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Patchwork infections!
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...
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Merry Cox
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...
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Celebrations, Celebrations.....
In the week around the 18th of August there are a lot of celebrations in our little hometown. There is one festivity after the other and at the moment I'm really happy that slowly live becomes a little more relaxed. Here's a picture of my elder DD and...
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New Design
Marlene's Sampler is now finished and framed. I just took the picture and have to show it immediately. Soon I'll put the chart on my website and I think soon it will be also available in US. Now I'm looking forward to continue working on another tradition...
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some sewing experiances
Yesterday I was in the mood to do some finishing. So I decided to finish House on the Holly Hock Hill into a pillow. I started sewing and don't laugh but for me sewing with the sewing machine is something like to climb the Mount Everest. I put the top...
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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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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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Catherine Agnes update
Here´s a progress picture of my Catherine Agnes by Indigo Rose. I finished all the spots and now I only have to stitch on the last three corners and I have to do the cutwork. So hopefully this will become an April finish. I´m only a little anxiously about...
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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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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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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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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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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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Bourse de Brodeuse
After a discussion at the Swan Sampler group about Silvies (Au Fil des Reves) designs, I totally become tempted to start one of her designs. Immediately I pulled out her Bourse de Brodeuse kit, which I have since some time in my stash and started it last...
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a lovely present!!!
Today I received a lovely present from Angela in Italy! I got this beautiful scissores fob. The front and back are embroidered perfectely !!!! one over one !!!! with cross stitches and queenstitches. And the finishing is perfect and gorgeous too! It´s...
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pulled out an old WIP
It took some time to decide with which project I´ll start stitching again. Nearly I was on the way to start a new WIP, but after I pulled out my tons of old WIPs I decided to try to do some progress on this Prairie Schooler design. I think a "simple cross...
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I'm pleased to announce the "Austrian Spot Sampler"
My Austrian Spot Sampler is finished - framed - and will become published! I'm really happy with the result. The idea for designing a sampler in the spírit and influenzed by the historical Austrian embroidery was in my mind for years. And now it has become...
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Marlene's Sampler
Just I finished the stitching on a new design. This is "Marlene's Sampler" which is dedicated to my DD Marlene who became thirteen this year. This is a little sampler about 130x130 stitches and it is stitched primary with Old Willow Stitchery threads...
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Summer Sampler
This weekend I found some time to finish the summer sampler by Chessie & Me. It really was a fun and fast stitching. I like the look of over two, over one and specialty stitches like French Knotes, Satin Stitches, Four Sided Stitches and some more. It's...
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Sampler Rabbit from Laurie
Today I got a wonderful package from Laurie, she was my exchange partner for the Sampler rabbit exchange. She stitched for me a wonderful bellpull by Little House Needlwork and sent some extra goodies. I really love them. The bellpull perfectly fits into...
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My Austrian Spot Sampler is finished!!
Sorry, but I'm a little excited!! Maybe some of you are remembering that I wanted to create a sampler influenced by the traditional stitching here in my region. I was "pregnant" with this sampler for years. I have been drawing and stitching and redrawing...
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preview of my new design
I'm back from vacation and I'm back to working on the model stitching of my new design. It's another traditonal monochrome sampler and I think it will be called the "Blue Deer Sampler". I'm stitching the model with Dinky Dyes silks Midnight on 35 count...
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Love Ewe
When Gigi had offered this lovely freebie on her blog I couldn't resist to start it. I really was in the mood for a little finish and now I have to show my first finish in 2009. It's stitched on 32 count green Belfast linen and it's really lovely! THANK...
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Queen of Birds
Finally my new design the "Queen of Birds" is framed and ready for being published. I'm really happy with the framing I love those "tone on tone" look of the colors. The sampler is stitched on 32 count sand linen with one ply of silk over two linen threads....
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Needle Cases
Not much stitching at the moment!! The weather is really too lovely and the sun is shining too bright so I really want to spend the most of my free time outside on the lake or in the garden !! But I want to make an inventory of my stitching smalls I stitched...