Finished two ornaments for my grandson.   I usually stitch an ornament per year for him so when he leaves home, he can take all of the ornaments with him as a memoir from his grandmother.

Second set of penguins on terry tea towel.    Designer is G. Schuller from the Burda Special Cross Stitch magazine from England.   I don't have the year but I remembered receiving the magazine from one of my cross stitcher friend around 2000,  I think.

Penguins

Just finished stitching penguins onto terry tea towel using 14 ct waste canvas with DMC threads.   A christmas gift for one of my family members.

2014 It's Greek to me challenge!

I decided to join the challenge for 2014.    I hope to motivate myself to work on various kinds of needlework by joining several challenges during 2014.  

"Frozen Spheres"

 This is the photo of what I am stitching called, "Frozen Spheres" design by Frank Lloyd Wright for a Liberty magazine in 1927 -1928 which was not published.   I am hoping to finished this by Christmas for a gift.

This is where I am at right now.  It is stitched on 28ct evenweave, 2 over 2, with DMC threads.   I am on page 1 and I have 3 more to go.

"The King's Exile"

This is the last of my Trans-World Reading Challenge until next year.

This book is about revenge from a man who is bitter and decided to take his power and wealth as a means to try to destroy another man's life and reputation.   Andrew, the author, used the era of King Charles, the history of Barbados, and the war commanded by Cromwell to a  make a fiction novel of Tobias Rush's manipulations to end Thomas' life.  It is an interesting history with a mixture of loyalty, mistrust, cruelty of landowners toward slaves and the general attitude of the British people toward their monarchy!

53 Weeks scrap challenge @ Samelia's Mum

Week 5  - Plastic bag dispenser

For the plastic bag dispenser,  I decided to use motifs of fish.   The bag is black and the fishes are in tan/brown design....like you see on cut potato and use paint to stamp on paper.   I will probably use this bag in my RV when I go camping as we always use plastic bags when buying groceries.   At home, we use canvas or cloth shopping bags since the grocery stores do not like to use plastic bags for environmental reasons.