Cross stitch Saturday,

Hello to the fellow bloggers who have joint in chookyblue Cross stitch Saturday,

Thought I would start with a bit of history (chuckle) A few years ago, a friend of my mothers, introduced me to cross stitch, unfortunately my first attempts, I am unable to share with you,

These items where bookmarks (given to school friends and teachers), Christmas decorations for family Aunts, Uncles and Cousins, neighbours and friends.

 Then boys came along and my days of needlework didn’t seem to be so cool.

Then after marriage, I  together with six other  lovely  ladies would meet once a fortnight .Where we would chat, exchanged patterns, drink hot chocolate during the winter and share fresh lemonade during the warmer evenings, contribute  our opinions on current issues and solve the problems of the world while exchanging lots of giggles and tears, regrettably over a period of time, like I am sure happens everywhere things change in our life, someone gets a transfer with their job, financial situations change, poor health( you know what I mean).  

Well next thing you know you are having a family yourself, I did a lot of cross stitch, on towels, blankets, bibs and grow suits. Then during the early years of my children, I got involved in CAFHS, Nursing mothers, Kindagym. Kindergarten, preschool and primary school fund raising activities, cross stitch and smocking and yes once again no show and tell. During the period of MUMS TAXI days transporting the boys to and from their sports, I once again, got back into cross – stitching, draw thread work, hardanger and quilting.



Small Sampler - Cross Stitich and drawn thread work



Cross Stitch

close up of the centre

Close up of the centre work - cross stitch - drawn thread woek - beading (top part)



The sampler



close up of the bottom part  - hardanger

close up  - cross stitch  - full view below

another Amish cross stitch

this is a plain peice of linen to give you an idea of what my hardanger looks like before I do the stitching and cutting

small handanger peice

close up of the peice above

centre work of the handanger peice below

corner show and tell of the peice below

Close up of the sampler (below) unfortunately the glass reflection has not picked up the glass beads that are stitched in the head peices

bit of flash mark in the photos in the items that have been framed (oops)

Originally these where 4 separate small cross stitches but I had them framed as one

yes more flash marks  - sorry

how ******** is that - the flash mark in just the right place (the cross stitch has a star where the flash mark is)

close up of my Twas the night before Christmas cross stitch - the garland is glass beads threaded around the tree

I hope you enjoy my show and tell and I am looking  forward to checking out your blogs.

May the floss be with you (ha ha)   cheers Marc