Iris Fairy finished

I finished the Iris Fairy yesterday. On the whole, I enjoyed doing this one. The only thing I'm not totally sure about is the face - I don't think I got it quite right, but am not sure if I was to unpick it and do it again it would look any better. I guess when the facial features are entirely made up of backstitch its difficult to get right.

I have done a little more on African Dawn but am really struggling with it. I really need good light to get this backstitch done, which there is a lack of just now. Dark brown on dark brown is no fun. This really is just an excuse but I'm really not enjoying it. It will be a major triumph when its finally done.

I've done a bit more on the Permin mini kit as well, its about half done now. I don't like this one very much either! But it isn't difficult.

My husband convinced me not to sell The Storyteller chart after all but to stitch it. I didn't take much convincing! I bought the fabric, beads and all the threads I don't already have from Sew and so last week. Its probably not the cheapest online shop but they had everything I wanted and it arrived the next day. The site provided me with a list of all the materials I needed for this project, rather than me having to manually enter them all myself, which was very helpful.

I also bought the fabric and speciality threads and beads for Fantasy Triptych. I couldn't get sew and so to produce a materials list for this one because its a discontinued design but I've probably got most of the colours I need for this one what with what I bought for the Storyteller.

I have no immediate plans to start on either of these two but who knows.....the materials are sitting temptingly on the desk in front of me.....!