After a good couple of months waiting, I finally got the supplies to start In the Forest by La D Da. My supplier was waiting, to no avail, for the 18th century blackbird fabric specified in the pattern and we finally gave up and she chose R&R three stitches sagebrush as a substitute to go with the listed NPI silks. I am really pleased with the combination, even though my photographs have not captured the linen colour well - it is a darkish grey-green. This is as far as I have got this weekend............

What have I been stitching on whilst I have not been blogging? Well several things, but none of them seem to have come on very fast apart from this one, which is by Little House Needleworks. I have stitched this as a present for somebody, so I will have to save the finishing photos until they have recived the gift.......... anyway, here it is..........

Happy Fathers Day, Dad! I hope you have a wonderful day, full of pleasurable things! Sorry I can't be with you today, but the bungalow at the bottom of my road is still for sale............... we have hardly changed a bit from these photos, have we Dad? :-)

For those of you who have never met my dad (that would be almost everybody of course), he is the best dad in the world, as I am sure you can tell from these photos!

Love you lots, Dad! :-) xx