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Impromptu tea towel project, yielded fast results ;-). Here is my first housewarming tea towel for my new kitchen stitched by me (with a bit of help!). The pattern used is an Aunt Martha's vintage one, called "Dishes and Flowers"- no.3200. It all started few days ago, when my younger child asked if she could stitched a towel for me (her older sibling is working on one). I found this pattern which is very beginner friendly, and thought  it was perfect for my little one to give it a go. Today she asked if she could start her towel. After a bit of volunteer work from home, and a couple of house chores, I needed to put my feet up for a bit, but not before getting the pattern ironed on to the towel, and hooping it. She was very into it, for a few minutes. Then it was nap time, she asked if I could finish stitching the teapot while she napped, and she will do the flowers once nap time was over. I agreed. Above she is making the first few stitches. Needless to say... I ende...

Surely you know Anne! When I saw that Jackie drew this I wanted to stitch it right away. Jackie's blog is Via Joy , just in case you like to pay her a visit. She is a lady of many artsy/crafty talents ;-). Right now she has a freebie on her blog for a cute bunny coloring page, but it can totally be used as an embroidery pattern. Of course with so much going on around here, it took me some time to finish Jackie's embroidery pattern of Anne. A few progress photos just for the fun of it! I love seeing other needleworkers' progress pictures! Below, she is finally all done! Jackie has the pattern available on her Etsy shop . Perhaps on my next post, I'll have at least one kitchen towel started. I'm in desperate need of 'fresh from the hoop' hand embroidered towels for my new kitchen. My time is very tight right now so I'm going to at least do one or two for now, and once we are completely moved keep working on more. There are so many cute vintage patterns out...

Here is my finished gladiolus! Definitely in love with stitching flowers. Embroidered flowers have a very long lifespan ;-). Plus the only bugs around are cute and harmless... like that cute bee needleminder. Was able to complete my personal volunteering time goal for this month! Very thankful and happy for it! (Picture below just for eye candy.) April started with getting ready for upcoming move. Guess what was the first two things I packed? Yes, all my fabrics and craft books... LOL. All my collection of books didn't make it, sadly, no space for all of them (at least not for some time). Donating many to local library, and listed some in my Etsy shop. The link is on the side bar just in case you fancy a peek ;-).  These pictured above are the ones I've listed so far, with a few more to come soon. Three of the listings are already gone! So grateful for that! Well, I'll try to pop in again soon to show you another completed embroidery. It's already posted on my Instagram...