Sewing Cats by Soda Stitch

I wanted to stitch The sewing cats by Soda stitch after seeing the chart on Adel's Delcat cross stitching channel on YouTube. She decided to have a stitch along Facebook group . I fell in love with the cute little cats so I had to join in.

 

seeing the design stitched on grey fabric I thought this would be perfect for my craft room. There are so many lovely vibrant colours in the sewing cats design I wanted to keep the back ground subtle to keep the cats as the star of the piece. The fabric I chose was 28 count Trento in slate which I bought from Sew and so an online store in the UK. It is a plain mid grey Evenweave but it has a texture to it that I find attractive and adds interest.

So far I have stitched three kitties . I love stitching these little guys. Their little faces really come to life with the back stitching. I'm putting them away for a rest now but I'm sure I will be back to play with them soon.

New Year - New Cross stitch start

On the first of January I was very excited to start Celtic Spring by Lavender and lace.

 I have been longing to stitch this series for years. This year I want to see how many I can stitch. I already have Summer waiting  as I luckily received it as a Christmas gift. I just need to collect Autumn,Winter and Noel to complete the collection. 

 I am stitching it on Evenweaver fabric that has been hand dyed by Crafty kitten. The colours are beautiful lilac,pink and blues. Very pretty and spring like called Easter eggs.

I am very pleased with my progress . I think she will be quite a quick stitch with some blocks of colour that always makes it faster to stitch. I had to give her some hair before putting her away for a while. She has a very pretty face and I'm sure she will be back in the q-snap very soon.

First cross stitch finish of the year !

Country cottage needleworks Gingerbread house 7 is my first finish of 2018.

 It was a lovely little stitch to work on over Christmas. It is from the Gingerbread village series . It come with a really sweet little heart button but if you are missing the button it is charted to stitch in red. 

I stitched this on a scrap of Evenweave and threads from stash.