the last year and a bit - WOXS, Disney, Pixar, and now Peter Rabbit

It`s been over a year since I last wrote here and now that I`ve checked my last post, even that was added after a long hiatus - little did I know back then how busy life would become, even though the job I took on was only part-time. Of course, even just a few hours a day (plus commute) add up, and since on top of work-work, I`ve been diligently stitching away "as normal" - while trying to run a house and spend time with DH and DS as well -, social media en masse moved to the back burner. However, I`ve got loads of pics that have piled up in the meantime, so let`s see what`s "new"! 😊

In the case of the World of Cross Stitching magazine, I have to go back as far as issue 331 - after the giraffe in 229 and Popcorn Bear in 330, this cute bunny (designed by Fiona Baker) was the magazine`s free gift:

The following month, in issue 332, I had two mini hoops, a ladybird and a bee (designed by Durene Jones), and in issue 333 an adorable stitching mouse by Lucie Heaton.

After these, there was a bigger gap till issues 340 (snowman "cone"), 342 (cute Margaret Sherry hedgie), and 343 (Elmer). 😍

As for my stitchings in the Hachette Partworks magazines, I think the last sampler I posted pictures of here was the Winnie-the-Pooh themed one. Since then there has been one based on Pixar movies, and more recently, another sampler with a Lion King theme.

Phew, these were quite numerous - if you`ve scrolled this far, well done and thank you! 😉 Once the samplers are done, I also "re"stitch each of these characters one step/colour at a time, but I won`t bore you with hundreds of these pics as well... especially as there`s much more interesting news: Hachette Partworks recently launched a new XS magazine, so after Disney, now we have Peter Rabbit too! 😍🐰 The base of this series is the set of 4 seasonal samplers that, similarly to the Disney samplers, were designed by Durene Jones, and stitched by yours truly. 

 

After I finished the Spring one, I was in such a rush that I forgot to take individual photos of each character, so I only have the sampler pic and a group photo of the 15 steps of the central motif. For the Summer sampler, though, I`ve got the wee ones as well, so here are some MORE photos, lol, because you can never have enough piccies of cute bunnies 😍 Thanks for visiting and I hope to be back sooner than this time next year - happy stitching! 😊

most recent publications

Since this is the first post of 2023, I suppose I should start with wishing you all a Happy New Year, even though it`s already February and by now the holiday season is just a distant memory. I guess we`re all back to work now, like Christmas has never happened, and most of us are busy planning our Spring and even Summer breaks. However, amid all this hustle and bustle, new magazines have been or are being  published, so I thought before they pile up even more, I`d better add my pics to this ongoing photo album here - there are plenty! 😊

The World of Cross Stitching issues 329 and 330 both had my wee cover kits as the free gift: the first one was this cozy giraffe swaddled in that warm scarf, and the latter this adorable Popcorn bear with his little duck chum.

In the Hachette Partworks Disney Cross Stitch Magazines, there`s my Winnie birth sampler in issue 121, and this oh-so-cute Pinocchio in issue 125:

Hachette Partworks also published a collection of vintage style Disney patterns, a book full of fun projects from height charts to tablet covers to bath towels, cushions, and toy boxes, some of which I stitched and will add the pics here without further ado because there are quite a few to scroll through. Hope you like them, thank you for visiting, and happy stitching! 😊