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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Hi guys at The World of Cross Stitching! I love your magazine – I subscribe monthly, and love reading about other people’s creations. I’ve recently undertaken my biggest project to date (you might have seen my updates on your Facebook page) of ‘The Antique Map of The World’ by Jane Greenoff from The Cross Stitch Guild*. I started it in March, to complete by the end of June for my partner. He really loves maps and can tell you the capital of a country right away!

At the place we have recently moved into, he doesn’t have a map poster like he did at his old place, so I thought I would create him one for our anniversary. We will have been together for two years, and I can’t wait to give him this map! Here’s a picture of me holding my completed map after months of stitching it! It was great, with all the different browns, greens and blues. I loved and hated doing the border, and am so glad to have it finished so I can move onto some of the other projects I have

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