During the Opening Ceremonies, I started a new project. "The Rambling Rose Sampler" (shown above) which was gifted to me by Jo of Serendipitous Stitching as a prize for a drawing. This sampler is a miniature and is stitched on 40 ct gauze, which is the smallest and most delicate fabric I have worked on. So far, so good. I wanted to keep going with it, but I have limited stitching time and I had to move on to Day 2 of the Olympics, in which I worked on my "Colourful Alphabet Sampler".
Day 3 of the Olympics I worked start to finish on the adorable "Oh-so-cute hot air balloon" shown in my previous post, which I gifted to my sister.
Day 4 of the Olympics I stitched on my Butterfly Pillowcases, which were gifted to me by a non-stitchy friend. These are a printed set of cross-stitch/embroidery pillowcases.
Day 5 of the Olympics I stitched on my "Too Much Honey Sampler", which was gifted to me by a non-stitchy friend. I finished the area around Pooh and Piglet.
Day 6 of the Olympics I stitched on my "Simple Blessings" Sampler by Sandy Orton. This chart is in the book "The Best of Kooler Design Studio", which I received as a gift (and love it - so many great patterns!)
Day 7 of the Olympics I stitched on "Chirpy Place", gifted to me by the same friend who gave me the other Pooh kit.
Day 8 of the Olympics I started adding another turkey to my "Give Thanks Sampler", which is a freebie project.
Day 10 of the Olympics I was really sick with food poisoning (or something). I became ill Saturday night and spent all day Sunday trying to sleep and recover. Not a stitch was made. So I will have to play catch up this week.
Overall I am happy with the progress I made and I can't wait to return to some of these projects!
I hope all of you have made some good progress this month, too.
Happy Stitching!
Thanks for taking part in GG this month, and stitching a gift from me too! It's looking lovely, I like your method of inserting it in a hoop. That must really help with the tension.
ReplyDeleteLove the colourful alphabet too.
Sorry to hear about the food poisoning, hope it doesn't last too long.
Ugh, I hope you're on your way back to normal now. I've had food poisoning a few times. Your stitching looks awesome and very well done you to work on so many!
ReplyDeleteSo many pretty projects - I have enjoyed this visit.
ReplyDeleteLoads of lovely projects there, the alphabet is gorgeous
ReplyDeleteGreat start on Olympic Games, I'm always glad to see progress on Colourful alphabet which is a favorite for me in your stitchings. xxx
ReplyDeleteWow you are my kind of Olympian. They all look fabulous. Sorry to hear about the food poisoning though. But I hope you have fun catching up.
ReplyDeletexo ALicia
Lots of lovely progress! Get better soon :)
ReplyDeleteYou are doing great with the Olympic Stitching challenge. Good progress on all projects. hope you are feeling better.
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