Chinese garden mandala

After going to the store and handling some silks, I decided to buy the european cross stitch company's kit for the chinese garden mandala from chatelaine designs.

The fabric came already hemmed which saved me a step. I think I will probably start it after finish at least one of the projects I'm working on...

I've been stitching a lot more than scrapbooking or card making lately.  Here's a picture of my recent work.

That's about 26 hours of work.  One and a half hours of that time was spent picking out stitches.