Posts

Showing posts from October, 2014

Hop Around the World (blog tour)

Image
Hello all, Hope your weekend was as sunny and full of activities as ours was :-) Last week Brigitte asked me if I would be willing to play along and do a blog Hop Around the World. Sure I said (I admit I was a little bit late in answering her - shame on me). I asked three other ladies. Two of them kindly let me know that they were very busy with family life and other things so they didn't have time - which I completely understand. However, Dani in Canada is willing to play along so feel free to visit her next week Monday. And all the other blogs on the right side of my blog roll are also worthwile a visit :-). So here it goes ... a couple of questions to answer: 1- What am I working on? A piece by Lanarte (a Dutch designer) called "Asian Beauty". I'm stitching her for my mom who was afraid to stitch on black. I thought that it was going to be a real PITA but she's coming along fine (I detested stitching with the gold metallic thread but that part is

Foir Fil goodies

Image
A little bit late I know but as promised, here are the goodies (charts) that I bought on the Foir Fil event. My favourite: Cuore e Batticuore - Petit marché de Noël (found at 't Gaerenhuys ) Tralala - Fôret enchantée C Mon Monde - Un tour dans mon sac Thistles - Schoolhouse necklace & biscornu Thistles - Snowglobe ornament - A sheepy Christmas I don't think that I'll manage to stitch the Christmas piece by Cuore before Decemberso it's better to limit myself to the Snowglobe ornament or Schoolhouse biscornu ;-). Have fun this weekend!