FAL Q2 second finish!

Am I on a roll??  I have finished my second 2014 FAL for the quarter!



You can see my original goal setting post here.

It all started last year when I found a Silhouettes cross stitch kit that would be perfect for my dad.  I stitched the Silhouette Tram for his birthday, then I stitched the Oast Houses (can't find a post where I showed you the finished item!) for Christmas.  It wasn't enough, there has to be 3, especially as mum put them in the living room when I thought they'd be shoved in dad's office!

You didn't get any progress shots, but then I stitched it so much quicker than I thought I would, I quite surprised myself.  

These pictures show the image - it's At the Train Station, before the backstitch was added.

Don't you think it makes a massive difference?  This one is for Father's Day next month, so I hope he likes it.  There are loads more in the set, but for his next birthday I'm moving on to something different... cross stitch again, hope he likes cross stitch!

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Poor barren blog...

I've been so rubbish at posting lately!  I blame Christmas, Santa, it's all your fault.  I've got a couple of photos to show you, I finished the cross stitch I was doing for my dad, but that's about it.

I did go to a bead class last week but I still haven't taken photos.  I'll try and post at the weekend, but that will be it for before Christmas.  Between Christmas and New Year I'm writing a post about what's on in blogland and I need your help!  Let me know anything that should be included, it can be any craft - year-long challenges, shorter challenges, Quilt/Crochet/Sew/Whatever-alongs, block of the months, specific linky parties (i.e. not just a general link up what you've made linky), anything at all!  Please leave me a comment or drop me an email.

So, here's the cross stitch I finished.

This is from the Silhouttes range by Heritage Crafts and this is The Oast Houses.  My dad loves his real ale so this was very suitable.  It matches the one I made for his birthday which you can see here.

and yes, I do have another one planned, probably for Father's day!

What I'm working on

Is this.

It's called Oast Houses and is another one in the Heritage series, following on from the tram one I did back in April.  I'm aiming for a set of 3 for my dad.  

I meant to take photos each night to show the progression and how slow it is, but I forgot.  Bet you're all gutted.

Thanks for all the messages of support over the last week, it really means a lot to me.  Depression makes you feel very isolated and I never know whether I should write about it here or not.  I'm glad I did, you made me feel very much included, so thank you all.