October 2 - Solo September finish and some new stash

Hello, dear blogging friends,

September wasn't the best of all months stitching wise. There was never enough time to stitch, only three or four days when I could stitch to my heart's content. But nevertheless I have two finishes.

Finish #1 is Autumn by Elizabeth Designs that I was stitching together with Margaret. We have already stitched Spring and Summer. Here is a picture of Autumn


and here are all three seasons together


Tomorrow we will start the Winter piece and I am looking forward to it.

Finish #2 is my Solo September piece. Solo September was offered by Justine who had been doing this one-project-at-a-time stitching already in April and in July. And now, in September I decided to join her - together with many other stitchers - because I wanted one of these BAPs finished that I started two years ago. If you want to see what the others were stitching on click here. Thank you, Justine, for this great stitching event.

I have to admit that there is a little bit of cheating involved as on the last day of September there were still two little motifs in the outer border left to stitch. So I finished this piece yesterday morning - but I count it as a September finish :)


One of the next days I will have a new start - a new Linda Myers project. It will not be easy to choose one as there are a few that I really really want to stitch immediately. These are the ones that tempt me all the same:


Can you see why it's so difficult to choose?

New stash - yes, I have some new stash although I once said that I wanted to stitch from what I have. And that's what I mainly do. But from time to time we stitchers just "need" this or that new chart, don't we? And besides this, I want to support the designers and the cross stitch stores. So a little new stash every now and then is in order.

Here are my new treasures:


- Pirates Fun kit by Bothy Threads for my grandson
- Unity Birdhouses by Leisure Arts
- a Dimensions kit Glory of Autumn
- and a wonderful book with designs of landscapes by Maria Diaz that I am not allowed to show a picture of due to the publisher.

That's all for today. I hope October will be a great blogging and stitching month for us all.