Drage Feuer Stitch

Today is the day to post our update on our Permin Christmas in Town. My progress is really slow for this one. I've changed one of the gold floss (282) to RG PTB. It was a surprised that my order for this floss reached me 2 days after I placed my order from Stitchdirect in UK. That was really fast! Claire from Stitchdirect UK also has extremely low shipping fee to EU countries. I should had ordered an extension for my Qsnaps at the same time but I was so frustrated working with that DMC 282 that I couldn't think of anything else but just PTB to replace it. I love PTB floss as they are really easy to work with and I am also using them for my HAED projects.

I haven't been stitching much on my Sleeping Beauty for almost a week now. This Christmas In Town will be put aside for a week now while I will continue to work on her. I am starting on the 7th page now. I am quite comfortable by rotating these 2 projects weekly.

I had a wonderful weekend. We went to my in-laws last Saturday for coffee. I baked DD's favourite Lille Fee muffins to bring along as my mother in law is still not well enough to do certain things. It is a relieve that my mother in law is much better and we still can't get over the shock when she landed in the intensive care weeks ago under all kinds of machines.

Father in law (DH's real father) came yesterday. His girlfriend has a booth at the Antique Exhibition in the next town. We drove there together to the Antique Exhibition. To be honest, it wasn't that fun for me. First of all, I am not so interested in antiques. Secondly, DD loves to jump and hop whenever we are at somewhere. So, we were really keeping an eye on her and making sure that she doesn't break any antiques.

Guess what caught my attention last week? Chinese silk floss. A friend recommended them to me and said they are easy to handle once you get used to them. Another friend told me that if I want them, she can send me all her Chinese Silk Floss and I only have to pay shipping fee for them. She is not so keen on the Chinese silk floss and still prefer HDF silk. Anyway, she is sending me some to try out before I buy them online. Though she bought it from a different shop, she told me that they look almost the same when I gave her the link to a shop. Anyone else here tried these Chinese silk floss? Chinese silk floss will be much cheaper than HDF silk but if I have to curse and swear while using them, I rather stick with HDF silk.

More than a week had gone by and still no signs of my mailbox key. Last Saturday, I had to put my arm into the mailbox to retrieve some packages and letters. I had to as DH was waiting anxiously for the packages sent by his auditor. Thank god my arm didn't got stuck in that small opening!