Back Into The Groove

Hi friends and fellow bloggers,

I have just returned from my weeks holiday and I'm trying to catch up with everything before going back to the dreaded workplace. No!!!!!!!!! I have been to The Cotswolds and had a lovely relaxing time. The weather was better than expected, the forecast had been for some horrid days. I managed to visit some National Trust properties and Sudeley Castle.

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This holiday I did take some stitching with me, which I haven't done for the last few years. I must be back in the swing of things! It was only a small ornament but it kept me occupied. I stitched it on 36ct so it is a bit smaller than it is charted for. I'm hoping to get it finished in the next couple of weeks. I have the next of my Santa's Village series to complete (about halfway through at the moment) and then this will be slotted in.

 

Christmas Morning - The Sisterhood.
36ct Antique White Edinburgh Linen.
DMC as recommended.

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I will try to drop in some photos of my holiday now and again. This first montage was taken at Snowshill Manor. (I was surprised to learn that photographs were allowed in the house as long as you didn't use flash). There was a couple of displays (behind glass so they are a little bit tricky to see) of needlework, samplers and sewing boxes amongst other bits and bobs. To think these were created in the 1800 and early1900s, with little or no light and with such tiny details. I'm sure I must of left a nose print as it was firmly pressed to the glass so I could see all that workmanship.