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this is fantastic progress

So pretty!!!! Great detail!!!!!

Fantastic update! Very nice!

Thank you all for the great comments! Progress has slowed down a bit over the last two weeks due to school holidays! Tomorrow I get a stitchy day while Maddie is at nursery. So I've tried to do as much as I can around the house, shopping etc. Hoping for 5 1/2 hours of stitching peace tomorrow!



I've also managed a bit of stitchy shopping over Easter! Firstly the companion piece to the Samurai, called Jewels of the Orient.


I also decided on the design to go on the back of my Lizzie*Kate Welcome doggie design. It's by Waxing Moon. Couldn't resist this one! I'm going to change it slightly, moving the words down and across to make it a similar shape and size to the doggie one.

Beautiful stitching!! He is fantastic looking!! ... and I love your two new ones!!

Beautiful update on Samurai and I love both of your new purchases, the snowman one is so adorable

Wow you're just flying through the samurai one. Must be a bit of a pain with all those blended colours but you're doing great. And I love the fabric that you chose for this, suits it perfectly.

I don't like working on aida. I was going to do this on 32 count evenweave but read a lot of things on here about Dimensions kits being really short on thread, so I was put off making the design larger. I settled for 36 count linen. The "slubs" don't seem noticable when you're stitching, but add a certain something as a background. I'll definitely use linen again!

I'm used to the blending now, all the red and purple is blended!

hes lovely they will be great together

Wonderful progress!!!!

I could just snitch your snowman design it is very cute!!!!

Warm Wishes is fun and the Samurai is so impressive!

This is gorgeous. The colors are so rich. I'm looking forward to your progress pictures. Your stitches are so neat and even.

This is looking terrific! I love all of the detail in this pattern!

you are doing an amazing job with him, and so fast too, love the look of the other one too

Stunning work

What fantastic work! I love it when there a stunning companion piece to go with it! They will both look great!

Looking great! Love the new kits you've chosen too!

Ok, a little progress to show. I'm going to have to put this to one side for a few weeks as I need to stitch something for my friends 50th Birthday at the end of the month.



This is one that i've just finished. Another friend's 50th! He just bought himself a Porsche Boxster, and has been constantly told that it's a mid-life crisis purchase, so I thought it would be fun to do this for him! I charted most of the lettering using an online facility, but I charted "Porsche" myself using graph paper as I wanted it to be in the same font as the badge! Stitched on Polstitches "Stormy Skies" fabric, the blue is DMC satin thread.

This is the design that I am going to stitch for my other friend. From Joan Elliott's book A Woman's World In Cross Stitch.



I've just recieved a grab bag of fabric from Polstitches, so I'm going to see if any of that is suitable for this. If not I'll just do it on white, as there are lots of bright colours in this one.

Progress looks good. I love the idea of the sign for your friend with the new Porsche. The Joan Elliott is very cute also.