Karen's Fabric.

Hope everyone had/is still having (but it's 10 pm in France) a great week-end. We've had some gorgeous weather at last and it was a very nice week-end. I put the finishing touches to my article on Jane Austen, but now it's all done and emailed to the right person and printed out to drop it to the right place tomorrow. I progressed as much as I could on Karen's fabric. I didn't need to think for more than a second before deciding on "Cuddly" - a big hug is what I'd like to give her!

Here's my progress on it:

This is the right-hand cat, three-fourth complete. Stitching two cats is certainly more time-consuming than stitching one, but... Those two are so cute!
For those of you who may not know the Cattitudes, here's the original drawing:

Carol enquired whether a MS round robin could be acceptable on evenweave... Why I'd say yes! A lot of the backstitching doesn't go into the Aida holes anyway, so it may be more gratifying. I think they'd look lovely on evenweave! You'd only need either to enter a round robin where everyone stitches on evenweave, or to ask your round robin partners whether they wouldn't mind stitching on evenweave... I guess the first option would be preferable since you don't fancy stitching on aida. .

Carol, this is my first round robin ever - but it had to be around Margaret Sherry of course! I initiated the idea actually... wasn't too sure whether I'd get a reponse... And here we are now, a bunch of friends from around the world! This is why I could surprise Karen with the Newton wallhanging - I had her mailing address already...

I also started a dress - drew the pattern and cut out the fabric, which is always the most tedious part to me! So now it should be more fun.

Oh, and I got some stash too... All my material for the Petal Fairy has now arrived. I chose some Zweigart Cashel linen in Mint Green. I think that fresh green will be lovely in our flat... And I think it's in keeping with her sitting on a flower.

And... I planned everything out for my next corset - traced out the pattern to check the fit, measured the length of the bones and the number of eyelets I'd need etc., so I ordered the material ! Once again I placed my order ordering at Venacava's, they carry the best supplies around and their team is so kind and helpful! And yet they're the least expensive corsetry store by far.

As you see, I've got plenty of projects to keep me busy!
Hope everyone has a nice week!