I have not made much progress recently largely because I have been out too much! There seem to have been lots of birthdays and other things in the last couple of weeks so I haven't had much time for stitching. On top of that I was due to have a quiet weekend this bank holiday but my parents were stopping off on their way to a family party in Plymouth. They stayed on Friday night as planned but then saturday morning came and my dad's back had gone so there was no way they could sit in a car for 4 hours. So they ended up staying which was lovely and I always enjoy spending time with them but of course less stitching time. The only good thing was that we were able to go shopping for stitching stash as mum had left hers behind at home and so needed some to keep her entertained last night-she bought the cut thru noahs ark from Bothy threads. I was very good and didn't get any but I won't mention the order I placed with Casa Cenina last weekend! Anyway dad's back was better today so they have gone on their way.
So here are my latest pictures...
Firstly the shakespears fairies...it is working quite well on the black so far. The photo is a bit blurry (why am I so rubbish at photographs?) bt you can see the effect. It doesn't really look like much at the moment
and then the second piece I have been working on recently is the Chatelaine White Nights in St Petersburg. I decided to do this on a dark blue fabric and the gates are done in black on the original design. I had thought they would show up enough but when I had done them they looked rubbish so I spent the whole of my stitching time last weekend unpicking them! Anyway I have started redoing them in white and they look much better..so here is where I am so far. You can't see the whole lot as I have it rolled on a large frame but I have just about finished the section with the houses on all four sides.
The other thing I have decided to do is to have a go at framing my work myself. I am fed up of paying such a lot of money for framing and my mum has had a go and she says it worked quite well. I have a small piece (the blackwork house) that I think I will try..I want to lace it properly as well which most of the framers never do. I will report back when I have had a go and let you know how successful I have been!
So off to carry on with the white nights I think.
happy stitching everyone
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