I was going thr the 123 MB, and found a post abt Herschners shipping code, and then just for the fun of it went through their weekly sale items. I find here something that catches my eye and yes, heart:) This Cut Thru item is being sold as a leaflet only and is a very good deal for those in the US. As for me, I am putting some sense in my own head, that even if I could buy this (say if Herschners had 3d secure!!) i still could not manage the international shipping charges anyway.
I had seen the Bothy Threads cross stitch kits in some or the other UK website, and well, i still find them too darn expensive to buy.. But i cant help drooling on this one... Amanda Loverseed is the designer for their Cut Thru kits, and i am loving all her designs!! The dictionary series are also cute, although no designer name(s) is mentioned.
I hope i do ONE Bothy Thread, and mostly it will be a Cut Thru design and that too the above one - in THIS lifetime. What say you!!! Let me list down what other 'One of a kind' stitchy things i want to do in this lifetime, apart from my [staple] stash of course, LOL. Here they are:
- One cross stitch afghan
- One quilt each for son, husband
- One BOTHY THREAD work
- One Applique project of Ganesha
- One VERY INDIAN Cross stitch
The water lilies BAP that i am doing is a 'One of a kind'. It is in fact my very FIRST lifetime project!! Couple of these - 1 and 2 for instance - are very very nascent ideas. 3, 4 and 5 are in different stages of evolution. 3 most likely will be the haberdashery...
4 will be based on an oil painting of Ganesha that must have been displayed in the art exhibition. The painting appeared on the card (post card size that too!) that was in our mailbox intimating us of an art exhibition!! I never went to that exhibition. It is my LIFETIME wish to replicate that in applique. I have stored it in my closet somewhere, and need to bring it out for inspiration:)
As for 5, I still do now know what i want to stitch : landscape or painting or monument or people. All i know is when i see it, i will know. And in all probabilities, i might have to chart it myself using PCStitch or similar.
