a lovely weekend of stitching

I spent parts of the weekend doing some new stitching. It is a style I am exploring as a possible book subject. I am loving every minute of working it! Of course, I am not going to tell you what it is any time soon (I’ll be keeping that particular cat in the bag for a lot longer yet!) except that yes, it is whitework. What a surprise! 😉

I designed my first piece the other day and set about stitching it. I have already learned that what looks good drawn out on the computer doesn’t necessarily work so well when you stitch it! There has been a fair amount of unpicking already and reworking. I’ve now found another bit that I am not happy with that will have to come out and be re thought through.

It has been a very interesting learning experience. As I stitch I am mentally noting all the tricky bits that would need particular explaining in order to teach it.

I also did a bit of house painting with my husband on Saturday, and yesterday The Gymnast (previously known as Rainbow Girl) and I went to see the gymnastics at the Australian Youth Olympics Festival, here in Sydney. We saw junior teams from China, Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia competing. It was an excellent competition and we enjoyed it very much. Of course, I did some stitching during the breaks!

I’ll be away overnight tonight, so it is unlikely that I will post tomorrow. However, I’ll have about 1.5 hours of stitching time on a train both today and tomorrow, so I can’t complain about that! I’ve just got to get all today’s orders done before I go. I’d better get started now!