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Shades of Indigo from Wendy's Quilts and More

I'm busy finishing three new quilts for our Capital Quilters exhibition in May. Plus I want to enter at least one of the challenges. So I'm quilting every day but I can't show you any of that just yet.

However, in the evenings when I collapse into my chair I pick up my cross stitch and I've made good progress on Shades of Indigo by Nicole of Northern Expressions Needlework.

There's just one more border to go now.

Of course mine isn't stitched with indigo threads. I've chosen my favourite greens and blues ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 7 months, 4 weeks ago. under cross stitch , northern expressions needlework , nz cross stitch , nz cross stitcher , shades of indigo

Pandemic Sampler from Wendy's Quilts and More

You probably thought you'd never see this day, but my Pandemic Sampler is fully finished and ready for framing!!

I had most of it finished in April 2022 (almost two years ago), but I still had all the back stitching to do, plus my initials - which were the real sticking point. The back stitch took about a week of stitching just in the evenings. The pattern is 20 pages of A4 paper so there was a fair bit to work through.

My initials were an issue because "W"s are wide and I had to figure out how to ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 8 months, 1 week ago. under cross stitch , long dog sampler , nz cross stitch , nz cross stitcher , pandemic sampler

Peppermint Purple 2023 SAL from Wendy's Quilts and More

The Peppermint Purple 2023 stitch along finished on Wednesday and I can now show you what I've been working on all year.

I love how the outside border is the inverse of the inside border - clever.

Clare from Peppermint Purple has been running mystery stitch alongs for a few years now and she's really perfected the art of running a very well organised programme.

She releases one little black work design each week and people stitch along at their own pace with their own fabric and thread choices. It usually only takes about an hour to stitch that ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 11 months, 1 week ago. under blackwork , cross stitch , mystery stitch along , nz cross stitch , nz cross stitcher , peppermint purple , peppermint purple 2023 sal , peppermint purple sal

All Treats No Tricks from Wendy's Quilts and More

How cute is this design!

I've been enjoying stitching this Halloween design by The Witchy Stitcher. I stumbled across the kit online at Cottage Garden Threads and I knew I had to stitch it. I wasn't expecting it to turn up in a box with a fancy thread holder too. Unfortunately I think the complete kits are sold out now, but Cottage Garden Threads are still advertising the threads as a bundle here.

The threads are just gorgeous because they are silks by Cottage Garden Threads and the colours are so vibrant.

The linen is my first foray ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 1 year, 4 months ago. under all treats no tricks , cottage garden threads , cross stitch , fox and rabbit , nz cross stitch , nz cross stitcher , the witchy stitcher

Cross Stitch from Wendy's Quilts and More

I haven't done any quilting in January - instead I've been busy cross stitching.

The online Jingle Ball online event in December rekindled my interest in cross stitching, and seeing all the beautiful hand made Christmas decorations on Instagram definitely got me motivated to stitch more.

Through the Jingle Ball I became aware of some different designers, so I've been stitching decorations designed by Hands On Design and Erica Michaels. The one above is part of Christmas Countdown by Erica Michaels and it's going to be finished as a drum - something new for me!

These two below ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 1 year, 9 months ago. under christmas decorations , cross stitch , erica michaels , hand made , hands on design , hello from liz mathews , mill hill santa , nz cross stitch , nz cross stitcher

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