We arrived back from Sicily yesterday. When I think back on our little holiday, I think mostly about colour: in particular beautiful shades of blue. They seemed to be everywhere we looked! I also loved the blowsy pops of colour from the bougainvillea and the thousands of pots of geraniums that lined every available wall, … More Sicilian Colour
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
We returned from Italy yesterday. This week has mostly consisted of rushing from one place to another and trying to do far too much! Every trip back is like this – will we never learn?! Happily, we did get a lot done and much of that is thanks to our parents who let us descend … More Weekend WIP Round Up
After my previous post I did a good bit of thinking about what works for me creatively. A look back over my very brief blog history shows that a lot of good has come from my experimental approach. The very act of making inspires more and more ideas so why would I want that to … More Weekend WIP Round Up
I have to admit, I have been feeling a bit cross with myself this week. My “Hello Flower” satin stitch project that I wrote about here and here was progressing so well but then I hit a bit of a snag. It is nothing major, but it is becoming more and more apparent that I … More A Happy Accident
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
So yesterday, having a couple of hours free, I sat down to stitch. I was feeling a little cross stitched out so I decided I needed to spend some time free hand stitching I really should have carried on a bit with the flower window in the picture above. It has been a while since … More Stitchery to Soothe the Soul
We have lived in Udine for eight months now and we never get bored of taking in the mountain views. Much of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia is flat. So flat! Flat iron flat. Pancake flat. You can see for miles and then all of a sudden the mountain simply erupt onto the landscape. There is very little graduation, … More Mountain Views and San Daniele Prosciutto
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!)
Ambrosia Stitches 