I didn't think it had been that long since I had posted an update! This year is flying.
I wanted to upload some photos of my latest cross stitch for my own record.


My angel piece framed. It looks very sweet in my beauty salon. It catches my eye everytime I walk in the room. You can't really tell but the matting is a pale olive green and I think it works well with the colors in the cross stitch.


My two cheeky bathroom mice. I love how they turned out. At first I wasn't sure when I picked the colors but I wanted to have a bit of fun with them since they have so much character themselves.


First Holly Hobbie progress picture.


My second Holly Hobbie cross stitch picture.

I am really enjoying stitching Holly Hobbie and I have been doing most of it at night time watching the olympics. Oh and I've started a new t.v series 'six feet under' and it is so good and a bit weird. I have been stitching whilst watching that too.

Happy Stitching x

Adrian and I just got back from seeing 'sex and the city' at the movies. I LOVED IT! :-) So good. I asked Adrian to go with me and I think he enjoyed it just as much as I did, we laughed the same amount of times. :-) The movie was like seeing all my girlfriends again! haha... I think I am about the only girl in the world who still hadn't seen it yet but I wanted to finish the series first and I am glad I did. It was great to see all the fashion too.
Before dinner and the movie we had a quick look in JB HIFI and with me being the Led Zeppelin fan that I am I went over to their section and I bought 'Mothership' 2 CD and 1 DVD set for $15!!!!!!!!!!!! It is normally from $30 onwards and it was a special deal they had. I couldn't believe it, so of course I bought it! I had my eye on it for awhile.
It's been a great night. :-)

This is my first progress picture of my holly hobbie cross stitch pattern I recently started. It is my first time working on evenweave and I love it already. :-) It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. It is my new addiction. I've actually really gotten into different types of stitching fabrics now with different colors since I have started evenweave! I can't wait to go to the craft show this weekend to have a look at all the different sorts. :-)
The picture is of Holly Hobbie's bonnet she wears and I like how it's coming along, there have been a few color changes but not too many so I am not stitch jumping much.



I had fun this afternoon stitching whilst watching twin peaks tv series. I've finished the sex and the city tv series now and I miss the girls already!! :-) Hehe...I loved that show.

Happy Stitching x

I think I am addicted to evenweave... :-/ hehe....since working on my holly hobbie cross stitch I have become to really love evenweave. I have become much more confident and although I am a little bit slower than I am at stitching on aida I still love the effect of evenweave. Counting takes me longer and almost makes me go cross eyed but it's ok. I don't do much count jumping on evenweave as I don't trust myself with getting the right amount of squares. I would most likely miscount and then stuff up my stitching.:-)
I have only been stitching on evenweave for a few days now but it get's easier every time, I really like it!

Yesterday I went to my local framers to get my stitching of my angels and mice piece framed. I decided to go to my trusted framers even though they are awhile away, I do trust what they do with my stitching and they do a fantastic job. I would never pain an insane amount of money at the other framing place near my house just because they are closer. I couldn't believe the quotes I got from them!!!!
Anyway, I had fun picking out colors of matting and frames with the lady there so I can't wait to get them back.
I also went to spotlight and bought some calico to put in between my q-snaps and my stitching as I want to avoid dirty marks on my fabric as much as possible. I can't remember who I got this idea from,but it's a good one at that. :-)
I will post a photo of my progress soon!
Happy Stitching x

Hi everyone, I am wanting to wash my cross stitch before I take it to the framers and before I do this I was curious to know how you all do it? and what you have found works best? I searched a thread on this and someone said basic dish washing liquid works. I've not used this method before as I've always been with my friends when I've washed my cross stitch and they both use washing flakes which has worked really well.
Before I head off to the supermarket I just wanted to know if I could maybe use general clothes washing detergent that I already have at home?
Thanks in advance. :-)

I finished threading my threads onto the thread holder I made for my holly hobbie kit today! It took me two days, as I needed good natural light. Last night I finished sorting them. Silly me, couldn't wait as I really want to start the kit so I sorted most of the threads out in artificial light! Probably not the best idea, my eyes started to hurt after working out 5 different shades of green....
I will be starting my kit tonight! Yay! :-)

On Saturday night I watched a episode of 'grey's anatomy' and finished stitching my second mice project. :-) They look great together, I think they are so cute.
I really enjoyed stitching the mice, very easy, a good change from my last project. All I need to do is wash and iron them and then take them to the framers. I can't wait to see them on my bathroom wall.



Speaking of framers I checked out my local shop near my house today to get some quotes on my stitching. They were lovely guys that worked there and very welcoming. They looked at my stitching and said how beautiful my work was. :-) I had the angel piece and the mice with me. :-) They gave me different ideas on how to frame each one with different matting and frames but WHOO EXPENSIVE! I am talking $80-$90 more than where I normally go to have my stitching framed. So even though they were lovely and helpful I think I am going to have to stick with my framers. With the two mice, they quoted $130 each! I think that is a bit too expensive. Especially since I've had my other stitching framed for alot less and they have been larger.
It is good to look around though.

I also started sorting out my threads for my new holly hobbie kit last night, it's not my most favourite thing to do, and it took me awhile with sorting out all the similiar colors, but now I can start my kit after I thread them in a thread sorter. Can't wait to start it!!

Happy stitching xx

Yay! for Spotlight sales....20% off everything today.
I went and left with stocked up DMC thread colors for a future pattern that I will be starting in the near future. :-) Ooh and a few other things, like aida. :-)

Tonight was my first time at stitching on evenweave. I'd always been so scared at having a go at stitching on evenweave because it looks so scary and confusing but I think I did well. As time went, I became more confident with it and I think I might begin to like it. :-) My friend Gayle taught me at our stitchy meeting this evening, as my new kit Adrian bought me has evenweave enclosed inside and I thought I should definately become confident with it first before I start my actual pattern. :-)
It will definately take me longer to stitch with all the extra counting, but I will enjoy it at the same time....I hope.
Happy Stitching x

Nathan and I went and saw a band called 'The Children of Bodom' last night. :-) They are a finnish band and are touring at the moment. They played at the Palace in the city and they were something different. Like nothing I've ever heard or seen before. They are a death metal band, so you can probably imagine what I am talking about. I had to laugh when I heard the support band play, they were what you could call interesting. I didn't understand the musician at all, he was screaming into the microphone and I couldn't actually hear any words. He had cool hair though, really long. :-)
Nathan loves that sort of music, and wanted to take me along as he knows I love seeing bands too. I am glad I saw them as I like hearing different music and they were really good, and quite popular. I probably should have dyed my hair black and worn black with heavy eyeliner to fit in more, but I just went as me. :-) We had such a fun night and had a few drinks together too,it was great.
I then spent the day after with my sister and neice, that was even better.....SHE IS SO CUTE!!!!

On stitching, I am still stitching the second of my mice in the series, they are coming along well. :-)