Cat on Guard

Look at these fabulous boxes I have finally got my little mitts onto. I saw two of them for the first time about 6 weeks ago, in a Merceria (haberdashery) in Gandia on my way to a Spanish lesson. I decided to stop off on my way back - only to find they were in the process of being bought by someone else. If only I´d not strolled back, but walked with a purpose - as I did have one! The shop said they would re-order them and they would be back in a week or two. Well, every Monday since then I´ve popped in and left very disappointed. But this week - there they were...and even better - there were three designs - so of course I had to have all three! I don´t know who makes or supplies them and I haven´t seen them anywhere else. Now comes the fun part of filling them and then displaying them... I think I need to rethink (and tidy!) my study/stitching area to fit them. In the photo the cat, Little, is obviously guarding them - he knows what makes me happy!

With the excitement of these boxes over let me tell you that I´ve done hardly any stitching since my last post as I´ve been laid low with a bit of a lurgy and have taken the easy option of being lazy and having a good excuse for it. Although I don´t think my eyeballs were up to concentrating on teeny weeny holes anyway. Before that I did start Ellen´s Maidens of the Sea and have done the backstitched border.

I keep forgetting to say, so rude of me, thank you to everyone who has posted comments here ... thank you.