Now that I’ve finished the roof I’m looking forward to stitching all the interesting bits on the remaining side and the front and back of this piece. I’m like the proverbial donkey with the carrot dangling in front of him; when I think of the fun parts to stitch ahead of me I make faster progress.

I’ve been busy designing new patterns too. I lost my scissors for a couple of weeks (again) only to find them under my chair this morning. (They had slipped down the side of the seat and right through.) Fortunately one of my recent designs is a set of scissor fobs. No problem deciding what I’m going to stitch next, then. I’ve also designed two new mini carpets, both in French antique style. I’ve got so many patterns waiting to be stitched and so many designs in my head waiting to become patterns.