I brought a couple of sewing projects on holiday, one for quiet times and one as a record…

I brought my bird alphabet to stitch on the train, some trains I’ve stitched all the way, other journeys have been very scenic and I’ve just watched the world go by. It’s surprised us how slowly many of the trains trundle along, even on long journeys. It’s a nice relaxing way to travel but we’re used to even local trains going 70mph.

According to the interrail app we have now spent more than two days on trains, so it’s indicative of how scenic the routes have been that I’ve only finished two letters!

I think Q is a yellow hammer and R could be any of a multitude of little brown birds but I’m going for a warbler.

Apologies for the unedited photo, but I’m doing this on my phone and for some reason I couldn’t find the to upload here if I edited them!!

The second piece is my stitch journal . As you can see I’m stitching our route and adding a little stitching to represent the place. I’ve packed little snippets of fabric and lace to help along the way. As you can see, I’m a little behind! So far I have;

Ghent and Bruges; lace and wisteria, Maastricht; boat we stayed on, Cologne; sausage, Trier; music, Luxembourg; trees, Strasbourg; storks, Colmar; canals, Freiburg; rills, Lauterbrunnen; alpine meadow…

I’ve kept a list so I know what I’m going to stitch for each place, just got to catch up 🙂