Golden Gate Bridge-ALL stitching finished!

I'm now stitching a kit called Balloon Girl, which is based on a Banksy design. It'll be a Christmas present for my brother and his fiance. It's coming along quite nicely, so hopefully I'll get it finished soon.

I need to start finding some frames for all my finished stitching, though! I have several pieces washed and ready for framing, so I need to sit down and get ironing and mounting so I can have them on the wall being admired!!!

Everyone Brings Joy

I finished stitching this Waxing Moon design on Monday. I stitched it for my husband as it was our 8th anniversary and I wanted to stitch something on linen for it (on the list for modern 8th anniversary gifts).

I started it in late April when I was on jury service, but didn't get as much stitching time as I'd hoped. At least I finished stitching it in time, although it's not framed yet.

Golden Gate bridge-all cross stitches finished!

I've finished all the cross stitch now! I need to wash it before adding the back stitch & long stitch.

I am kicking myself about the frames. I found 2 frames which would be ideal for it, but the mount is just slightly too small. If I had known before I had started stitching, I could've missed 3 rows from the top and 3 or 4 from the bottom of the picture and it would fit perfectly. To be fair, I hadn't bought the frames when I first started stitching, so I couldn't have known. Annoying, though! Will probably use the frame, but get a different mount cut. Which frame do you think looks better? Pine or black? (Just folded the fabric into place to give a rough idea how they'd look)

Updated photo

April 13th 2010. The end is in sight... :-)

Golden gate bridge update

Here's what my stitching looked like the last time I picked it up (almost 2 years ago to the day!)

...And this is what it looks like today! I've done a fair bit of stitching on it this week and it's taking shape now. I've had to put it on a bigger frame to work on as I was running out of stitching space with the smaller one.

The design is by John Clayton. I love his work and have quite a few kits by him. Several of the Circles range, as I think they look amazing, and one called 'The Junction' of a narrow boat approaching a lock. I have no idea where I'm going to display all these kits when I finish them! :-)

Tulips finished

I finished stitching this cover kit last week. It took much longer than I thought it would, but the end result looks good. Haven't framed it yet. In fact, I'm gathering quite a stash of unframed cross stitch. That's very naughty of me!

I have dug out some kits from my UFO box. Firstly I tried stitching some more on the motorbike kit that my Mum bought for Bob & I in 1999. Unfortantly, I've lost the threads from it, so I was only able to stitch the black areas. I have contacted PINN about the threads and they have told me they'll send me some more. :-)

For some reason, the bike kit was one that Grandma asked about often. I have no idea why that particular kit stuck in her mind so much, but I hope she's looking down on me when I do finish it. It'll be a tribute to her.

Next I started stitching on the John Clayton 'Golden Gate Bridge' kit that I started before we went out there in 2005. I have done a fair bit of it this week, although I haven't gotten around to taking a photo of it yet. Next update I'll add one...

In loving memory of my Grandma

I'm sorry to say that my Grandma passed away 3 weeks ago. I miss her so much.
She was in hospital for 4 weeks, but was all set to come home when she picked up a chest infection and died on Monday 15th February-one month to the day before her 90th birthday.
She never did get chance to hang the Lizzie Kate seasons that I stitched for her. I've asked my Mum if I can have them back and I'll hang them up along with the Flowers Of The Year kit I stitched for my Grandparents in 1996.

I'll never forget you, Grandma. You gave me so many happy memories. I love you.