Mini The Black

Hi!!

So seems im not great at updating my blog - ops sorry for that.

It's been a really stressful couple of months for me - I changed jobs, had my car have a major breakdown (which I need for the new job!!) so needed to get that repaired, but im also having troubles outside of work - but I won't go into those one's here.

I will try and come update more often!!

So anyway's most of my stitching has been abandoned because Mini The Black has an amazing pull on me. Now I know I said that I was aiming for Mum's birthday but I think we all knew - never gonna happen ;) So now he's a christmas gift lol

Im absolutly loving stitching him even if im stitching him in such a strange way,

You see, as his name suggest's, this stitch contains a large amount of black. So I got it into my head to stitch ALL off the black stitching first (told you it was strange).

The effect is quite stunning really . . .

So Im actually very proud of the way he's looking at the moment - he's seemed to pull together more over the past 48 hours (I have been on holiday from work this past week which has allowed extended stitching time) and you can actually tell it's a horse now!!

Anyway 1 last photo to show you the progress as a whole - this was taken before the one above - hense the big difference!!

Anyway I promise I'll be better at updating here too

Loves you all!!!

Mini The Black HAED

OK OK I admit it

Mini The Black has had such a calling to me that I just had to start him.

I'm stitching him for my Mum for her birthday (that is the excuse I used to justify starting him!!), however her birthday is April the 29th so I have my work cut out for me - I'm not entirely convinced I can get him finished in time . . .

. . . only time will tell and I not going to fret about getting it done. I know Mum will love it if its ready in time or not lol

Love you all!!

Echoes of Autumn

OMG . . .


. . . Im so excited!!


My thread pack and fabric have arrived at last for Echo's Of Autumn. This is my christmas present from my parents, but didnt order until last month.


This is a real big deal for me as Echo's is the first large Heaven and Earth Design chart which attracted my attention, was the first HAED chart I bought, and is the chart which started the HAED obsession and i love her still!!


I get my thread pack's for my HAED from the wonderful Donna Lamb from Cross Stitch Heaven (link at page bottom) and once again she has supassed herself :D


And I have some Piecemaker needles now - christmas again for me!!


Loves you all xxx

Bad Jo!!

Today I've been very naughty . . .

My favorite website for charts (Heaven and Earth Designs) have had a 35% off sale on. But today the owner decided to include the mini's in with the sale . . .

And I had to buy Mini Autumn Cat Magic and Mini Phantom of the Masquerade by Melissa Dawn, to go with Mini Pumpkin Cat Magic, which i already have.

My plan has always been to stitch her cute kittens as mini's so how could i possibly ignore the 35% off. It helped that I actually get paid tomorrow and still have some petrol money saved from this month . . .

. . . still naughty of me though ;)

Loves you all!!

Hello and welcome

Hello everybody and welcome to my blog!! Ive created this (eventually!!) so that I can share with you my cross stitching projects, and their complete stories, from all the prep work, to the stitching to the, hopefully, completed stitching!!

I've been a stitcher since the age of 14. The only reason I ever started was because I took Textiles as my D&T choice for my GCSE's, and I needed to add on some detailing to a bag I had made.
The teacher (Miss Garner) suggested maybe using a bit of cross stitching, showed me how to do it and that was it - love at first stitch!!

And I've honestly been stitching ever since!

Now Im 27 and the project's I stitch have come a long long way from that first little stitch. I have a stash which is completly out of control (and I dont care!) and with so many wonderful design's to choose from Im sure that it will only continue to grow!

Anyway I hope you enjoy what you see and read!!

Love's to you all xx