Roland Designs

Here is a photo of a celtic sampler I just finished.

It was a present from my parents in-law, and though it was relatively a straight forward project on aida, it took me a long time to finish as I had several other projects going on at the same time.

I made the dedication to my husband's brother who passed away several years ago after heart surgery.

The company who makes these celtic cross stitch projects is called Celtic X stitch

www.celticxstitch.ie

Here is a photo of a little felt mouse I sewed when I was 10 years old. One day our teacher brought a lot of beautiful felt and told us we could make a little animal.

I don't have much from whenI was a child, but somehow this little mouse survived.

  Here is a photo of Emilie and her first cross stitching.

  I got some really large aida,  perle cotton and a loop to get her started with embroidery.

   She likes making the little crosses, but needs a lot of help from mommy still. She is almost 5 years old, a good age to start learning to use a needle.

   I purchased some time back this lovely little doily. It's made in fine lacis ( or filet embroidery ).

   You can see from the photos how neatly it was made. It's very fine, delicate work.

   My dear friend Orysia has started a new blog . She is an avid knitter, and has made some wonderful things for us.

    Her blog spot is : www.knit-galore.blogspot.com

   If you like vintage style cross stitch, band samplers, special sitches etc... You would love to be part of the Cross stitch guild

    The magazine  Stitch that  comes every two month, and is full of interesting and challenging projects.

    For more information follow the link: www.thecrossstitchguild.com 

   See the beautiful bookmarks you can make with the lovely Token and trifles sewing cards.

www.tokensandtrifles.com

 I highly recommend ' Samplers and antique needlework '. The American quarterly embroidery magazine. If you like reproductions of ancient samplers,and the history behind a lot of our needlework tools and techniques, then you will love these magazines.

    My favorite place to buy the latest number, and the best place to find back issues is : http://www.wyndhamneedleworks.com/

If you love Berlin woolwork you will definetly want to add these books to your collection.

Rosenheimer rosenbuch

Barbara Muller                                         

ISDN 3-475-52537-2

Embroideries and patterns from 19th century Vienna

Raffaella Serena                                      ISDN 1-85149-283-6

Decorative Victorian needlework

Elizabeth Bradley                         

ISDN 0-517-58127-2