Update - sortof

Usually I can update every month but this month is different.

That is because earlier this week we had to bury a dear friend of us. His unexpected death is a massive blow to our circle of friends. Our heart is broken and we miss him terribly. 

Mourning about someone so close to you is a strange thing. Every day I come home with a terrible headache and sometimes I cannot find the most simplest of words. Silly things like playing Tetris on my mobile is impossible. I also haven't been able to lift my needle yet. For my boyfriend the pain is even so much worse, it was one of his best friends. It is really hard to give this loss a place.

We know our friend is at a better place now and we are happy for him. We are incredibly sad but have to find a way to move on. Celebrating Christmas is so weird, almost "alien" to us. I still have to decorate! I am going to try though. I have taken a few days off till after New Year. I hope I'll find the love for cross stitching again. I know I will. It might take some time.

So, my wish or advice or whatever you want to call it: please hug your family and friends. All the material things of this world are not important. Really, there is no need to have a big house, a nice car, vacations abroad or lots of Christmas gifts. The most important things are health, family and friends. Have a merry Christmas. Remember what Christmas is about: not Santa but the birth of a little Child who brought hope to the world.

Merry Christmas to all of you and may 2012 bring good things!

With love, Liesbeth

November update

I really should try to update biweekly or something, this blog feels so empty to me! Well here it is, another page finished and halfway done with the next page! The dragon is almost done. Since I made the photo (yesterday morning) I have finished the carriage. From the original picture it looked like a rich green tone but in real life it is more blue. Now onto the jewelled ornament thingie!

Just another update!

It has been a while since I posted a new update. This picture was taken four days ago.

Another update!

Er is weer een maand voorbij, tijd voor een update! Gisteren heb ik weer een pagina afgekregen, ik vond deze vrij snel gaan. Het was ook zo leuk om een draakje te zien verschijnen!

A month has passed, time for another update! I finished another page yesterday, this one went really fast. It was so much fun to finally see a little dragon!! 

Ik ben weer terug! / I'm back!

Na twee heerlijke weken in het zuiden van Frankrijk, ben ik weer terug! Het weer was veel beter dan in Nederland, we hebben maar 4 dagen regen gehad. Tot mijn grote verrassing heb ik best veel geborduurd! Ik dacht eigenlijk dat ik meer zou lezen, maar mijn boeken zijn de hele vakantie gesloten gebleven. Ik heb bijna elke ochtend een uurtje in het zonnetje geborduurd. Dit is het resultaat!

After two wonderful weeks in the south of France I'm back! The weather was much better compared to The Netherlands, only 4 days had rain or clouds. To my big surprise I cross stitched quite a lot! I thought I would read in stead of cross stitching, but my books were closed for the entire holiday! I stitched for an hour almost every morning, this is the result:

 

Away

It has been a while since the last update, but I promise I have been busy!! I stitched quite a lot. Tomorrow we leave for a holiday. Train of Dreams will accompany me and I hope to stitch some more. Today I was too busy packing so I didn't take a picture. It will have to wait till after the holiday!

Update

Tijd voor een nieuwe foto, de eerste kolom pagina's is gedaan! Het is echt een plezier om te borduren, de kleuren zijn fantastisch en ik word graag verrast door wat het uiteindelijk blijkt te zijn.

De nieuwe pagina borduurt vrij vlot, er zijn gelukkig maar weinig confettisteekjes.

Time for a new picture, the first column of pages is done! It is truly a joy to stitch, the colors are fantastic. I also love to see new shapes appear.

The new page stitches pretty fast, I am so glad there is little confetti stitching!!