What Delilah Did

Two More (Non) Sleeps!

It is so close I can hardly bear it...only two more full days of work before my day-job becomes a half-a-day-job so that I can concentrate on my stitching - I am so excited I think I might explode before February arrives!

Aside from lots more textile-related things, I fully intend to use the newfound hours for a few little luxuries which have been absent for the last year or two such as sleep, swimming, biking, walking, baking and catching up on my reading - as you can see from the picture above the pile of books on my bedside table is reaching mountainous proportions and actually contains two Alice Hoffman books meaning she is literally writing them faster than I can read them, which is frankly rather ridiculous. And that is not to mention the pile of unread magazines just waiting to be cracked open on the other side of the bed.

Just two more days... Must hold it together...

Happy (excited) Sunday!

Delilah x

Libellule - The Dragonfly

Evening all!

The new issue of CrossStitcher Magazine went on sale today (the one with my pattern in) which means that I finally get to share it with you properly, hurrah! So for those of you that have not already seen the pattern, may I introduce Libellule - the dragonfly. I hope you will all agree with me that she sure is mighty fine! I have named her Libellule (which is French for dragonfly) because I stitched her under the shade of a tree when I was in the South of France in September and I just think it is such a pretty word.

CrossStitcher made a gold version and they did such a beautiful job, I really am thrilled with it:

         

You can see a preview of my pattern and some of the others in the issue here, and they did a lovely blog post on my work here too.

The issue is on sale now so you can stitch one for your very own - what are you waiting for?!

And if you live in some far flung exotic location and cannot get your hands on a copy, the pattern is now in the shop too.

I hope you like it. I have more to show you soon... I am stitching as fast as I can!

Toodle pip,

Delilah x

Cross Stitcher Interview

Afternoon all!

I never got to tell you about this lovely interview Harriet from Cross Stitcher magazine wrote up about me. I know a number of you have already seen/read it as you have written to tell me so, but for those of you that haven't, if you click on the photo at the bottom of this post you should just about be able to read it. And I believe you can still get hold of a copy here should you so wish (December 2011, Issue 247). It is the purple one that looks like this:

I have also designed a pattern for the February issue, which I have been keeping under wraps for what feels like forever - I cannot wait for it to go on sale at the end of this month so that I can finally share it with you! Though the eagle-eyed among you may have already noticed it in a couple of not-so-well-hidden places...

Delilah x

Milleta

I have been unsuccessfully looking for a pair of lovely slippers to warm my toes for the past three years (I am incredibly fussy) so when I saw these little Milleta beauties here I snapped them up without a second thought - they are exactly what I have been looking for the whole time and they have hardly left my feet since they arrived a few days ago, yippee!

They are so warm and sturdy layered on top of my thin cotton socks that I literally feel as though I could walk bootless across a glacier in them and not even feel a chill. I love the colours, I love the patterned cuffs, I love the fact that they are one of a kind and lovingly, immaculately made with care by an actual pair of human hands and not a machine, I love the natural hand-spun rough organic yarn, I love that they come from Moldova... I just love love LOVE them! The only problem is that now I want another pair. When I manage to save up some more pennies I might see if she can make me some more with these brilliant little arrows on:

If your feet are cold, I cannot recommend her shop highly enough - you need never fear frostbite again.

Delilah x

Photographs: Milleta