Stitchy Fingers

As told before I managed to do "some" stitching while I was away in Provence. Started the Santa's Village series by Country Cottage Needleworks and finished two of them (actually I did the last 50-something stitches of the second piece after returning home). So here they are:   Oh yes ... did I also telly you that I DID manage to finish knitting both of my daughter's dresses (normally I don't like posting pictures of my family but this will be the exception)? www.stitchy-fingers.blogspot.com  I would also like to welcome my new followers and say thank you to those who left comments on my blog posts the last couple of weeks. July and August are alway traditionally full of activities (probably with most of you) and I don't have a lot of spare time to comment back or to even write new articles for my blog and read other blogs. So I would say talk to you soon ... probably in September (with new piccies and plans) when everything is routine ag...

As already said in my previous mail, I've visited a patchwork exhibition in Provence at the "Domaine des Girasols". It's nothing big nor too fancy and not even known to a large public - I accidentally found out about it last year - but it's special because the quilts are shown at the backdrop of the "cave" or winecellar. So for those who love quilting ... here's some eyecandy.                         I hope you had fun looking at these lovely pieces!   Stay tuned for some more posts!  

Hi all, First of all I want to thank you for your mails from the last couple of weeks. Although I didn't find the time to respond to you individually, they were highly appreciated! So where have I been? Well, we went to Provence for two weeks and we had a ball! Quality time together, good temperatures (always around 31°C), a couple of swimming pools and waterslides, lots of beautifull villages, excellent food and wine ... everything was there to make it an unforgettable holiday! Like last year I've also visited the patchwork exhibition at the "Domaine des Girasols". Stitching wise I didn't do a lot because I had a couple of good books from Nora Roberts with me. They were so intriguing that I read more than I embroidered. My other stitching stuff didn't even get out of it's bag!!! I had a couple of Halloween pieces with me : Scream House - Just Nan, Sleepy Hollow - The Cricket Collection, Halloween Tree - Renato Parolin, Trio of Witches - The Needl...

It's already that time of the month for posting my update on the Silver Lotus' 2013 SAL :-) I would like to enter two of my Country Cottage Needleworks "Houses of the Month" series, being January and February. Entirely stitched with DMC on 32-ct Lambswool linnen   Next month I hope to show you March and April or one/two houses of Country Cottage "Santa's Village" :-). Current mock-up picture of the Santa's Village Have a nice day!

Yesterday (Sunday) marked the start of a new stitching adventure ... one that won't be finished for quite some while. As you might already know I just love the German designers and I decided to venture into something that is completely new to me ... stitching a tablecloth! I already had my eye for quite some time on a Christmas tablecloth featured in the book "Winterzauber" from Acufactum. I have a beautifull piece of fabric that's just perfect for it (only flaw = it's a 10ct instead of the asked for 12ct). Vaupel & Heilenbeck yarns were ordered and duely received so ... off with this adventure! I'll show you a real picture once there's more to show than the meager 30 stitches I have now (needed to baste the whole thing, count to make sure I was starting at the good place, ... this all took more time than I thought it would take :-)! Here's a preview of how it will look like once finished. The fun I'll have playing with new to me t...

Now that knitting the dresses for both daughters is almost finished, I'm starting to think about my projects that I'll be doing the next couple of weeks during that the long summer holiday - which will be sunny I hope :-) You're going to laugh with me but I'm already thinking about some Halloween and Christmas projects because I won't make it in time to finish any bigger summer project before the ending of September. It will definitely be a Cricket Collection theme for the rest of the year. My original Summer projects would've been:   OR   ALSO TEMPTING   But then there are other projects that are calling my name louder and louder :-)! I definitely need to finish my Sleepy Hollow because I want it to be my "showpiece"  on Halloween and I'm tempted starting Ladie's Night or Haunted Treehouse ...     OR EVEN   There's one thing ... I don't know where to find small badges of the fabric used...

Hi all, Yesterday marked the release of the new Hobbit trailer - the second one out of three called "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug". I've seen it ... and I can't wait for it's release!!! It'll hit the theaters on December 13th this year. Guess where I'll be? :-) A couple of teaser pictures: Off reading "The Hobbit" again ;-) !!!