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Another one finished!

Grete — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:07:47 +0000

So I finally managed to get another cross stitch finished! Because my moods can be so variable cos of the dumb dysthymia I go through phases where I lose interest in some things. I’m really glad the interest came back eventually cos I loved this kit. It’s a Cat’s Rule kit by Heritage Crafts and I love them, have at least one other to do next

This is so like my lovely Bubbles it makes me giggle every time I see it!

On another note, I’ve had a good rummage through my project boxes and I realised how much my tastes have changed and there are kits and charts I will never do now. Rather than let them gather more dust, I’ve put them up on ebay and can see the list here. Also up are a set of Princeton Gallery World of the Unicorn collection plates that I’ve had for so many years and never had out of the boxes and on display. I kept telling myself that eventually would find a place to put them but have finally accepted that will never be

That’s all for now!

Progress report #2

Grete — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:51:11 +0000

Worked a bit more on the cross-stitch so it’s time for another photo Leigh correctly guessed it involves a cat somewhere (surprise surprise!) but not what the whole picture is, so I can at least retain a little mystery about it

More soon!

Can you tell what it is yet?

Grete — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:21:44 +0000

Apologies to Rolf Harris for borrowing his catchphrase

So I’ve already started on my next craft project and it’s a really cute cross-stitch. I’m not going to tell you what the design is other than that! Yes, it’s mystery cross-stitch theatre

The picture so far…

More soon!

Cross-stitch

Grete — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:29:15 +0000

I really enjoy doing cross-stitch and have done it for many years. I’ve finished a few large projects and lots of little ones as gifts for friends and family. I’ve not really kept any kind of picture record of projects that have been completed, but as Tony kindly took some pictures of the larger projects that I kept, I thought I would post them here

This was the first large project I finished. Probably one of my favourites too even tho I cursed it a lot when I was doing it.

As I had 2 cats at the time, one black (my old darling Squeak) and the ever cute ginger Bubbles, I loved this one as a representation of them. Happily it is still appropriate as Fizz is also black

I couldn’t resist this kit when I saw it, it makes me smile whenever I see it on the window sill

This is the most recent one I’ve finished. It actually took 10 years from starting it to finishing it but I didn’t work on it solidly in that time, I probably packed it away for a couple of years and did other projects in the meantime. Also due to a couple of annoying errors, it ended up being unpicked completely and started again. Thankfully it wasn’t too far along when I had to do that. I’m still pleased with it now it’s finished and I just need to get a good frame for it.

I have loads of kits to be started so I will witter about it here when I decided which one to do next after the rug is finished