Drage Feuer Stitch

Just completed her this morning.  Most of the backstitchings are not so difficult but there are some parts which caused quite a nightmare to me!

This will be my next project - designed by Eva Rosenstand.   This pattern is really weird.  On the cover, the girl has the light on the left side but on the pattern, the light is actually on the right side.  

She will be stitched on this SW hand dyed. 

I was wondering what's so big deal about this Håndarbejdets Fremme 1993. Each time, a copy is put out on Ebay for bidding, it will goes up to more than 100euro. I took a look at this book and there are only 3 patterns which I like - out of 12 of them! My favourite is the December, June and May calender birds.

Going to continue with her this week before I go back to my Children in Snow. I think I will stitch in her eyes this week as those empty eye sockets are starting to freak me out.

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day yesterday. It was a horrible day for me as my cold got worse yesterday. So, all I did on Mother's Day/my birthday was sleeping. This is a birthday gift which I received from my in-laws and husband yesterday. This is what I had always wish for as I am sick and tired of using the mixer whenever I bake some cakes.

Looks kind of frightening as there are so many other accessories. Still it is very exciting and I can't wait to try them out.

I think the reason why my cold didn't get better was because we went to the circus on Saturday. It was very cold and almost felt like winter with the rain. My toes were totally frozen. Still, it was so worth it as our daughter enjoyed every minute while at the circus. It was a very typical children's circus with a lot of animals and clowns.

During the 10 mins break, we get to go to the back of the circus to look and stroke the animals. The horses are extremely friendly and love children a lot.

1 more child done and 5 more children to go. It will be put away for a few days while I continue with my Girl & A Rose SAL with Jackie.

My progress on Girl & A Rose. I am so tempted to stitch her eyes now but I know I will have nothing to look forward to once the eyes are done.

1 child done and 6 more to go. At least it is easier to stitch 6 children than making them ;0) I love the reds and really enjoyed stitching this girl. My main problem is the backstitching, as on the kit, it says use 1 strand for backstitching. However, when I look at the picture, it seems like 2 strands had been used. I did use 1 strand for her mouth but it didn't turn out good and changed to 2 strands. I will do the same for her eyes too.

My kit arrived this week. This is a SAL with Jackie who has already started hers as she received hers about 4 days before me. I am going to replace the fabric in the kit with a SW fabric. Luckily for my 'fabric supplier' who found 1 SW fabric that might goes with this project. I hope it will arrives by end of this week.

I received these 4 beautiful pictures taken by my dear friend Michiko. I've always love the Japanese cherry blossoms and it had always been my dream to travel to Japan to admire them in real life. These pictures are so well taken by Michiko and they are really beautiful. Thank you so much, Michiko. I am also very happy to know that Michiko is back to blogging after taking a short break.

We went to the funfair in Germany last weekend. DD was really excited. We played and ate a lot during our 5 hours there. Very soon, she will be going to a real funpark in Copenhagen - Tivoli. We really need a few days here and there for short holidays during this summer. We had been working constantly on the house every summer with no breaks. Another place where we've planned is the Hagenbeck in Hamburg.

We've had great weather for the whole of this week. I finished washing the last windows today. Took me 3 separate days to finish all the windows. That is the price to pay if you want a very bright house. We bought DD a bicycle, so that she can start learning how to cycle during this summer.

We are invited over to our friends' house for dinner tomorrow. I just came to know that we have to bring some extra clothings as we will be doing something outside before or after dinner! I hope not too much walking. DD is really looking forward to go to their house tomorrow as she gets to meet their twin girls who are her good friends.

I've just ordered 2 boxes of ice cream and they will be delivered this Saturday. DD had been asking her friends in the kindergarten to come over to our house for ice cream. Arrangements had been made with the parents and they will come by next week. I have to stock up as I'll never know which child will ring on our doorbell, saying they've been invited for an ice-cream :0))

I wish everyone a great weekend and great weather!

My ER kit finally arrive this morning. It had been a while since I stitched a non-HAED. I thought of buying this kit for a while and after all the encouragement and bad influence from my friends ;0), I finally ordered this kit.

I am replacing the fabric from the kit with my own. I did a floss toss on 2 Silkweaver fabrics. I do love this blue but was a bit worried that the light blue floss will be lost in this blue/light purple hand dyed. In real life, it looks nice but on the photo, it seems that the light blue is drowned into the blues.

So, I did another floss toss, seems like this fabric and floss look much better together. What do you think?

Angel of Spring. This is where I stopped yesterday morning. I am only stitching a bit on her every now and then. I didn't even touch her during our Easter holidays. She will be put away till my current project is finished.

I hope everyone had a great Easter. We had a long Easter holiday and I was busy running around getting the gifts for Egg Hunting ready. I went shopping with DD in Germany too and had guests dropping by. DD stayed overnight at her grandparents' house for a night during this holiday and slept with her aunt, who was here for the holidays. DD was really happy and excited and looking forward for more overnights at her grandparents. Of course, she wants that as she was already getting gifts the moment she woke up in the morning. I missed her a lot as for the first time in 5 years, she wasn't with us during the evening. DH and I went to a nice Italian restaurant in Germany after leaving her with her grandparents. It was really nice as we frequent that restaurant a lot when I was pregnant.

Spring is here and that means I won't have a lot of time to do any of my felt crafts or stitching This is the time where there are a lot of activities going on - funfairs, having friends over and we going over to our friends' house, gardening, painting and windows washing. We are going to the first funfair next Saturday and followed by a grill at our friends' house the following week.