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surprise in the mail
Today I got a surprise package from my dear friend in stitches Angela. She sent me this lovely box by Des Histoires a Broder. It´s wonderful stitched one over one and perfectly finished!! I really love it.
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Sampler Tote Bag
Just I received this Sampler Tote Bag. Isn´t it nice to carry my love for Samplers now with me :-)!! Or maybe I´ll use it to store my actual WIPs. Here you can see a picture of the original sampler. http://www.geocities.com/shootstmx/
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Catherine Agnes
This weekend I did a little progress on my Catherine Agnes by Indigo Rose. I added two more spots and started the border and stitched one corner. After the spots are done, I think it will be finished soon. I really like Indigo Rose designs, and have to...
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Happy St. Valentins Day!!
A happy St. Valentin´s Day to all my stitching friends around the world :-))))
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Swan Thread Keeper
Today I got another beautiful Thread Keeper designed by Jodi´s Dad. I love the swan and I´m curiously what he will design next :-)!!!
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Catherine Agnes
Here´s a picture of my (slow) progress on Catherine Agnes by Indigo Rose. I added another of the spots to the sampler and I started to stitch the alphabet and the borders, so hopefully I will not become boring at the end.
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Ewe&Eye&Friends
I just discovered (again) my love for Ewe&Eye&Friends charts. Some days ago I started the small sampler # 10. These designs are so funny and fast to stitch and I love the muted colours. And as always, I totally lost my selfcontrol for buying new charts...
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surprise in the mail
Today I got an absolutely unexpected package from Jody with wonderful fabric, and.....................the most wonderful walnut thread keeper. Her father made this pretty heart and I absolutely love it and will treasure it forever!!
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my EEF order arrived
I ordered some more Ewe&Eye&Friends charts. It´s really bad, everytime I love to stitch a design I can´t resist to order more charts of this designer. So today I got a lot more EEF charts. Now I only have to find time to start and to finish them :-))...
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progress on Catherine Agnes by Indigo Rose
I did a little progress on Catherine Agnes by Indigo Rose and added some more spots. That´s really a funny project and I love to learn more specialty stitches.
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My Beekeeper class
I finally finished the stitching for The Beekeeper class by Jackie du Plessies. Now I´ll follow Jackies excellent finishing instructions step by step. Hope I can post a finished picture soon :-)!! This pinwheels really look great!!!
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snow and sunshine!
I usually don´t like winter very much. I absolutely love more the warmer seasons. But this year we have so much snow and so much sunshine, so it´s really great to go sking and to walk around. As you can see my DD loves it too :-)!
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progress on the Quaker Sampler
Today I finished page two of the Quaker sampler. This designs are really funny and relaxing to stitch. And it´s funny to think about which colour to use next!
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Mystery IX
The first two days of the year I stitched on Mystery IX by Chatelaine. I like these colours and I`m curiously how a vegetable garden will look like :-)! Here´s my progress so far, and I´m wondering when I´ll fall behind with this mystery :-).
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for a dear friend
I stitched "For a Special Stitcher" and "For a Dear Friend" by Elizabeth design and finished it as a needlebook for my friend Susan. Now I got the message that it´s arrived. needlebook front needlebook back open
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another ebay dillmont
I bought the Dillmont Enzyklopädie of the femal needlework on ebay and I really love to read this book. There are a lot of interesting things in this book and I´m happy that I have it now in my anitique book collection.
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IŽm back!
I just came back from my vacation and I really had a wonderful time!! I found a Christmas package in the mail!!! Jodi stitched for me a wonderful ornament (one over one) and sent some great fabric!! Thank you Jodi, I love your package!!
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Maison des brodeuse
I just got the message that my birthday present arrived at my dear Birthday Buddy Laurie in US :-), so I may show a picture what I stitched for her! I stitched the Maison des brodeuse pinkeep and scissors case by Au fil des reves. It was really funny...
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new scissors
Today I got another French order. I ordered two new (old looking) scissores and a great catalogue for needlework tools. The book is really interesting for all needlwork tool lovers and collectors.
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English Bandsampler progress
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...
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cross stitcher in residence
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...
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Birds & Berries
I just finished my stitching on the Merry Cox Birds & Berries sewing case. Now will come the finishing part. I´m happy that I found the perfect dupion silk for lining in my local fabric store. The colour really goes beautiful with the stitching.
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Finished Bourse de Brodeuse
Today I finished my Bourse de Brodeuse. It´s really a lovely little design and the finishing was easy. I´m sure I´ll use this kind of finishing for further projects.
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Betsy Morgan kit
Today I had another great mail day :-), my Betsy Morgan kit the "Spanish Sampler Etui", a class from the Swan Sampler Guild, arrived today. I really fell in love with this design the first time I saw it. Hopefully I will find time soon to start this great...
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Ackworth Books
Just I received my Ackworth diary and pattern book! The diary is wonderful and also the pattern book is just great! I think I´ll use it as a stitching diary to record my stitching for the next three years.