A Stitch In Time August 2022
I have really struggled with this project this month. I began with the intention of finishing page 14 and got the spring shelf on the page finished off and had just started on the summer section when I decided that […]
A crafter of many years, now using this blog to share my ongoing projects and tips for others to enjoy. I mainly concentrate now on Heaven and Earth cross stitch designs - with several projects on the go at any one time. Also often found knitting shawls and socks, papercrafting. Easily distracted by new cross stitch patterns. Slave to a tyrannical black n white cat called Yuen.
Nikki B
I have really struggled with this project this month. I began with the intention of finishing page 14 and got the spring shelf on the page finished off and had just started on the summer section when I decided that […]
Early on this month I completed the first 50 rows on page 3 so I’m now all the way across the project. It also meant that I got to move the hoop back to page 1 to work on the […]
It has been a very strange month for stitching this month. It hasn’t been helped by the heatwaves that we’ve had which always saps my concentration but for some reason I have found it very difficult to settle into any […]
I had stitched most of page 15 in May but there was a little bit of the dragling’s stomach to finish off at the start of this rotation. I moved straight on to page 20 and made a start on […]
At some point during this month I decided that I would complete the page stitching colour by colour. Each lunchtime I was able to get a few colours done and could see that I was getting closer to a page […]
Early in the month I reached my first page 1 milestone. I have a lot of light background colours to stitch and the white stitches look a little messy in places to me. I’m not used to working with two […]
My first month with Nightmare being a focus piece. It didn’t take long to finish page 12, Sally’s face was not as tricky to stitch as Jack’s face had been so I finished the page much quicker than I had […]
Winter, Porth Dinllaen, kit by Geckorouge HoHoHo 4 limited edition for Christmas 2021. Artwork by Dorian Spencer Davies. Stitched on 28 count Easy Count fabric using 1 strand of thread. After re-arranging the rotation I had a spot in the […]
QS Yexian Festival Night designed by Heaven and Earth Designs artwork by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. Stitching on 20 count Easy Count Aida and using two strands of thread. April 2022 1,941 stitches I started this project in April just before […]