Good morning Crafty Friends. Sal Sunday is here again and seems to come around so fast these days. I am working on Xeranthamum at the moment. I didn’t know this flower, or at least I thought I didn’t but on looking it up its more commonly called the Everlasting Flower. I have managed to finish all the cross stitch (at quarter past midnight this morning), but unfortunately I have been unable to get to the backstitch, which I think will make a lot of difference to this flower. But happy with my progress so here it goes as of today. 
Why not visit the others in the SAL and see what they are up to – we are all working on different projects and if you would like to join us contact Avis (first person on the list below)
Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, LucyAnn, Kate, Jess, Sue, Constanze, Debbierose, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Steph, Linda, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Catherine, Deborah, Connie, Clare, Mary Margaret, Renee, Jenny, Carmela, Jocelyn
I hope to be back with you soon and in the meantime I am off to stitch once again on Olly Owl. Thank you for once again taking the time to visit with me dear friends.
Hugs to all
Looks fab Helen, such pretty colours and an education in flowers! 🙂
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It certainly is Jenny and thanks for the nice comment.
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Lovely stitching. Are the everlasting flowers the ones we sometimes find in pot pourri?
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I have grown them in the garden and the petals are very brittle as though they are dry even though they are growing. Small and lots of little spikey petals in pinks, mauves and yellows. I think you do sometimes get them in pot pourri though they are not scented.
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lovely! and you’re getting so close to a finish now!
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Not as close as I hoped Claire. The cold weather doesn’t help as it makes my knuckles sore so I have a job to hold the needle some nights. Roll on summer and quick stitching again.
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We are learning flowers right along with you, and X is nearly done, on to Y! Could it be yarrow, perhaps?
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It could be I honestly don’t remember at the moment. I am not sure as I have even looked Kathy but I don’t think you will have very long to wait.
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You’ve done great progress, and it’s going to look great with backstitch. Dare I say almost happy dance ? 😀
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Oh I so wish but there is a few more months worth of stitching yet I think.
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It’s pretty even without the backstitch to bring it into focus. I think they’re also known as immortelles. We have something similar in Australia called the Paper Daisy, but it’s from a different family, so it wouldn’t count in your alphabet!
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That sounds quite possible Kate. Its a little larger than a normal daisy but even as it grows it has a spikey papery sort of feel to it.
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Very pretty
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Thanks Lucyann.
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Such a sweet flower. Such a beautiful project! I enjoy seeing all the different flowers.
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Thank you Christina.
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Lovely progress – loving the colours
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Thank you
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Progress is progress, even if if isn’t as much as we’d like. I love this sampler and look forward to seeing it completed someday. 🙂
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Lol Sue – one day I feel that its close to finishing the next “one day” seems to sum it up. Tonight I am going to start and tackle that dreaded back stitch. Thank you for the encouragement.
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Beautiful Helen!
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Thank you Mary-Margaret
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Well done, Helen! I feel like I’m learning a lot about flowers as you stitch. Y, Z, and then the rest of the border!
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Thank you Sunny
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The Everlasting flower, what a beautiful name it has!!! And it is beautiful as well!
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Hopefully it will be once I have tackled this backstitch. I know it will make such a difference but it doesn’t make me like it any better Gun.
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X is pretty! Love the colours 🙂
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Thanks so much Carole
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Very pretty! The colours are lovely and it will wonderful once you’ve popped in the back stitch
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I do hope so Catherine. Thanks for the lovely comment.
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Very pretty. I’m sure the back stitching will make it pop.
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Thank you. Yes I do hope it shows though the pink on the chart doesn’t inspire me much as I think its doing to need a contrast to separate those petals. We will see when I go back to it next week.
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