#1 Angel - Kindness.

This year's big cross stitch project will be a series of 12 angels. They are being published in the World of Cross Stitch magazine throughout the year. They are designed by Joan Elliot, the designer who did the Angel of Cross Stitch many years ago. Cross stitch friends may remember that was the design that used all the DMC range to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of DMC threads...of course I did that pattern when it came out, just for the challenge of using every single colour! ;) 

The design was to be stitched on an afghan blanket, but I am working them on a piece of evenweave that was in the stash...so far stitching up quite quickly! We have borrowed the 1st series of LOST DVD's from a friend.....so this gives me lots of stitching time each evening! This is where I am up to at the moment.

Here is the 1st angel completed.

Wadding has arrived

I ordered this wadding in November from a quilt shop in Berlin. It is a 30 metre roll, so it should keep me going for awhile! :) They don't carry this brand in Germany. So the quilt shop here in Berlin ordered it from America for me. I have no idea why it took so long to get here. It has been really frustrating, as I have really wanted to get into my quilting again, but have been reluctant to start new things, as I don't want to end up with heaps of UFO's. So I have a few things I must get done......mainly Dylan's 10th b'day quilt....sorry Dylan it is so late....but it will be finished now!

Scissor Keeper for Sonia

Here is the finished scissor keeper that I began on the train down to Munich last week. This design is a freebie from the Drawn Thread company. My friend Sonia, has got the itch to do some cross stitching, and bought a frame from England. She has a couple of kits and is going to begin soon. So I thought I would make her this to put on her scissors. She loves snowmen, so I think she will like this one. She comes back from a holiday in Egypt on Wednesday, so I will give it to her then!

Lizzie Kate March and more

Well, if I put a positive spin on it, I am 11 months ahead for next year! Here is the March series of cross stitch that I am doing. The first 3 are from Lizzie Kate, the next 2 are from Rainbow Gallery and the last one is Bent Creek designs. These one took a bit longer to do that I thought (with Munich and Legoland in between). Still I am happy with how they turned out!