Sorry for being a bit quiet lately - life has been busy, and my crafting plans have become derailed, as usual! One reason for that (the derailment, not the busy-ness) was a new start I had at Stitch Basel Light, sponsored by my friends who got me the pattern and a voucher for floss for my birthday.
I'm taking about Long Dog Sampler SAGA (Stories amongst graceful arches). Yes, it's a big one, yes, I might be slightly crazy, and no, I regret nothing! I'm stitching this on 40ct Verdal, the colour is called 'Desert Sand' and dyed by xJuDesigns. The floss is from Missus Sedas and called 'Lake'. I'm building my pretty oasis in the desert!
So far, I have stitched up the first arch - one of the smallest ones in the design, and still a bit over 2000 stitches/2% worth (half of that was done while still at the retreat):
The extra fun thing with this is that each arch comes with a little story, and they are all so fun! This first one is called "The Battenburg Cake" - I won't paste it here for copyright reasons, but you can find the pdf on the pattern page linked above.
I'm really enjoying working on this one and I think I want to work on it for a bit longer. My plans for the rest of the year have changed a bit anyways, but that's a topic for another post - one I'll hopefully get around to writing over the weekend!
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