Framing & backstitch

I collected the other 3 finished works from the framing man yesterday. He did a brilliant job as usual and charged next to nothing as usual. I'll take photos and post them some time when I'm not writing at 10 to midnight.

Its always nice to go and see him because both he and his wife show such enthusiasm for my work. His wife does tapestry herself but her friend does cross stitch so she is quite knowledgable about it. I don't have any stitching friends so its nice to talk to someone with a bit of knowledge about it and who knows, for example, when I say the word Aida I am talking about a type of cross stitch fabric and not an opera.

I've done a fair amount of the backstitch on Apple Blossom Fairies today but theres still a long way to go. Its not too bad though because this one has good colour contrasts.

I've been buying thread like mad from ebay - have bought about 150 threads lately. No particular colours, just whatever the sellers had. A stitcher can never have too much thread!

I also bought the Poppy Fairy kit and the Butternut Road chart, a Christmas Visit. I am going to try and stop buying stitching stuff off ebay now because the stash is growing and growing. But I will still keep on trying to get the other 3 L&L Celtic charts which I've been after for a while.