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
Udine is situated about 40 mins drive from the Italian/Slovenian border. It has always been interesting to see the Slovenian influence in the region of Friuli. The language, the food and the culture are very much closer to Slovenia than what we would consider to be classically Italian. Apart from a couple of brief trips over … More Slovenian Colour
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
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
One of our new Italian friends described the passion for food here as something close to religious fervour. I was reminded of this when we went to a special food festival at Villa Manin near Codroipo last weekend. Villa Manin belonged to the last Doge of Venice and, I think someone mentioned that Napolean spent … More Deliciously Italian
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
We are in England for a couple of days this week. It is such a good feeling to slip back into the familiar. When I tell English people that we live in Italy, most of them say how jealous they are and seem to assume that life there is so much better than anything we … More The Grass is Greener
I have always fancied myself as a quite a good cook. By which I mean I haven’t relied on ready meals or things out of jars! I happily cooked meals from scratch, building up a repertoire of recipes that I took the time to record in a notebook to take with me to Italy. Since … More Seasonal Cooking – Asparagus
Ambrosia Stitches 