Emerald Mermaid Happy Dance!

She is finished!

Stitching Progress

I've had some computer problems so posts are sporadic.

I've worked on Emerald Mermaid until my beads ran out. I've just made my first ever purchase on ebay (yay me!) so hopefully I'll have this finished soon.


I've been somewhat obsessively stitching on the Fractal. I want it finished so my stash can have all it's colours back and I can start something new.


This is what I'm working on now.

Stitching Progress

It's been a while since I posted progress pics. I have been working on Fractal #141 for the last three weeks.


I'm giving it a rest while I work on Emerald Mermaid.


I've actually frogged the beads in this pic and started again, stitching them on with a half cross instead of a full one, so that they fit better. I was planning on finishing her but I think that I'm going to run out of the ivory beads. I'll do as much as the beading as I can and then go back to the Fractal. I want to finish it because it uses so many colours, I'm getting mixed up if I stitch on something else or start something new, robbing Peter to pay Paul. I want to get it out of the way, so that I can start something new. I want to get most of my WIPs out of the way and start afresh.

Weekend Get-Together.

I escaped this weekend to Derbyshire for a stitchers GTG. Sixteen stitchers from all over the UK in three cottages. We had a wonderful time and some great laughs.



Evidence that I made it to Wye Needlecrafts in Bakewell - at last! I am now an honourary member of the Bakewell Tarts! lol


Results of Sundays Dying class ran by Kate from Sparklies.


My fabby after rinsing, dried and ironed.


Hopefully, one day it will look something like this:


I bought some DMC rayon, one of which currently looks like this:


I spent the weekend stitching on this:


You will have to wait to see what I am doing with my solitaire thread from Sparklies. Heehee.