Embroidery wall art take I

Before we set on the trip to Italy and got so inspired by Roman mosaics... I started an embroidery wall art for the house... I was inspired by the wallpaper I saw in a shop nearby (sadly I didn't take any pictures). So with a little drawing around and designing the pattern was ready and I set on to embroider it! Remember this sneak peak?



And voilà. here it is finished, framed and hanging on the wall...

I am so pleased with it, that we decided to change its original location in the house, to the dining room and make a set of three! Yes the other two are inspired by all the Roman mosaics and designs, I am still working on the patterns but we will get there! (You can see the pictures of the mosaics here).

I have not yet got the pattern ready for download, but in the meantime, if you can't wait to make it here are the details:

• Made on Aida fabric 16 count (just look for a tiny grid but that you can comfortably work on). 
• It measures 20cm x 29cm. I recommend you buy the frames first and then make sure you match the pattern to the desired size... going the other way around may mean that you end up spending a lot of money of framing!
• The pattern was all made on backstitch and one row at at time horizontally (as that was the best way to fit my 25cm frame that I have). For a little more detail on the pattern here's a close up.

I hope to finalise the pattern soon, at the minute I am a but puzzled on how to transfer it to a digital form so it is neat and nice to work with... any ideas welcome?

I am linking up to Show and Tell Tuesday over at I have to say blog (link here).

WIP Wednesdays

Hello! I have been out and about lately and took a little break from blogging... but I am back and with a lot of new and exiting things on the way!

But what have I been up to lately? Well we took a week's holiday in Italy, visiting lots of Roman ruins (see some inspirational pics here), eating fantastic food and enjoying the sunshine...

Then I was back for almost a week with my puppy and getting the routine back on track when my husband invited me to join him in Paris for one night as he had to attend a course there... so Feli and I went! and we had so much fun walking along Parisian streets and taking some lovely pictures of the puppy on his first trip...

So what I am currently working on?



This week I had three new orders, two are going to Argentina and one will fly to the UK. The little chicken (still missing her eye and legs) was a custom order, but I am thinking it will become one of the shop's designs, as I am absolutely in love with it!

And also working on.... a project for Lily's Quilts Blog as I was selected for one of her featured projects... look forward to finishing it so the post can go up in both blogs!



As you can see not a lot crafting going on this week... so what's in my immediate To-Do list (I decided not to even bothered trying to fit a few UFOs here, who I am kidding right?)

- Finishing up the lovely blanket for my friend Ines who is expecting a baby girl soon. Status of the project: I tried to put it together with the squares I had and it turns out it to too small, so I am making new squares and attaching them in one row at a time!

- Take pictures and show you all the first of my three series of embroidery art, I am going for a sort of geometric Roman-inspired theme here... but the other two may take a little bit to finish.

- My quilt is sort of in stand by, and I am so hoping to get back to it this week, it is half way quilted- half way unpicked (yes I didn't like it so I bought new batting and I am trying a new take on it).

So what are you up to this week, don't forget to link up as I am with Freshly Pieced to let us all know what loveliness is happening your way!

Have a fantastic week!

Roman inspiration

My husband and I went on a week tour in Italy, we visited lots of places including the town where my grandparents were born... but what inspired the most was the beautiful art, especially the mosaics, from the Romans... we visited Pompei and Herculaneum, where you can actually see a lot of it... so here are a few pictures of the trip... hope it inspires you as well...

I am thinking... lets get my embroidery hoop and aida fabric and get stitching!

Hope you got to experience through this pictures a little bit of what I experienced and how I got inspired last week!