Last updates on my Autumn for this month

I've wanted to finish it badly before we left Belgium but I run out of threads. So it landed on my UFO's. I'll be doing my ABC stitch pattern from a Belgian friend starting tomorrow and will be bringing all my UFO's so that I can work on them until they are finished. I'm working well on my Christmas cards, although I probably show them only after I've sent them away to its recipients. 

I would also love to begin with this lovely free pattern from Nathalie's Jardin prive' as soon as I collected all the stuff I needed. I probably wait until I arrived in the Philippines so that I can buy my materials there. It will cost me a lot lesser than here of course.

Its so lovely, if there is anyone who had not seen this before you can find it  HERE  in 4 deals pdf/word format in french, english, italians and spanish language. Thanks to Ms Nathalie. It will be fantastic if I can make it in dutch (Nederlands too.)

Home is where the heart is

Having two homes is not always fine, especially when one house is on the other side of the continent. It breaks my heart leaving one for the other and it makes me happy coming home to both of them. If I have a private jetplane I probably load all my stuff back and forth so that, I have them, when I needed them. Just kidding, even if I can afford it, I wouldn't even think of it. I probably bring tons of chocolates and barrels of wine to the Philippines and a whole mango and banana trees, with the inclusion of its roots  to Belgium. Neither of the two choices is good for obvious reasons. I only need not to forget my bible, my books, my patterns and my current WIP. And my husband of course. :)

Anyway I guess its the confort and privacy of the four walls and its roof that makes one house special, but it is still the family itself that maketh it a home. And if we bring our family with us wherever we go, we can still find a place we can call home or at least felt at home. I only wonder what Our Father's home look like. I have hopes, loads of hopes to be there sometime. Meanwhile here is my Works in progress on my UFO

Ending my busy summer with a HUGE CLEAN UP

Summer 2013 was never before soooo self centered than ever. I was mostly at home, I ditched the usual short trips here in there, I joined hobby clubs, I read lots of blogs, I've sewn lots of things for my own use. I made lots of apologies to people for not coming to visit. I've watched the full episodes of The bleak house and I will watched tonight the ending of 'De erfenis'. Two whole months of Staycation and doing things for my own is finally ending today.

Vacation is over and tomorrow I'll be back to my volunteer job, which is helping co-volunteers preparing things for less fortunates ones. I suppose,I'ts gonna be a busy day. Thursday begins the sewing class. I can't wait to see new crafty people whose eager to learn more about sewing as I do. Got to clean up this blog also, because I'll start a new september SAL on tuesday and from now on I will try to work on themes and schedules. Filling in blanks and holes of UFO'S (unfinished Objects) got to have a chance from time to time. And there's no other way to be able to do it than put it on the agenda.

UFO's to finish this month

WIP's for today

Can't do much inside the house today, with 30 °C temp., I'd rather sit under a tree all day, just like in the old days.  My sewing project have got to wait until the heat surpass, I've heard it won't be long before a low pressure passes through. Glad that stitching under the shades at my backyard is cooler and fresh. Thanks to homespot internet connection, I can stitch some patterns from this site via pinterest. 

tussendoortje/alternative piece 

This is why I love pinterest very much. Its raining with zillions of small as well as huge ideas. A real addict stitcher's like me should really be grateful to the founder.

My progress on Kate's photo.

This is so far what I had able to stitch this week. Its beginning to have a shape and although, the face itself is recognizable, it is still not in best quality. I am discussing this matter with my teacher last week and we came up with the same conclusion. First of all, the photo I used is not original, it is actually a photo I just downloaded from a sunday paper in London. Because its not original the quality is also very poor, (lesser mega pixel means lesser details captured) thus, the contour of every angle is also distort. secondly, the choice of colors is also very important, which is something that I have to study closely. And naturally the choice of cloth. I have to admit, that what I used here is also not a good quality, taking into consideration that it is an experiment, I thought about being thrifty on this one. Well, I learned alot, and I supposed, I'll be booking more sucess next time. This is not a real PRO Photo converter, but then, even the real thing doesn't deliver the best result whenever I overlook some points. Like when I did my wedding photo, It was such a shame that up to now, I haven't had any inspiration to do it again. Anyway I intend to finish it (Kate) to be able to see the difference next time. Weather I can work on others photo better than this one.

Unfinished works

This two unfinished works which I stitch alternating my secret garden and other work projects that I have has to wait 'til I come back from my vacation to the Philippines. The truth is: I ran out of threads already and considering , it is cheaper there. It had to wait a little longer. I may be a cross stitch fanatic but I also have to keep up with my budget. Its not a priority, so to speak. So everybody can guess what stuff there is that may never be absent in my shopping list.