I've made some progress too!

Hi Perri and everyone!

I was able to get some more done yesterday. Look I can do chain stitch now! I'm going to work on it again this arvo. It's just too hot to do anything else! Still need to get my shoo-fly blocks finished. It will be cooler, and bearable, the next few days...so I'll get out to the sewing room then. Have a great evening, Everyone!

At last i have had time to make a start

Finally i have started to trace the embroidery outlines so hopefully i will make a start stitching tonight with my lovely cosmo threads,cant wait,if only we could stitch and sew all day every day and we had maids to do the housework,lol. Cheers Shez   http://shez-enjoyinglife.blogspot.com

Stitching Progress ...

... I am slowly making some progress on block 1 ...

... my stitching so far ...





 ...  I have just realised that I forgot to trace in a flower - notice the gap in the middle of the side border ...the stem is flower less !... must have missed it in my excitement when tracing  :-))

 ... at the moment with the very warm weather we are having, I am unable to stitch at night because of the insects that like to share my stitching light ... a joy of living where I live ... in the bush ... 

Can anyone else share their stitching progress ?

Happy stitching, P

Great Afternoon of Stitching!

I had a wonderful arvo of a few hours of stitching Block One. I even worked out the chain stitch! Still haven't made up my other Shoo-Fly blocks yet. Maybe I can get to them today!

Finding a new supplier

I am like Florence I sent for my fabric from Australia because it was impossible to get it here in England. I too had to pay import duty which made my fabric rather expensive ( but well worth it) I am wondering if there is something strange going on because I too have lost my subscription due to the supplier closing but luckily I have found a new supplier. What can happen next I wonder?????

I am still loving doing this Mystery so nothing will put me off!!
Enjoy your stitching
Pam

I am sooo excited

I have just recieved all my fabrics and threads and hanky linen so now i can start,yipee.
I decided to wash my fabrics and the hanky linen before i start so thankyou everyone who sent in advice about the fabric(whether to wash or not),i ironed them when they were 1/2 dry so there is no wrinkles to speak of.
Seeing everyone else's blocks have inspired me to start this project so i am looking forward to starting stitching,so the light box is coming out tonight.
cheers Sheryl
http://shez-enjoyinglife.blogspot.com

A Bit of Progress with FNSI

This was my post for the FNSI on my blog, so I just decided to add it here too. Am I the only one who has trouble with the chain stitch!!??  It took me a good hour to do one wing of that butterfly. Stitch 4 chains, undo 2...stitch 6 chains, undo 3...what am I doing wrong!!??

Well, my Friday night was my second FNSI with Handmade by Heidi.

I love setting aside the time to work on one of my projects. Allbeit, I don't think I got very much done! I seem to be so slow....I'll blame it on poor lighting. *grin*.

I worked on my the stitching for my Vignette Block One. I love the colours! Had to start on the butterflys because they were orange. They use chain stitch...tiny chain stitch. I like the look, but boy I'm hopeless with getting that needle to work!

So here's the little bit of my stitching. You can see it will be awhile before it's done!

See you next month for FNSI!