Cross Stitch: Adrift
When we were in England last month, we visited a craft shop in York, and I stash-enhanced with a couple of things I'd seen in magazines but can't get here! One that I really wanted to get was "Adrift" by Mirabelle (Santoro London).
I just love the colours, and the dreaminess of it. And this reminds me a lot of catvalente's book The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making The artwork isn't the same style as in the book, but it evokes the feeling I get from reading them. I can imagine September looking like this, even though she's not described as looking like this. It's hard to describe exactly why this particular kit/pattern reminds me so much of the book when it looks nothing like them or the descriptions, but it does.
Kit Specifics:
Code: XM4
Contains: 16-count Zweigart Aida (pale blue), needle, pre-sorted stranded cottons & special effects threads (love the pre-sorted threads!), two copies of the pattern (one with and one without the backstitch lines), and good clear instructions. I find that Bothy Thread kits generally have excellent instructions, very clear indeed.
Size: 25cm x 35cm
It has both full cross-stitch and backstitch (no french knots - hurrah!)
I think this will take me a bit longer than the Gorjuss girls I've been doing recently :)
I just love the colours, and the dreaminess of it. And this reminds me a lot of catvalente's book The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making The artwork isn't the same style as in the book, but it evokes the feeling I get from reading them. I can imagine September looking like this, even though she's not described as looking like this. It's hard to describe exactly why this particular kit/pattern reminds me so much of the book when it looks nothing like them or the descriptions, but it does.
Kit Specifics:
Code: XM4
Contains: 16-count Zweigart Aida (pale blue), needle, pre-sorted stranded cottons & special effects threads (love the pre-sorted threads!), two copies of the pattern (one with and one without the backstitch lines), and good clear instructions. I find that Bothy Thread kits generally have excellent instructions, very clear indeed.
Size: 25cm x 35cm
It has both full cross-stitch and backstitch (no french knots - hurrah!)
I think this will take me a bit longer than the Gorjuss girls I've been doing recently :)