I’ve made quite a bit of progress since I last shared my handbag project, it’s a nice and easy design so I can easily pick it up for 10 minutes here and there. I usually do a bit when I’m having my morning coffee, or whilst making tea as well as in the bus station when I’ve half an hour to wait for a bus!

Last time I shared my progress I’d almost finished this one…

Since then I’ve not only finished this one, I’ve stitched another two!! They are pretty quick to do! I now have a set of four.

I’m now starting on a series of designs called Little Sheep Virtues. It’s a series of twelve, I’m going to put them all in a book with the ones above. I actually stitched one of the set back in 2020…

I’ve started with the Courage one, they are meant to have special little buttons on too which are gorgeous but pretty expensive here in the UK, so I’ll have to adapt things slightly. Here’s where I’ve got to so far…

I’m not keen on stitching borders so I’m now making myself stitch a couple of threads of border and then reward myself with a more interesting bit!

I haven’t quite worked out a name for this book yet, I was thinking of Vices and Virtues but the numbers and letters one doesn’t really fit into either, so I’m still thinking! …maybe Cross-Words as all the designs involve words in cross-stitch…any suggestions or thoughts welcome.