 Well today the weather was much cooler. Bren and I had the day off today and had a lazy day at home in the clouds. We live in the Upper Blue Mountains and some days the clouds are so low that you can barely see a metre in front of you. I love days like this at home:) I finally started on the Houses Of Hawk Run Hollow SAL. After more indecison than I have ever had on chosing a fabric I again changed my mind today and am stitching this on a 36ct Edinborough linen. This is not a great photo but I will try to do a better one next time.
A couple of ladies asked me why I didn't enjoy stitching An Open Heart. To be honest I really don't know why but I just found stitching it a chore. There were some rows that took me ages to work out how to do. For example there was a row of a sort of Rhodes stitch in the shape of a heart that nearly drove me around the twist.LOL. Having said all this I am so incredibly happy with the outcome. It really is beautiful and I can't wait for Bren to frame it for me. I am definetely happy that I stuck with it. Sounds like a lot of you are either almost finished it, just started it or are about to start and I can guarantee you will be pleased at the end results. Stargazer on the other hand is a lot of fun to stitch. It is rare that after stitching for a day on something that I don't want to do something else the next day but with Stargazer I am having to force myself to put it down and not neglect my other stitching projects. Tomorrow will be back to stargazer though:) |
HOHRH is looking great. I finished my first house over the weekend. It seemed to have taken me forever to stitch that square.
I love Stargazer, she is going to be so lovely.