Dream of a Winter Garden – Modern Folk Embroidery

I know ‘it’s a thing’ that we Brits are said to like to talk about the weather and that’s exactly what I’m about to do, so please forgive me.

November so far has been dull  and murky and I’m so fed up with it if I’m honest.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s not been wet and windy as it can sometimes be in November, but we have had low cloud that’s trapped, making it grey and miserable and it's seems like it's been like this for weeks. In fact, apparently some places have had less that 2 hours of sun light breaking through so far this month! 

 I guess I shouldn’t complain though and be thankful that we haven’t had to cope with the horrific flooding that Spain and India has been dealing with and the hurricanes out in the USA.  

For all those doubters out there, Climate Change really is a thing.

My thought have definitely been turning towards preparing for Christmas this week, with a visit to a Garden Centre on the outskirts of Cambridge that’s around 1 and a half hours drive from where I live, with my good friends Susan & Edd.

It’s a trip we make every year, to have a nice lunch, look around all the Christmas decorations and get into the spirit of the season.

I was restrained in my purchases but still managed to spend over £50 on these three light up parcels and some pretty Mauve/Plum coloured foliage, among other bits and pieces.

Talking of the Season, I finished stitching on ‘Dream Of A Winter Garden from Jacob de Graaf of  Modern Folk Embroidery this week.

It was stitched on  36ct Linen – Doubloom – Picture the Plus using the left over Roxy Floss Co  threads from my 2022  Christmas Countdown Box from Evertote, in Canada.

Which reminds me, this year’s box is here and ready to make a start on come December 1^st, if I can hold out that long, lol!

I had two new starts this week too.

The first is ‘Log Cabin Fox’, the third part of Log Cabin Christmas series from Little house Needleworks.

I guess I should get a wriggle on with this because the 9th and final chart dropped through my letter box this morning.

My second new start was Country Charm, a chart that I came across a few years back, in an old copy of The Word Of Cross Stitching.

I have a cousin who really loves Hares, so I thought I would stitch it for her as a gift for her 70^th birthday in January.  I’m going to make it into a straight forward pillow, as opposed to a bolster as the chart shows though.

I’m stitching mine on 36ct Parchment linen from Thomas Flamel Designs, using the called for DMC threads.

And finally, the last thing I was stitched on was my wip, 'Santas House', from Cottage Garden Samplings.

 Well, I think that’s about it for this week, so have a good week, take care and …….

Happy Stitching!

Sue

x

Dream of a Winter Garden

Designer – Jacob de Graaf – Modern Folk Embroidery

Fabric – 36ct Linen – Doubloom – Picture the Plus

Threads – Roxy Floss Co

 

Santa’s House

Designer – Vinniey P. S. Tan- Cottage Garden Samplings

Fabric – 36ct Linen – Grey Sand – X Ju Designs

Threads – Cottage Garden Threads & DMC

 

Log Cabin Fox  (Log cabin Christmas)

Designer – Little House Needleworks

Fabric – 32ct Linen – Raw - Zweigart

Threads – Classic Colorworks

 

Country Charm – from The World of Cross Stitching Magazine

Designer – Fiona Baker

Fabric – 36ct Linen – Parchment – Nicolas Flamel Designs

Threads – DMC’s