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
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
After purchasing a positive rainbow of colours, it seemed appropriate that this week was more than usually colourful. Having realised that the big project I had in mind would be enormous beyond anything than would be manageable on the 28 count evenweave I had purchased, I did a little thinking. I did an about turn … More Weekend WIP Roundup
Every time I head back to London, I have to buy, ahem, one or two embroidery supplies! I may have got carried away, but my little shopping expedition last week means that I can now crack on with some ideas I have been formulation for some time. I needed to match DMC floss to some … More Making Rainbows
Reviewing what I have done this week, and in view of my previous post, it is clear I didn’t want to do any work that required much thinking! This week was all about cross stitch and satin stitch. I have been working on some of the designs I created when we first moved here last … More Weekend WIP Roundup
Do you ever have an idea rolling around your mind for such a long time you are almost afraid to try and realise it for fear it doesn’t work? Just me? I really hope not! I have had the idea for this pattern for ages! A couple of weeks ago I decided to get a … More Designing and Devising
Oh my! What a busy week it has been. We had friends staying for five days so most of my time was taken up looking after them. It was such a pleasure to have them but it did mean that stitching took a bit of a back seat. As as you can see from my … More Weekend WIP Round Up (plus one day!)
I am happy to say the drive to be a more organised that I talked about in this post has continued. In addition to this, I have felt the need to have a little more mental order too. I am finding that the more I work, the more ideas I have. Sometimes, those ideas have … More Weekend WIP Round Up
Ambrosia Stitches 