Time for an Update...

Been a while again, just don't get the time to update these days but I have been working on a few projects over christmas and the start of this year.

So here is what I have been up to:

To start with an exciting finish, a Bookmark kit by Michael Powell:

"Bookmark: Greek Village" by Michael Powell

Then another Michael Powell Bookmark finish, done for my mums birthday present:

"Bookmark: Spanish Hill Town" by Michael Powell

I am also going to be doing yet another for my sisters birthday. Family Michael Powell bookmark madness. Just got the kit through the post today, its the "Bookmark: Tall Italian House":

Another Michael Powell project I have been working on for a while now has progressed a fair bit. Last time I had:

30th November 2014

And this is where I got up to:

Current Progress

I think its also time to update my head progress as I have finally finished the first raw and began on the next. Very excited for this to move on to the eyes and more detail then just background and hair....

30th November 2014

This is where I am up to now:

Current Progress

Detail of last page in raw 1

Detail of first page progress on raw 2

Other projects that I received as presents for Christmas and Birthday are:

Still have to start on these. And also the other exciting two stitches:

And to finish of my update an exciting project that I am working on for my sister. The very first to stitch one of her own creations based on her beautiful robin painting. My progress so far on the first page:

"Robin" by Lija Broka

Very excited for this one as is the experimental version to make sure the colours work and to go on to the cover of her design pages....

Well thats it for now. Till next time......

Christmas Finishes Update and Other Progress!

Hi everyone,

so this is what I have been up to in the past few weeks...

To start off with some Christmas Finishes, these are the Christmas Heart Hangings that were included in a cross stitch magazine. I've done these on beautiful hand dyed even weave (hand dyed with fennel by my mother, very nice of my sister to share), and I have changed the colours used to some hand dyed threads (also stolen from my sisters stash).

These Christmas Heart Hangings I am going to make into little pillows to hang from my christmas tree, promise I will post a photo of it when its all done.

Next up is the beautiful cross stitch I recently just had to buy on etsy from the LittleStitcherShop, "The Snowy Forest". I have finished the bigger piece of the three, have another two little pieces to stitch for this beautiful decoration. Again I have altered some of the threads and done this on hand dyed evenweave (hand dyed with curry+elderflower by my mother, some more from my sisters stash, I am blessed to have such a wonderful sister)

Excitingly, I have bought another pattern from LittleStitcherShop today which I am very excited to start stitching for Christmas soon.

My Michael Powell Project: Beach Huts series has only progressed a very small amount but here it is:

Beach Hut series

And for last I saved my update on the Extravaganza Challenge that I am doing with Lija. I am proud to say that I have almost finished my first row of pages of my HEAD project.

My last progress as seen on 18th June

Current update

Detail

Till next time....

Summer Extravaganza

Part 12

Again big delay but I am happy to post a pretty big update on my HEAD, my forth page is now edging towards completion after which another half a page and I am on to the next raw. Very excited and therefore motivated. Also finally managed to get hold of my missing thread for the previous pages so starting to look more complete. So here goes: 

14th May 2014

Current Update

Close-up

Sorry for the photo quality, tried using my phone app to do the update. But as can see my phone camera not as good.

Till next time....

Summer Extravaganza (Yes, its Back!!)

Part 11

Massive apologies for my delayed post. So the Tuesday Summer Extravaganza is Back and I am over the moon excited to get back on it. Will try and make the update on time next Tuesday otherwise defeats the whole Tuesday bit.

So here goes this is where I am at now:

Current Progress

This page and a half to go and then I am on my second row.

Till next Tuesday...

Summer Extravaganza

Part 10

Finally back with an update. Start of summer and time to cross stitch. Here is what I have done recently for my summer extravaganza which I haven't updated in a very long time.

To remind you of what I had:

18th December 2012

And this is what I managed to achieve last week:

Recent Progress

Till next Tuesday...

Summer Extravaganza 2012

Part 9

Here is my weeks progress as promised:

11th December (last weeks update)

This weeks progress

Terribly sorry for the photo quality, didn't get a chance to take it in the morning and the light in my flat is very bad as it gets later.

Next weeks update will be most likely postponed to a thursday due to the Christmas events planned.

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas.

Till next week....

Summer Extravaganza 2012

Part 8

Yes I am finally back in the blog world and updating my summer extravaganza that has stretched into probably what is to come a fair bit more years, but I should get there in the end.

Having had a lot of health problems and lots of university to deal with I wasn't able to update at all these past couple of months but hopefully getting back to the blog world will encourage me to post my updates frequently however small the progress.

My summer extravaganza project last update was of two page progression. Just to remind you here is what I had in July:

July 2012

Here is what I have accomplished up till now:

December 2012

Till next Tuesday....

Summer Extravaganza 2012

Part 7


This time I am very proud to present my current progress. It is starting to look more like the head that I am stitching, start of the face can be seen. Makes me sooo excited.

previous week

two page done progress

Till next Tuesday...

Summer Extravaganza 2012

Part 6


A quick update since the weather is sooo nice and I just want to get out there whilst its still sunny. Catching the sun is really hard in this country so have to enjoy it when its there. So here goes my update:

Last weeks

This weeks progress

Till next Tuesday...

Summer Extravaganza 2012

Part 5

Here comes Tuesday and with it my update on the summer extravaganza. Looking at Lija's update I am   on a note of seriously starting to fall behind. I have a very small development since last week and will need to pick it up a notch by next week. So here goes:

Last weeks update

not much improved this weeks progress

Goal for next week to do a lot more. Till next Tuesday...

Summer Extravaganza 2012

Part 4


Quick update on my progress:

Previous week

Current progress

Till next Tuesday...

Summer Extravaganza 2012

Part 3


Terribly sorry for the delay in updating lately, had a very busy week with my sister graduating so had no opportunity to get this up sooner. I am proud to say I finally finished the first a4 page and now on to the next one. With the whole page it is now ok to say that the colours are starting to come together. This next page is quite exciting as it is the start of the hair and not just boring background, which made up most of last page.

previous page progress

Current stage of project

Will try to keep on time next time and therefore hopefully till next Tuesday..

Summer Extravaganza 2012

Part 2

Here is a quick update to my summer extravaganza 2012 project, design by Jasmine Becket-Griffith: Sienna Dragonling. For this update I'm only going to post the page development, having not finished the first page of my print outs I think an update on the overall development is not required. 

Page progress

Till next Tuesday...

Summer Extravaganza 2012

My first post on the Summer Extravaganza 2012, started on the 1st of June by my sister Lija. Today is the very first development post, as we have agreed to post every Tuesday. My selected design was Sienna Dragonling by Jasmine Becket-Griffith from the collection of Heaven and Earth Designs.

Page progress

Overall project progress

This must be my very first big scale project, as well as my first time to use the gridding technique. I really enjoy cross stitching this project, I just hope it wont over take all my other projects.

Till next Tuesday...