New Thread Organizer

First of all, thank you for always dropping by and reading my blog as well as leaving your comments, despite the irregular postings.  And I'm very sorry if I cannot frequently leave comments on your blogs.  Life is always busy.  Wish it is simpler . . .

I noticed my old thread organizer/box is already dirty and the color is not white anymore, instead, it's dirty white.  So I decided to buy a new one from Heavenly Stitchin' Moment.  Talk about justification, LOL!

So, here are the photos of the new organizer:

The Label

Close-up of the photo of the organizer in the label

The inside is adjustable:

with these separators:

And here's how it looks with separators:

Now, filled with some threads,  needles, etc.  Sooner I know it will be filled to the brim.

The friendly and kind sales people in Heavenly Stitchin' Moment gave me these free DMC patterns when I bought the organizer:

This is all for now friends.  Thank you once again and take care everyone.

Doilies Unblocked

In my last post, I confessed that I finally gave in to starting something after being good for one month.  Actually, honestly, I started not only one but two doilies.  It is a repeat of this design that I did early last year which is so easy to do and have shown in this post:

These are the photos of the new one when I started it.  Sorry for the heavy photos, as usual, my son was playing with his camera:

And here it is together with my start of Little Doily No. 89:

I brought it once in the office so that I can do it during lunch break and here's how my desk looked like:

The design is from this Japanese crochet book:

 

Finished but unblocked.  Looks like a big potato chip:

By the way, anybody of you remember this WIP from a previous post?:

It's now finished but also unblocked:

Now you've seen two ugly ducklings and we'll see in the future how they will look like after blocking.

This is all for now my friends.  Thanks for dropping by and have a nice week ahead.

Hugs :-)

Little Doily No. 89

After being good for a month and didn't start anything, I finally gave in and started doily number 89 from the book 99 Little Doilies.  Here's the picture of the doily in the book:

Look at the details please.  When  I saw it, I got afraid of starting it.

And here's my interpretation.  My son was experimenting with his camera so the three photos:

Well, let's see how it will turn out when I finish it.

Thanks for reading and have a nice week ahead :-)

Another Forgotten Doily

While cleaning my cabinet, I saw a doily I made maybe several months ago that I completely forgotten to post about.  It is from this Japanese crochet book that I bought around 2 years ago.  The doily on the cover is what I made:

 

And I remember that I even blocked it.  Here's the photo while it's being blocked.  Love those pearly colored map pins!:

Now, here's the finished piece on our dining table:

This is all for now friends!  Take care always and thank you for dropping by.

99 Little Doilies

I was able to fight Startitis since the last time I posted here.  Maybe because I'm on a stitching slump or just too tired to think about it.  Yet, I've tried so hard to add some cross stitching to the Tropical Fruits, but not enough to show you much progress.  Last Monday, I did some little knitting.  Really have to otherwise I will completely forget how to do it.  Then Wednesday and Thursday, also this week, I added some stitches to the Tropical Fruits.

While looking for something in my cabinet, I happened to see the 99 Little Doilies book that I've asked my sister to purchase for me last year.  It was published by Leisure Arts and all the patterns in the book were created by Patricia Kristoffersen.  I noticed that some patterns in the previous book that I have blogged about in my last post are also in this book.

I really wanted to start doing some of the patterns in this book and I am debating whether to start by the numbers or just pick any one that I fancy.  Anyway, here are the photos of the doilies in the book.  If you want to see the photos clearly and bigger, just right click on the picture and choose "Open in new tab".

I hope you enjoyed looking at the pictures.

Have a great week ahead friends and always take care!