I started Catherine Agnes by Indigo Rose. I totally forgot how funny and fast this Indigo Rose designs are to stitch. Here´s my progress after day 1. I think I´ll stitch on this till it´s finished. So hopefully it will become...
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decorating the tree
I just pulled out all my items for decorating the tree tomorrow. DH really brought the most beautiful tree today. I´m really satisfied with his selection! I have a wide range of Christmas decoration for the tree, mainly glas balls in the different colours....
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My Beekeeper finishing progress
Yesterday I started the finishing of the My Beekeeper. I really have to tell you, Jackies finishing instructions are gorgeous. I´m not very good in working with my sewing machine, but I got a lot of tips and hints for furtur finishings. If ever an online...
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KingŽs Vegetable Garden
I totally fell behind with the first part of the Mystery IX by Chatelaine. One of my goals for 2006 was to catch up with the parts of this Mystery. But at the end of January I only stitch 1/4 of the first part. Today part two was realized, and I really...
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MY BEEKEEPER finished :-)!!!
Finally I finished MY Beekeeper by Jackie du Plessies and I have to tell you, I didn´t know how lovely it will look like when it´s finished. So now I´m so happy that I pulled it out and finished it :-)!! I love stitching but I´m not really good in sewing,...
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ItŽs Easter Time
Now the Easter week is starting, so my daughter and I decorated our Easter Tree. I don´t know if this is usually in every country ?? But here almost in every home there is such an Easter Tree. Over the years I collected a wide range of hand painted and...
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Update on my stitching
I really was quiet the last days, and first I have to thank you for many private mails I got with the question if everything is okay with me. It´s only "real life" and less of stitching time that I didn´t blogg a while. It´s so nice to hear that I was...
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a WTS
I´m so happy that there was forming a SAL group for the Threads Through Time sewing roll. http://www.faireneedlenetwork.com/swan/threads.html That´s a gorgeous exclusive project from the Swan Sampler Stitchers Guild. I have the kit in my stash since a...
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a new start!!
I was looking for a small sampler to start for my sampler wall. But I couldn´t resist to start the new (big) Mystery Quaker sampler offered by Martina. Looks like I´m fond in Mysteries :-). I just finished page one and so far I´m happy how it comes along....
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New Designing Ladies chart
The chart and the finishing instructions for the new Designing Ladies project arrived. I really love it, and it´s so hard to resist to start it imediately :-), but now I´m up to 22 Wips!!! And I think that´s really more than enough. So I´ll try to finish...
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Needle Minder
Today I got a package from Paula in Canada from Kelmscott Designs and she sent me one of her beautiful needle minders. It´s really lovely and there are more designs of this needleminders to view on her website http://www.kelmscottdesigns.com/ I think...
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Mystery IX by Chatelaine
Here´s my progress on Mystery IX by Chatelaine. I wasn´t really happy with the first part, so I totally fell behind. I didn´t know if I really want to stitch a vegetable garden. But now when the first patches are to stitch, I really love how it comes...
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Ornament SAL???
I just was in the mood of a little easy, quick and "normal" cross stitch, so I started this Prairie Schooler ornament. Maybe it will become a nice ornament for Easter decoration. I have a place where I hang all my ornaments Now I thought maybe it´s nice...
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my stitching for the Sampler Rabbit Exchange
I just got the message that my stitching for the Sampler Rabbit Exchange at the Legacy BB board arrived at Melanie, so I may post pictures. I stitched a part of the Bunny Sampler by Threads Through Time and mounted it at the center of a Thread Keeper....
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TTT sewing roll progress
Just I finished the 17th Century part of the Threads Through Time sewing roll. That´s really a special project from the Swan Sampler Guild. Usually I´m not a fan of bright colours, but this silks really look gorgeous, and I love the idea of a sewing roll...
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Started the Threads Through Time Sewing Roll
I started the Threads Through Time Sewing Roll a special project from The Swan Sampler Guild. I had this kit in my stash for a long time, and I´m so happy that now a SAL group was forming. I think without it I wouldn´t have started this beautiful project....
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Paradise Garden
In March I joined a SAL for the Paradise Garden by Viginie Menzildjian. I´m stitching on 40 count linen and I decided to use silks from my stash. I really have a lot of overdyed silks, but never those which I need for a current project :-), maybe some...
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March Ornament
Today I finished my ornament for March. I stitched one of the Ornamentals II by the Historical Needlework Guild. A finish is a finish, also when it´s really small :-). So I think I´ll hold on this goal to stitch one seasonal ornament a month. That was...
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my new box
I just bought this box. It´s made only from boiled birch bark. I like the look of this nature product, it´s made without nails and usually used to store bread inside. But I think it can be used for storeing threads or stitching tools too. It´s really...
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Spring
It doesn´t look like spring here in my region this year. It´s still snow here and it´s way too cold for spring. I´m so waiting for a warmer season. I just found a picture which was taken about 18 years ago in spring. It shows my daughter when she was...
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thread keepers again
Today I got again a wonderful package from Jodi. She sent some lovely springfully fabric, ribbons for finishing and...... another thread keeper. This oval shape is really lovely to stitch a little design on it. And she sent me a picture of one of the...
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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...