A little late with this as we are away in Wales, we're having a lovely time which I'll be posting about in my other blog Wine, food and travel with Clare Yesterday we saw some dolphins in the bay, I managed to catch one as it leaped out of the sea.
Whenever we go away I always bring a project that doesn't need lots of concentration or perfect lighting, although I often find I have stitched very little.
My holiday project this time is a UFO that has been in my 'to do' bag for ages ... well since 2019 as it's a temperature project. One piece shows the lowest temperature each day, the other shows the highest. It was the year we celebrated our 30th Wedding Anniversary and went on our first cruise.
I have spent a couple of nights pinning each one so the folds are ready. The next step is to stitch two kloster blocks at right angles in each corner, cut and draw the threads between. Each draw section then needs finishing with tent stitch, catching down the hem as I work along.
This is just a fun photo, every Wednesday the members of Needlecraft Haven meet in the virtual Parlour and stitch together. Each week we also share a photo of something from a given letter: we have a word that runs a number of weeks so each week gives a letter for our photos.
The week before we came away the letter was E so my photo was 'Ellie' the elephant my mum made me when I was young.
Today we visited Cardigan, so many little independent shops. In the market hall was an amazing cardigan knitted by the community in 2010. It's hung in the space from the upper gallery, it really is a beautiful piece and must have taken many hours of work.
My mini October piece, the first year in its frame matching my Drawn Thread months that I display every month.
The Chinese lanterns are also looking good and ready to pick when we get home, I'm hoping to catch some in skeleton form this year.
Once home it will be time to put my autumn and Halloween decorations out so plenty of seasonal photos in my next post.