odds and ends

I have been enjoying continuing with all my bullion embroidery. I never expected to enjoy it this much, but am finding several things:

• that my first impressions of the style of embroidery are lasting – it remains as beautiful to me as I first thought it was
• that practice really does bring improvement when stitching bullion stitch
• that using the right needle not only makes it easier, but saves time (when you are working the quantity of bullions I am, every second saved adds up to quite a bit!)

In my spare time I have been working on my knitted fringe for the Mountmellick stitch along, and it is slowly growing. I should have it done soon.

Today I will be having lunch with Janie Hubble of Janie Hubble Designs/The Cat’s Whiskers Design Studio, for us to discuss our joint stand at the craft show in June at Darling Harbour. We may yet have a third person joining us as well, so it could be a real bumper stand!

I sent off a very large order of books to a freight forwarder yesterday to be sent to Search Press in the UK. Sales are going well of all my books, around the world. I also posted my next embroidered garment contribution to Embellish magazine.

And I continue to stitch up more of my little Christmas decorations to give as gifts.

So lots of little things have been happening here, and I am very pleased to say that I am making progress on my next book. As long as that keeps happening, I’ll remain satisfied!