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 I have always loved the designs in this book, it's for tapestry,  but converts to cross stitch well, I have made various designs mainly for cushions. I fancy doing a mix-up of some of the patterns. They all have total coverage, so every spot is stitched, I have always enjoyed stitching patchwork this way.

This was the first design I stitched from the book, this one is in a frame. I also used a star in each corner of my 2011 family sampler, seen here it's a joy to stich and very easy to mix up colours, which I love to do. 

I do love this design,

So I mixed it up with the first design again, this is now a cushion, which sits on my bed and is one of my favourite finishes. You can see a close up of the sash in my chosen colours in the top right hand side of my header. 

I did start and loved stitching this but realised it was the wrong scale, I would like to incorporate this pattern into my new mash up of designs. 

I did order another piece of linen 32 CWT, my local shop sells it by the metre but not as fine as I use. I will hopefully start sewing soon, as for my other project, I'm just not feeling it, I will use the two small designs and not stich anymore. I have enough silks/floss to complete this project, it a case of choosing the colour theme and picking out the shades.

Thank you for you comments regarding my brother, the decision was made for us regarding his care, until he settles, he is on my mind, it's been suggested just my brother and a sister in law visit him, as he does get agitated with people he does not recognise, Martin and Sue have been leading his care for years, they both have joint power of attorney, last time I saw him he just sat staring into space.  

So very little is being done here, it's school half term, so we have seen daughter and her three, George has a really bad cold, he is not sleeping well, he has been so well through the winter months, it's a shame to see him suffering, we are meeting up today to pop out for a drink and cake together.