Forest Walk update

Well, my second post has been a long time coming.  It's now 2014.  I have no official New Year resolutions (except to keep on stitching).  I have completed another two pages of Forest Walk (one full page and one partial), so here is how it looks currently.

I've completed all the pages at the top.  Now I'm working my way down the right hand side.  It is taking me about a month to stitch a page providing there isn't too much confetti.

Here is Spring Sampler:

Progress is coming along nicely with this one.  I have recently joined a stitching club that meets up on Wednesdays so I bring this one with me to work on.  There is still a LOT of backstitch left to do on it.  

Introduction

Well this is my first blog entry in my first ever blog.  Hello!  I've been meaning to start a blog for quite some time.  In recent months, I have spent a lot of time reading other people's blogs (if you are ever stuck for inspiration, there are some amazing bloggers out there) and I thought I would dip my toe in the water and see how it goes.

This blog is called The Lilac Thread.  I will be keeping track of all my cross stitch projects on here.  I may at some point add other projects to it but as I have quite a few cross stitch projects I thought it would be a good idea to start with those and monitor their progress.

At the moment I have three WIP's (Works In Progress):

My number one WIP is Forest Walk which is a Heaven and Earth Design (HAED).  I spend most of my evenings working on this one.  I have been working on it for about two years now.  It's about 50% complete.  I plan to give it to a couple, who are dear friends of mine, as a wedding present. The good news is that they haven't set a date yet so I could complete it before the big day.  This is the last photo I took:

I've stitched a bit more of it since then.  I take pictures after I complete each page so my next update will be in a few weeks.

My number two WIP is Spring Sampler by Jannlynn.  

There are designs for all four seasons and I have all of them.  I stitch this when I am on my lunch break at work.  I had originally started the Winter Sampler which was on 18-count aida but the design has so many fractional stitches and on 18 count I found that it is too small to see the fractionals and I kept missing them.  I started Spring Sampler on 32-count linen (two over two) which is working much better for me.  All the other samplers will be stitched on the same count.  After I finished Spring Sampler I was going to move on to Summer, then Autumn, then re-do Winter Sampler but that plan is highly likely to change.  

Number three is Treasure Quest which is another HAED.  The design is by Randal Spangler.  I just love the colours in this design.  I stitch Treasure Quest when I need a break from Forest Walk.  I am still on the first page.

Well that's all for now.  Until next time!