I was hoping that this would be my last blog post on this blue blackwork, only thirteen small areas to fill. Yes, there are only twelve on the photo above, but I’ve already done the top of the tower on the left side, with a variation of the pattern below. It’s slightly elongated and makes me think of the top of a lighthouse or lookout windows.

I then did the straight blocks on the right hand tower, the top diaper appears to have a tiny heart, the rest of the pattern is the same but somehow only one heart stands out!

The pattern above on the tower is squares and diamonds, made up of backstitches.

I’m ready to start the triangular roof sections. A bit trickier this one, and it was undone several times before I got it right (or so I thought). I’ve used one strand of my favourite Madeira opal threads, in with a strand of a fine perlé.

My excuse is that I was helping on the Seata stand at the St Paul’s Centenary Weeked Celebrations, outside in the sunshine, but rather windy. We had to keep retrieving flyers, felt leaves and flowers that were blowing away. Also I’m easily distracted talking to other members and visitors to our stand, and on closer inspection there are a few stitches missing. It was lovely to sit stitching in the sunshine. Fabulous flower arrangements in the church, homemade cakes and biscuits, raspberries, strawberries and freshly dug potatoes, homemade jam and whiskey marmalade, etc., to buy on the other stalls. All in all a good day. We raised some money for our funds, and hopefully will have picked up some new members.

It was repeated on the other side, fortunately no need to mirror image the diaper this time. I then realised that I’ve not only made mistakes / missed stitches, but the metallic thread has got loopy and caught as I unpicked. I need to take it out and re-do it.

Then I did the biggest triangle, using a dark blue shiny madeira rayon, and it was only when I took the photo that I saw that I’d missed a row! Still getting distracted!

Luckily I’d left the thread attached, so that was soon rectified.

The colours outside are fairly close to how it looks in reality. In the photos taken on a dull day, it looks very dull and grey, although the roof is in a strand each of silver and grey Madeira metallic.

Next the two tiny sections, again using a different Metallic opal thread with a fine perlé. It was a bit fiddly and the photo doesn’t show them well. I want all the roof sections to have a different shiny or metallic finish to catch the light. Only four tiny sections left to do now and the section to unpick and re-do.