I’ve made pretty good progress with my snowdrops cross-stitch. This is a design by Faby Reilly, I’ve stitched quite a lot of her designs over the years and I’m never disappointed. This one is meant to be half a biscornu, which are those funny shaped pin-cushions. They’re lovely but I’d rather make several into a book. I like the square designs with the repeats going round…if that makes sense!

Last time I shared my progress I’d just finished stitching all the cross-stitch and I’d started back-stitching the snowdrops…

As well as stitching when I’m out and about I’ve also been stitching this when I’m having my morning coffee or afternoon tea, these little projects are perfect for just picking up for a few minutes…even if a few minutes gets rather longer! I’ve now finished all the back-stitching, it’s not perfect as I kept getting confused where I was on the long leaves and stems, but hopefully it won’t be noticeable.

I’ve now got the special stitches to do, a rice stitch border, some sequins and beads and half Algerian crosses, though I’ve just realised I haven’t stitched one of the snowdrop stems so I’d better put that right!