Cherry tree

News from the cherry tree - we will have to go to the market with

our cherries - but of course we don‘t but eat them - preserve them

give them away

500 m high up in Schwarzwald somebody is decorating for Easter



This is left after stitching a tiny scrap



small as a postcard embellished with Sharon B‘s TAST stitch week 14:

Buttonhole wheel - and many crazy variations

and there was more embellishment yesterday on Sunday

Stitchcloth

Some news from the stitchcloth

Here three buttonhole wheels and a few colonial knots

On the right Van Dyke and long tail chain stitches

Knotted Cretan stitch

Foto above: I made the binding by hand - because the whole thing never saw any machine.

And you see why I have the time to stitch - DH is occupied.

Buttonhole wheel

The new stitch – week 24 of Tast2012 – many centers – what a lovely stitch. For the buttonhole wheel the needle goes at least 16 times into the same hole in the middle - thus creating a remarkable center.