Exciting stuff! :) Now that I am stitching more than in previous years, I have been keeping an eye out for new patterns I might like to stitch after I finish my current WIPs. I was lucky enough to receive some unexpected award money through the university for my thesis work, and while most of it will be going to pay for necessities and books, I decided to also treat myself to a "small" stitching shopping spree. Thanks to some awesome lightly-used finds, I was able to get a surprising amount for my budget, which made me very very very happy! This is what I ended up with:
Two books of designs by Joan Elliott: Bewitching Cross Stitch and Christmas Cross Stitch Treasures, and the Summer 2014 issue of Stoney Creek magazine (annual Christmas issue! Can you tell I have Christmas on my mind? It must be all the stitched presents I'm tackling this year.) And because I like multiple patterns in each of these collections, I shouldn't need to buy any new patterns for at least the next three years haha! (We'll see how that works out!)
Stoney Creek also has a cute Halloween pattern available for free (!!) called "A Frightful Welcome," so I ordered that along with the magazine (and decided to go ahead and purchase the fabric and glow-in-the-dark Kreinik for it as well!):
I think this might be my next new start after I finish stitching up presents for this Christmas.
Hope everyone is having a good end to the summer! It's hard to believe that school starts back in two weeks!
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