I have finished the penultimate part of The Drawn Thread's Sampler of Stitches, V,W, and X! Here it is . .
V is for . . . Vault stitch (top left, in pinks); Vandyke Chain Stitch (top right, rows of 'flowers'), and Vandyke (in 2 rows of greens)
W is for . . . Windmill, Woven Cross (in the greens), wave filling stitch (pulled); and Waffle (in the pinks/reds)
X is for . . . (predictably), "X" stitch, or 'cross' stitch.
I've also received my floss tag as part of the floss-tag exchange on Friendly Stitchers. This lovely little tag was stitched by Lynda A, who painstakingly stitched this gorgeous little LHN design over one fabric thread on 28ct!
Isn't it sweet? I just love it, thank you sooooooooo much, Lynda! It will be treasured and well-used, I can tell you! 
Lynda was kind enough to pop in3 skeins of Dragon Floss in bright, summery shades, and a Limited Edition Gloriana Silk (my favourite silk!) in very dark green/blacks, like inky seaweed, gorgeous and unique! I will love using these!
Like most people in the UK, I have been watching the tennis on Television, as we are into the 2nd week of Wimbledon. Last night, Andy Murray's match went on until 10.40pm - the latest ever match in the history of Wimbledon. It was an 'edge of the seat' match . . but nevertheless I still managed to put the finishing touches to Queen Bee, by Little House Needleworks, and here it is . .
I used all hand-dyed threads for this; the three recommended Crescent Colours, and Gentle Art Sampler Threads in place of the DMC for the rest. It was pleasant to work on something so simple for a change! I'm not sure if I will frame this one or make it up into a cushion; it would look lovely as a cushion but GAST and CC are not guarranteed colourfast so I worry that if it needs washing, it would ruin it!
My dear friend Val designed a 'humbug' just for me! I sat and stitched it last weekend in the sunshine. Here it is all made up . .
I have also beeen a good girl and worked quite a bit more on Celestial Wings (my UFO) . . . no scan of that, but I have started on the backstitch round the dragon, finished the 'earth' and done more of the border. It's coming along well.
Finally, here is an update on my A Stitch A Week Sal . . we are now up to Week 26! Half-way through already - where has the time gone?
Lots of new stitches have been used - the strawberries were queen stitch, the strawberry flowers were square herringbone. The Sweet Williams were eyelets and the roses spider-web stitches. I used long-arm stitch in rows to make the straw bee-skep and tiny smyrna stitches for the bee bodies.
Lots of people have been joining Friendly Stitchers wanting to join in with this SAL, and we love seeing all the different sampler growingbut I must just point out that the charts are PASSWORDED, and only given out to people who make a regular contribution to the group. FS is a CHAT-group, not a website for freebie charts, and we take a dim view of being used as such - so please, join us if you'd like to be part of a friendly, chatty group of stitchers from around the world, but not if you intend to download charts and not take part in the group!
