End of March

So the end of the month has arrived. The weather certainly isn't Spring like. We've had tremendous winds, rain and thunder and lightening but hopefully April will bring some better weather so we can get cracking in the garden. The crops in the tunnel are doing well and I'm knee deep in Cauliflowers and celeriac so we shant starve😆. Stitch wise the February flower of the month progresses slowly

And who knows, I may finish it next month. Ive had one finish which is the first square in TheSamplerLife SAL.

The Scandinavian sampler comes along apace

And I started a new SAL called a blackwork journey which is based on a selection of sweets.

That's about it for this month. Happy stitching

GG March

Where on earth has this year gone? It's supposed to be spring but it's still bitterly cold here. Some of the daffodils are out but there's many more to come. Ive plants to put in the ground but it's too cold and the veg in the tunnel seems to be soooo slow. Anyway onto stitching. My stitching pile seems to be growing by the week. I'm now working on 10 different pieces of which 5 fit into this category. The first is Spanish Rouge Which is steadily growing

The next is Flower Power which sports a new flower

Number three is The Castle which is finished apart from the mountains of back stitch

The fourth is Hungarian Sampler which now looks like this

And finally a piece called Hertz auf der Wiese by Susanne Schmidt. This design was given to our group to stitch as a SAL although I believe it is for sale on her site www.farbenfroh-Schmidt.de.2013. As you've probably guessed by now my SAL group is German

This is also stitched on a piece of fabric given to me and is light raspberry . That's about all for this month. Thanks for dropping by and commenting. I hope to be able to reciprocate.

WIPApocalypse March

February was such a short month that it seems amazing that we are now into March and, supposedly Spring. This months question was - if time and money were not limiters, which projects would you stitch. I would definitely stitch Tapestry Cats and Grand,others Hat, both HAED designs. I already have the charts but sadly, not the time. The other two projects would be Spanish Bleu by Sampler Cove and Wreath for all Seasons, a Dimensions kit which is unfortunately out of my budget. Ah well, one can only hope. This months projects were Flower Power

Which as you can see didn't progress as well as I had hoped but some progress was made. The second was The Castle by Theresa Wentzler which is now almost finished bar the backstitch which I know, will take forever

The third is Spanish Rouge. Part 10 now finished so only 2 more parts to go

Number four is St Sylvestre by Long Dog which is a slowly ongoing piece.

The final piece is Tulips by Kathy Bungard which was a SAL in an old Yahoo group and which I am now trying to finish.

That's about all for this month. I look forward to blog hopping to see what everyone else has achieved.

February flower and a finish

I can't believe how quickly this month has flown by. The weather is still very cold although thankfully snow has evaded us. We did have horrendous thunder on Sunday. So bad that it actually set my surge protector off on the computers and fish tank. Thank goodness for modern technology. This month I finally finished the January Flower of the Month which was my fifth finish this year.

I managed to start the February flower which is violets.

Hopefully March will be a little kinder and the daffodils and tulips will decide to flower

Kay's February GG Update

How quickly the past month has gone but at least the snowdrops have now made an appearance and the bulbs in my planters outside the front door are popping up so hopefully Spring is on the way. I had three projects for this Sal last month which has now turned into four. 1. Spanish Rouge by Sampler Cove. I have now finished page 9 and into 10 so hopefully a finish sometime this year

2. Flower Power. This one grows steadily as you can see

3. Hungarian sampler

4. The final one is to be a Christmas present so a finish is a must. It's The Castle by Theresa Wentzler.

Looking forward to seeing what the others have achieved. Happy stitching

Secret stitching Sweetheart

This is something dreamt up by Jo of Serendipitiousstitching.blogspot.comWe were asked to provide a Valentine stitching pic which would then be sent to another participant. On Valentine's Day we were then to blog hop around the list of people taking part and find ours. This is the gorgeous picture I've been sent. I think it's lovely because it's original.

I'm off now to find my heart. Thank you to the stitcher of my lovely heart and Happy Valentine's Day. I hope you had loads of chocolates and red roses.

WIPapocalypse Feb. Update

This is my second post for this particular SAL. The topic for this month is How do you overcome that rut you are in with a particular project? My answer is that I just put it to one side, either to stitch on as soon as I get the urge or its transported to the "Sometime" box. January I had five projects for this SAL 1. A charity square of a kite - finished 2. Rockin around the Christmas tree - finished 3. Heide by Thea Govourneur - finished 4. TW English Sampler Garden. I didn't do as much as I would have liked with this one. I'm working on the stitches on the border and corners. The corner medallions were finished apart from bearing and I've got as far as the fans which take forever

5. Flower Power - this was a new start and I was pleased with the amount I managed to get done.

I also managed to finish a SAL piece left over from last year called Hertz. Pictures of the finished works are in a previous blog if you'd like to take a peek. This month my five pieces are 1. Flower Power - see how much more of the rudbeckias I can do. 2. TW The Castle

3. St Sylvestre by Long Dog. I started this one about a week into January and it's coming along nicely

4 is Spanish Rouge by Sampler Cove. I'm hoping to finish this one sometime this year

5 is Tulips by Kathy Bungard of Gracewood Stitches. This was an unfinished SAL from 2 years ago so well verdue for a finish.

Thank you to all those who commented on my list last month. It is much appreciated. Sorry for not contacting you to thank you. I Don't know yet how to do that. Perhaps someone can instruct me! Till next month. Happy stitching