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Well, not much stitching these past few days. However, I do have -among other things- some recent additions to my Japanese embroidery book collection. Here they are! They are all lovely, but I think that my favorite is the one with 12 brooches on a pink front cover. The patterns in it are small so they are very quick to stitch plus they are lovely! These two above also have lots of small designs, again, great for creating something cute in a short amount of time and still feel accomplished. It's been quite sometime since my last purchase of Japanese embroidery books... guessing I had to make it up for the lost time and that I also  figured out (which is really not difficult) how to purchase directly from Amazon Japan... :-), which saved me lots of $$. Must admit that having this kind of knowledge could be very dangerous, you have been forewarned! Finally, another Japanese embroidery book and Trish Burr's latest embroidery book which I purchase with a nice coupon ;-) from Barnes...

Here are my violets... all in full bloom! So glad I was able to complete this WIP I've been having for sometime, now on the hoop is the carnation. Not following any particular order and I'm leaving out the flower names and months. Here are a few peeks at the work in progress ;-). I love work in progress shots... do you? You may recall that I started this pattern set (Aunt Martha's no. 3813 Flowers of the Month) sometime ago... aiming to make a lap quilt for my mom. Hopefully I'll get through all the flowers in a timely manner. Below is a peek of the back, this is how I like to travel to keep things a bit tidy ;-). Do you recall which was the first flower completed? No? Ok, here it is! Once all the blocks are embroidered, they may have to go to a professional quilter, that's the only way I see the lap quilt getting done. At least I'll have the pleasure of knowing that the flowers were hand embroidered by me .... for my mom. Perhaps the next post will have some p...

So happy to have finished embroidering my Bluebirds project! (Pattern by Cathie Richardson). It is proving really helpful having all my wip's organized in one place where they are visible.   Here is a picture of the entire design. My little ones and I enjoy birdwatching through our living room and kitchen nook windows! I have completed another project and hope to post about it soon Thanks for all the comments on previous posts,... will try to reply in a few days! Have a great week! Notes: Pattern can be found on Cathie's Etsy shop .

Trying to finish this super cute stitchery before continuing with my Stitch Pals doll sampler. This pattern is called Bluebird Birdhouse by Cathie Richardson, Country Garden Stitchery is her Etsy shop. I'm enjoying every single bit of time I get to spend on this project. Who doesn't love blue birds and flowers? The DMC Color Variations I'm using plus the one Valdani for the bigger flowers are fabulous ;-)! Until next time! Enjoy the days ahead!