Stitching Around the Christmas Tree

Well hello there, honeybuns. I have fully recovered from my allergy attack (doubtlessly because of your kind well-wishes) and so it's back to stitching! Yes, I know, I can hardly believe it myself, but I'm still stitching. Having a project that you are so utterly in love with helps, of course. So this is how I spend my days recovering from my munch-fest:

Stitching around the Christmas tree, how cozy is that! Can you see how much progress I've made? A couple of more days and that little tree will be finished, I'm sure. Also notice the props I use for stitching. Aren't they fab? I bought a pair at my local DIY store for very very little money. I suspect they cost very very little money because once you start using them, you will soon notice that much of the wood ends up in your skin. Honestly. Splinters the size of sock knitting needles.

What to do? I thought. Now every time a thought like that crosses my mind, I find myself going through my house and looking for things that could possibly be of use - it didn't take long, because I happened upon my fabric stash and eureka! Cut a whole bunch of fabric into long, 5 centimeter (2") ribbons and proceeded to wrap the ribbons around the props. Bit of glue in strategic places and voila. Useful and fun, and nice to look at, even when they're not being used.

Very difficult to get a decent picture of them, though, so you will just have to take my word for it that they're glorious :o)

Oooookay, off to the supermarket. On foot. Because I need to lose weight pronto. Not that I'm keen on dieting or anything, but the last couple of months I've been complaining about my mattress being so lumpy, only to discover some nights ago that it wasn't in fact the mattress that was lumpy, but rather... Well. Me.

Maybe I'll take some pictures on the way to the village, to give you some idea of where I live next time I blog.

Yours lumpily,
Annemarie.