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I am a married mum of three children, 13, 11 and 2 living in Australia. I love to keep my fingers busy with cross stitch, craft, quilting, sewing, knitting and pottering in my garden! Come share my stitching journey...

Monday, October 31, 2011

The first stitch is in...

That's right everyone I have started stitching , my first HAED.  The rainy weather drove me to do it he, he, he. Like I needed an excuse! I have done about 120 stitches into my 25ct luguna antique white linen. All black DMC thread so far. I am doing it on an oak lap frame. I haven't used a frame for years. I've decided to train myself to do the two-handed stitching method with the frame resting on a desk. Hoping it is will quicker using that method.  I need to use my daylight lamp as those stitches are oh so tiny! I figured if I stitch on it everyday then I should progress with it nicely.

Marjolein Bastin is progressing well.  I have finished two seeds to the left of the toadstool and have half done the hedgehog.  I should have the hedgehog knocked off by tonight.  In Australia we don't have hedgehogs. We have echidnas instead.  



Thanks for visiting my garden.
                                                   Jan x

2 comments:

Sarah said...

ha ha wondered if you would start it before you finished this one!!!

ally said...

2 at once !! - tricky :-)