Book cover

Hi, I have made covers for my book which will allow extra pages to be added. I made separate front and back covers, sewed loops on all the pages and holes in the covers then tied all together with machined cord.

Gayle's page for September

Gayle, at last your creature has been captured and secured into an envelope and will be posted tomorrow! Sorry for the delay, I'm having a problem catching up as my husband keeps getting admitted into hospital!! All OK with him but we live a distance away and it all takes from embroidery time. I tried to find a picture online of the inspiration but can't; I found a lovely book which has designs from old Greek embroideries so you have a Greek cockerel from a bridal cushion of Ioannina, a town in northern Greece, which has been converted into cross stitch by a very talented lady, The book was produced by the Benaki museum, Athens - if ever you get to Athens, don't miss this place!! Hope you enjoy my interpretation of her interpretation!

Thank you Liz

Hi, here is the lovely page from Liz with 'real' flowers growing up a trellis. Liz tells me the flowers are made from silk and paper and usually used for scrapbooking so a real find; I wouldn't have looked there myself. And the gorgeous back fabric is so colourful! Thank you for another great addition to my book.

Sorry Elizabeth

I'm apologising in advance that my windows page for you will be late, Elizabeth. We were on holiday until 13th. June and I drew some draft ideas but then my husband developed acute appendicitis so was rushed to hospital last Saturday. We are 30 kms. from the town so most nights I stay with my friend there (in Greek hospitals the nurses just nurse, so any personal tasks for the patients must be done by friends and family. I've some wonderful friends here who are helping, but as we are retired from the UK, no family back-up so I'm in for most of the day). As I'd only just started with ideas I can't even take the embroidery in to do there, much as I'd love to. Hopefully he will be out by Monday and then I can start! Bear with me...................thanks

Coastline for Chris

Here's my coastline page for Chris.