...EMS Mail Art Exchange&MSRR...

Yesterday I receive this wonderful envelope from Patriziavalt of EMS Italian Mail art exchange…it’s lovely don’t you. She includes also some goodies a new DMC variegated floss and a Flower floss keeper…She is very kind!!! Thank you very much Patrizia!!!

Some week ago I joined a Margaret Sherry Round Robin organized by Margaret Sherry group. As you can see from my blog I love very much this designer so I can’t resist the temptation to join this RR when it was proposed in the group despite my little spare-time. This is my fabric, the theme will be Archie Bear as you can se I start my stitching…I think I’ll be able to finish it in a few days…I have to finish it!!! Mailing date is the 1 of September ;o)

At the end of this post I would like to show you my progress on August flip it:

Have a nice week :o)

...home sweet home...

Thursday we came back from 18 days at the seaside we had a very wet and cold weather I’m happy to be in our warm home instead of our damp caravan ;o) …the weather was awful for the beach but perfect for stitching!!!

I finished my July flip it stamp…Alice DD don’t like very much the little black spider…

Then I start and finish the MS fun farm animal horse, it’s a very quick stitch ( I think the pig is the longest!!)….It’s gorgeous now only the cow is left…I’ll stitch it very soon…

Now I’m working on August flip it…I have to stitch only the background of the writing…

In those day I’m working for finishing my mail art exchange piece for EMS Italian Mail art exchange….Luckily I found a very nice store in Pinarella where I bought this lovely cloths….I will use the yellow one to finish my envelope….I will share a photo soon…

I received my September issue of Cross Stitcher: I like Summer in bloom and Hello Archie!: Messy spaghetti …I agree with Zohrah… I’m itching to receive next issue with Astro cat Calendar…It must be marvellous

Thank you for all your kind comment on the birdhouses

...RR NOSTRO completed....

A quick post between two holidays period …. Yes I’ll be on holiday for the next two weeks :O)

I would like to show you my JJ birdhouses for Vale’s cloth ...

and the finished piece with all the six birdhouses….I think it’s a very good work :o)

I received my August number of Cross Stitcher (I like Archie bear and the liliput lane cottage)

with the wonderful book of Margaret Sherry….

luckily I have only the charts of 12 Days of Christmas and all the other are new for me….a very great gift!!!

Have some nice week!!

...Once again&x stitch...

Allow me to celebrate our win once again!!
Here 2 photos of Alice DD on Sunday evening after the match!!

I would like to show you my progress on Vale’s cloth of RR NOSTRO….I’ll bring it with me this week and I hope to finish it!!

Some purchases for me:
A new magnet for my refrigerator…I bought it in a Argentine shop of my city…I think it’s adorable, don’t you?

and 2 pins of the Imperfect Back Stitching Club founded by Levi. This is a perfect club for the back of my stitching…It’s quite imperfect, also my DH has noticed it :o(

Next week I’ll be on Holiday with my family at Pinarella….I’m happy I need some holiday!!!!
Have a nice week end and an happy week!!!

.....CHAMPION!!!!!...

CAMPIONI DEL MONDO !!!

WE ARE THECHAMPION OF THE WORLD!!!!!!

...go Italy!!...

Go Italy!!!
We are all in an anxious wait of the world cup final between Italy and France….Go Italy!!!!Go…Go…Go
My June flip it is done!! Better late than never ;o)

Thank you very much for all your kind comment an Alice frame and on my pig!!
Have a nice week end!!!

Germany-Italy 0-2
FINAL!!!!!
:o)

...Germany World Cup & Pig...

Waiting for the semi-final of Germany World Cup game between Italy and Germany… Go Italy!!!!

In 1982 the last time Italy won World Championship I was 1 years old and I have no memory of that win so that year would be perfect for a new one!! I hope so :o)

It pass a long time from my latest post but I’m very busy at work we have a deadline next July 15th so there is a lot of work to do…

Well X-stitch…

First of all I’m very happy to show you my RR NOSTRO’s cloth completed!!!

I received the cloth from Veronica last week and after re-stitching the B and the E (read the story of this letter here) I frame it!! Alice is my frame maker…she paint a Ikea wood frame with blue then she make the white foam with a bath sponge…she make a very good work!!! I’m very satisfied of the end result!!

I have to thank: Annarita our mum to have organized our RR, Vale, Paola e Graziella my Italian partner and a special thanks to Veron!c@ who stitchs Archie in the empty square. Thank you very much this will be a memorable experience :o)

We spent the last week end in our Caravan in Pinarella so I would like to bring with me a little project (I have to finish my June Flip it but the cloth is too big) so I choose my MS bag (Curious cat and Farm animal)…I work hard on my pig and I finished it!!! A little happy dance for me!!! I’m happy my latest finishing was all Lizzie kate flip it and I have to say I was quite unmotivated…

This is how my June flip it stand now….i hope to finish it soon!!!

Have a nice week and go Italy!!!!!

...alone&stash&SBQ..

We are stewing!!! It’s sultry!!! This is my first working summer and it is hard!! But I have to do it so …Take heart!!! Luckily Alice DD and Luca DH are at the seaside this week…so they get some fresh air!!…but I’m quite sad I miss them…well Friday I’ll reach them at the seaside..

As this week I’m alone at home I would like to apply to my hobby all the time…this is the result:

Very poor, don’t you!?!….I’m full of good intention but the warm and the thousand commitments…don’t help me :o)

This week I received a lot of new supplies for my stash…

First of all the April 2005 issue of Quick and Easy with MS Ballerinas I bought on Ebay

Then my last purchase at Sew and So some Lizzie Kate buttons for my flip it, a white bandaida and some treads…they are very fast in the delivery!!

Last Wednesday SBQ’s question was suggested by Angela and is:

How many cross stitch books do you own and how often do you use them?

I have 3 cross stitch book and I use them rarely….I stitch only one project from one of it a Beatrix Potter Sampler never finished :o(

...SBEBB Melanie's exchange...

Yesterday I found a very nice surprise in my mail box...the SBEBB Melanie’s exchange piece from Natalie…
She stitch a very lovely design for me…I love it very much…the beads are wonderful!!!

She send me the remaining supplies and a delightful notebook with a little mirror…very useful!!!

Thank you very much Natalie I enjoy everything!!!

..SBQ&World Championship...

Yesterday there was the first match for Italy at World Championship…we won so… “well begun is half done.” Go Italy!!!

Now.... ....I'm always late :o)

The first request comes from Vash who is requesting pictures of the back of your stitching… are you brave enough to give this one a shot?

Yes…I’m enough brave :o)….this is the back of my Flip It cloth, I’m quite satisfied about it:

The second request comes from Singular Stitches , and she is asking for "a pictorial tour of [the] special place that you go to create your wonderful stitched creations."

The tour starts from my sofa …I love to stitch rolled up on the corner of my sofa with all my stitching supply around!!!

The tour goes on with my table…this is another place I love when I stitch because of the light…As You can see there is a very useful floor lamp…perfect for my eyes!!

This SBQ was suggested by Carol and is:

Do you collect charts by one particular designer, yet have never stitched anything by that designer? If so, which designer and why do you collect the charts but have not yet stitched any of them?

I collect chart by Margaret Sherry, Lizzie Kate and I collected chart by Jeremiah Junction and Precious Moment (now I lose interest) and I have stitch at least one chart by each one.

This SBQ was suggested by Nancy and is:

What is your favorite specialty stitch? Which one is your least favorite? Why?

I Know few speciality stitch: French knots and lazy daisy …I think ny favourite is lazy daisy because I love the end result!!! :o)

This SBQ was suggested by Jenna and is:

Lately, it seems that many stitching bloggers have experienced a loss of their stitching mojo. Have you ever lost your stitching mojo? If so, how did you get it back and how long did it take?

Well sometimes I lose my stitching mojo due to everyday frenetic life…but I get it back as soon as the peace came back :o)

...eBay&progress...

Hi to everyone…after a very cold week end at the seaside …BRR…(at least the sky was spectacular, as you can see!!!)... I came back home and I find an horrible weather…rain hail and wind!!! Where is summer?!?

On Monday I received the April issue of Quick and Easy I bought on e-bay last month….I bought it for Margaret Sherry Secret Garden Booklet…I agree with San…the design are cute but the colours are too dark and the expression of the characters are quite horrible…well I’ll make some change when I’ll stitch one of them!!!

Now I have some little progress to show:

The first one is on Curious cat by MS…I stitched the boot sole, some green of the boot and a piece of white flower…

The second one is a new start…it’s my Jeremiah Junction Birdhouse on Vale’s cloth of RR Nostro, this is my last square for this RR.

Veron!c@ has completed the Archie on my cloth, she is very fast and very kind, I’m itching to frame it and put it on my bathroom!! THank you to all my RR partner!!!

...May Flip it & June Cross Stitcher...

Hi friend!! How are you? I’m fine apart from the work… I have thousand things to do and so little time ….well no complain!!!
I’m writing while outside it pours!! wow I like stay at home when outside it's raining!!

Yesterday evening I finished my May flip i …I don’t like the design and the colour of this month so it was really hard to finish it…well the June one is nicer so I'll finish it faster!!!

Yesterday I received my June Cross Stitcher number…it arrives soon this month …but I like only the MS bath time buddies …I hope the next one will be better!!...

Tomorrow it is my last day at work for this week in Italy the next week end will be a long week end (3 days) to celebrate the Italian Republic Anniversary (2 June) so seaside for us :o) (I hope the weather will getting well)
Happy week end to everyone!!

…My SBEBB Melanie’s Exchange Piece for Patti….

This is a really busy period at work so no time for stitching and no time to read other stitching blogs…I miss it a lot!!!

Yesterday Patti received my SBEBB Melanie’s Exchange Piece so I can show you a photo of my work. This is an exchange made up of two parts:
In the first part of the exchange I received from Jenna this supplies: some peach beads and a six strand sweet peach skeins of floss. With this supplies I have to stitch something for Patty.

I have decided to stitch this Erica Michael freebie (now I have notice that Patti has choosen to stitch the same design for her partner…lol…). I stitch it on a white linen…then I have to decide how to finish it…the first idea is to make a little bag made of chenille but my style consultant (my DH) doesn’t like the result…so I changed type of clith and I tried to make a little jute bag but I make a great mistake I sewed the front of one side with the back of the other side…what a disaster…at the end I decide to make a box with cartonnage I use a green fairy paper I bought same time ago And I quite satisfied by the en result!!! Patti loves her box and the goodies I send her so I’m really happy :o)

Exchanges are wonderful experiences!!

...DD Mother Day Gift....

As suggested by Isabelle I show you Alice DD mother day gift….it’s quite complicated:
there is a candle, a stained glass bowl and an hardware cloth…she painted with glass colour the bowl and she modelled the hardware cloth as a star…now I have to fill up the bowl with water and essences and to light the candle under the hardware cloth so it will perfume the house….it’s a very original gift!!! Congratulation to Alice’s teachers :o)

...Happy Mother Day...

Happy Mother Day to all the mothers who read my blog!!
Today in Italy is Mother Day so i spent my last day stitching the Tina Wenke free kit of Cross Stitcher march issue for my mum…i make a card for her she love it very much and want to frame it!!!

This stitching work has had a tormented manufacturing….we were at the seaside this week end in our caravan (we came back this morning for the awful weather :o(.. )…I bring with me my free kit with one needle and my scissor…yesterday Alice DD shaking her soap bubble flooded my magazine and the free card :o(…last night it was pouring so half asleep I go to save my work from the rain and I took it into the caravan…this morning I notice that I have lost the needle and the treads…fortunately after a one hour research i find the needle and the treads and I can finish my work to give it to my mum on time….At school Alice DD has made a wonderful perfumed candle for Mother Day…she is very proud of her work and I like it very much!!

Have a nice week!!!

Danielle I will surely continue this English blog I love it and all your comments …I have decided to make a twin Italian blog (the mini poll have a great success) and today I want to open it officially!!! Welcome to "Il loft di Chiara"

...SBQ...

Today's is:

When you stitch from a kit and use the supplied floss do you have leftovers? If so, how much and what do you do with them? If not, do you usually have just enough or do you have to dig into your stash to finish?

For all the kits I have stitched I have had a lot of leftover… except for a Cross Stitcher kit I finish the treads in the middle of the chart…but it was my own fault: I stitched it in two strand instead of one strand so I have to dig into my stash…I usually put the leftover with the kit chart…maybe one time I’ll re-stitch it…

I’m too far behind with my SBQ answers so let’s go:

Do you or have you stitched with over-dyed threads? (Weeks Dye Works, The Gentle Art Sampler Threads, Six Strand Sweets, etc.) If so, what is your opinion concerning them? If not, why not?

I stitch for the first time with Six Strand Sweets for Melanie SBEBB exchange…the floss isn’t shaded so I didn’t notice any significant difference with Dmc floss….I’m stitching Lizzie Kate flip it with DMC floss instead of the over-dyed threads recommended but the end results quite disappointing is I think I’ll buy over-dyed threads for my next Lizzie Kate project…unfortunately my LNS don’t sell them :o( )

This SBQ was suggested by Jenna and is:

Do you do obligation or deadline-based stitching? Why or why not? If you do, do you tend to get in over your head and why?

Yes I have deadline based stitching for RR and Exchanges. I force myself to subscribe only to few RR an exchange to stitch the piece with calm, but usually I subscribe to a lot of it (all that I love and they are very much) so I have no time to stitch for me to respect the deadline….:o)

SBQ suggested by Carol and is:

For those of you that stitch while riding in the car or on the train, how do you cope with the bumps and the motion? Do you have any tips for others?

I don’ t stitch in the car or in the train….