You cannot underestimate how attached the English are to tea. In my experience they are second only to the Irish. Being from an Irish family living in London, I claim a little knowledge on this subject! We have a very dear family friend who once told me how, whenever her dad used to take his … More Life Saving Liquid
On Saturday my little sister got married. On Saturday morning I finally finished the project I had been working on to mark the occasion. Clearly I still continue to cultivate remarkable procrastination skills! I did enjoy working on these two hoops. When I work on these negative space pieces, I love how the shape emerges … More Tying the Knot
Oh my goodness! It has truly been a case of taking one stitch at a time this week. The rest of the time has been taken up with trying to escape the heat. We had a very expensive afternoon in a shopping mall only because we were beguiled by the promise of air conditioning! Yep, … More Weekend WIP Roundup
My husband and I recently made an agreement that we were not going to moan about the heat. We wanted to come and live in Italy and we knew the summer would be hot so we have no right to whinge. Also, complaining leads to stress and, we reasoned, that just makes you feel even … More Weekend WIP Roundup
It has been a busy time here so I have resorted to taking my stitching with me and doing a little whenever I get the chance. I had a particular reason for wanting to get this little project finished this week. We have been staying with some lovely friends near Treviso who made us so … More Weekend WIP Round Up
Too much stuff! I have mentioned a number of times before that when we moved to Italy I managed to reduce all of my embroidery supplies down to one single basket. I was rather proud of that achievement! I have also enjoyed the challenge of realising projects with what I have to hand rather than … More Stuff
I mentioned before that our trip to Sicily was a real foodie experience. There were so many things we enjoyed but, without doubt, our favourite was Granita con Panna e Brioche. My friend Manuela, whose family are Sicilian, firmly instructed us to order this for breakfast on our very first day. I have found that … More Icy Cold Granita!
We started this week near Lake Garda where we had been staying for the weekend. My parents had come to visit so it was fun to take some time out to explore another region. This part of Italy is much closer to what I think of as classically Italian countryside. The apartment we rented was … More Catching Up
What a scrappy kind of stitching week it has been! Recently it has been all about managing in the pretty intense heat we have been experiencing. Being British, this is not something we commonly need to deal with! We are learning as we go. It also wasn’t the best week for photographs as we have … More Weekend WIP Roundup
As I mentioned in my previous post, I didn’t get much stitching done whilst we were in Sicily. This was primarily because it was was more of a sight seeing, Sicilian three hour lunches and seeing friends kind of holiday. If it had been a lazy, lie on the beach affair, I would have got … More Bright Ideas Lead to my Undoing
Ambrosia Stitches 