Cross stitch and roses

There was a time I loved to stitch roses. I used to search for cross stitch patterns of roses. I stitched a few and presented them to friends and relatives. Now there are 2 in my possession. One is a cushion cover, the background is black. Here they are.

My mother who is 84 has come to stay with me. She was very good at crochet. I was able to learn crochet from her, but am not as good as her.

My projects

Hi

Thanks to Deepa and Rosalie for their comments and advice. I have had a very busy 3 months. I visited India in the beginning of August. We were in Chennai. Had an enjoyable time shopping and sight seeing. We spent 7 days there. My workload too was heavy.

Here are some of my projects. The strawberry one is for a cushion cover. The one on the right, is it tulips or daffodils? Whatever it is I stitched a few of those for a table cloth which I have not yet completed. I will be posting pictures of my other projects very soon. Wish everyone peace and happiness.

After a long time

I have been very busy during the last month with a lot of work, house as well as my transcription. I have finished the ship project (cross stitch) I was talking about in my last blog. Now trying to finish some of my other uncompleted projects. I will soon upload some pictures of my work for your valued comments. This month too is a very busy one but I hope to find time to write something.

Regarding cricket, I was very happy to see Sri Lanka clinch the Asia cup. Really enjoyed watching the match.

Have a nice day

Cheers

Cricket and Brazilian embroidery

Have been watching the IPL cricket matches. so could not write anything. Sad to see the Mumbai team with Jayasuriya and Tendulkar go out of the competition. It was very nice to watch Jayasuriya batting, sixes and fours to all parts of the ground. Now the semi finals tomorrow.

I started another cross stitch project on antique ships, the ones with large sails which will be good to use as wall hangings.

I love to do Brazilian embroidery. Could anyone give me a good site from where I can learn it.

Cricket fever

I had such a lot of work and what with the cricket matches going on, no time to write. I am a cricket fan too. I am enjoying watching the matches which is telecast every evening. While watching the matches I do my cross stitch.

I have finished stitching the Arabic cross stitch and now outlining it with gold back stitch. It looks good.