And the winner is...

Aurelia Eglantine!!! Congratulations.

And your gift is the following pack:



There are some interesting threads apart from the variegated ones and the perle, one is an unknown thread that resembles a cord, really shiny, the other is a linen thread, both are vintage finds. I hope you will enjoy them and have fun with them.


Thank you all for the comment, I will try and fulfil some of the wishes. I cannot promise anything though :) I am working on a subversive sampler right now, it is almost ready, will post it soon, just want to make the Hungarian version as well.


And finally I would like to share a few photos with you.

I made this little cardigan for my friend, Hajnalka´s newborn son.




And I did an experiment. I have an old tablecloth that was made by my Mum. This is how she finished the edges:



I tried to copy it, and this is what I have come up with. I assume she had a smaller hook - but not sure I would be able to do it tighter. But I like how it looks, anyway. What do you think? I am planning to finish my boyfriend´s gift (that I made a while ago) with this edge.




And finally, yesterday we went to an event in the neighbouring village, the Feast of 100 cookies. This is what it looked like:







I also saw some old cookie making iron tools:



And of course, had to taste them all :D :D



Today, we went to the sea to have a picknick. It was so beautiful. Unfortunately, it is too cold to swim.




And tomorrow I am back to work. I have just started to work at an International English School in Sweden, teaching textile crafts. On Wednesday the kids will show up. I am so excited. :D :D Wish me luck. :)

New free patterns - and some photos.

I was not online much in the past few weeks but I hope when you see my photos, you will forgive me. I didn't stitch much either. Only worked a bit on my stitches sampler (pictures a bit later) but have designed a few small freebies again. Please, enjoy them. This time I was playing around with a circle as the basis of the patterns and tried different "fillings".

A simple geometric one, which woud be good to play with different colour scehemes, variegated thread, or perhaps different stitches. (Hm, I might rethink this one a bit later.)




Two variations of the same pattern:





A bird:



And two with flowers:






And here are some of my photos of wild flowers that I saw in the past three weeks on trips in Hungary. Unfortunately, I don't know what they are called, apart from a few. But I will know later, and will add the names.

This I know, it is feather grass. Not an easy one to photograph, though:




Flowering ash:




A wild rose:


This might be hawthorn but I am not sure:












And a sunset: