Who said I'm not a finisher????

I admit I am not very good at starting things but I am a 'strong finisher' - yes I have some sort of team building quiz/analysis to prove it too! So when it was said of me a couple of weeks ago that I didn't finish things, there was a part of me that said "I'll show them".
So here is my second finished project of the year - not bad one per month I say. These are the fingerless gloves from my earlier post (hmm tried to put a link there and it didn't work but as there aren't many posts yet I don't think it will be too hard to find). These gloves are the first project I have sewn up using mattress stitch, which gives a nice flat seam. A lovely lady at knitting group taught me this recently so many thanks to M.
Another project is ready washed and awaiting finishing but I need a second pair of hands to help with that - wonder if hubby can be persuaded????

Blackwork Penguins

I first started cross-stitch back in 1990 and it wasn't until last year that I completed this first picture for myself. Although mostly blackwork, this picture does have a little bit of cross-stitch - I think just on the baby penguin. I bought this kit to try something a little different and because I liked the baby penguin. 

Now unless I find the most wonderful picture in the world, I don't think I will ever do blackwork again - having said that I am pleased with the end result.

Progress will have to be made with something this week and find the battery charger found, so that I can take photographs otherwise I have no idea what will be on here next week!

Continuity Project

A friend of mine has the idea that you are allowed one continuity project - something that can be on-going for a while alongside other projects - well here is my continuity project.

It must have been on the go now for about 5years! Oh dear. The original idea was to do this in secret as a present for my husband, but the progress was so slow that it was unlikely that it would ever have been done! So I had to own up and show him a part finished present.

It is a picture made up of lots of smaller pictures of scenes alongside the Nile. Anyway this year it is my mission to finish it. By trying to complete one of the small pictures per month means it should be done in October or November.

I think it stalled for a long time as the frst picture - top left, Hapshepsut's Temple - seemed really difficult with lots of colour changes. I thought sandstone was all one colour - not so, this kit has at least five shades of sand!

I suppose I ought to go and do some more but the lure of the Winter Olympics is proving  too much.

Padded Sewing Box

Back in December I had a part-time job working as one of Father Christmas's helpers and this was the box that I made and my niece was lucky enough to be the recipient. I am afraid the photo isn't brilliant but I think you can see the fabric is covered in ladybirds, but I am not sure the ladybird button is that clear. Just love this fabric. The inside is lined with the same fabric as the tab.