Hidden Treasures

I was preparing for the next cross stitch project I wanted to do, a centre for a baby quilt, I needed to find my stretcher bars.  I had the cross bars, but somewhere, safely stored, were the stretcher bars.  All I had to do, was find where that safe place was.

As you can guess, it led to a little sort out.  I have an old fabric magazine rack where craft stuff is stored and I thought the bars were in the bottom.  They weren't, but I did find some kits, charts that had been given as gifts and a couple of WIP's that had been forgotten. 

One was this poppy  cross stitch.  It was a kit from the Craft Collection, which I had started several years ago, but for some reason, had run out of some of the thread.  There wasn't much left to do, so I got out my floss, matched up the colours, and voila, another quick finish!

I also found a black work, though I didn't use black, which was a part work released online over fifteen weeks.  This goes back to the end of 1998, beginning 1999 which was when we moved here.  At the time I didn't have Internet, and with everything else that was happening at the time, I'd forgotten about it. 

This meant that I had eleven of the fifteen parts required to do the Sampler Espagnol, but they are no good without the last four parts.  I've actually stitched two or three parts, but I think I am going to have to consign this to the undo and reuse pile.  Although I've searched, it's not possible to get the final installments. Maybe this is a sort out that should have happened a lot earlier.  I had assumed, as it was in a folder, all the parts were there, so if there is anyone out there that can help, it would be much appreciated.

I also found this chart which I stitched for an exchange.  If anyone would like it, please let me know and I shall post it to you.

Now, I'm off to do another forgotten project.