Hi everyone, we returned from the Paris stitching show, L’aiguille en fete, on Saturday evening, it was -8 in Paris and I was very relieved to get home to my nice warm house, we had a lovely time!
In this post I will show my recent cross stitch work in progress, my cross stitch stash from Paris and show you my latest giveaway for Valentines day and give details of how to enter.
I started to stitch this Home Sweet Home cross stitch of mine whilst I was on the train to Paris, I just love the colours in this and it is a very easy pattern too! I am stitching the cross stitch design on 18 count aida fabric with DMC stranded cotton threads.
Here is a close up of the design.

Next up is the stash I bought at the show, 2 patterns, a bobbin, handmade pins and little wooden extras, I am looking forward to playing around with these.


I love these pins – yummy!!!!!

It was quite busy but we got there just half an hour after the doors opened, we got around pretty quickly before the crowds appeared!

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I appreciate all of your comments and welcome to all of my new followers……
Happy stitching!
Best Wishes and Happy Stitching.
Lynn B
Lynn B
Oh I have always wanted to go to Paris!! Thanks for the giveaway! I am a follower, and would love to be entered. 🙂
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Happy Valentine's Day Lynn♥ Thanks for sharing your trip with us. Please count me in! 🙂
Oh, thank you Lynn. I'd love to be included.
Paris must have been fabulous!!!!
I'd love more pictures.
I'm posting your giveaway on my sidebar to spread the word.
Hugs,
Susan
That show looks amazing!! How fun that you were able to go!
Love your giveaway ~ so sweet ~ please count me in!
Those buttons are adorable! And yes pls could you add me to your draw?
Welcome home~ Lovely stash you got in Paris~~~ Thanks for sharing!!!!
Happy Valentine's Day. Glad you had a wonderful trip to Paris. I love the little pillow…thanks for the chance to win!
I have never been to Paris but I enjoyed your post. I would love to be entered in your giveaway. I am a follower. Love the patterns and other goodies that were added to your stash.
I am now a follower. Love your site. I would love the chance to win this cute little pillow. Thanks for the chance to win.
Oh dear – I'm first. I'd love to be entered into your giveaway. And I'm so envious of your going to the Paris Stitching show. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be able to go one day!
Such a beautiful thing to do! Happy Valentine's Day!
Hugs, Morena
what a great little pillow thanks for the chance to win it.
happyyy valentines day … so glad you had a wonderful time and coooo very nice stash .. love the reel pattern too 🙂
would love to win your little pillow as it is really cute 🙂 love mouse xxxxx
ps did you see any one you knew ???
Oh what fun stash you bought. I love the colors in your WIP. Looks like there was some fun stuff to see at the show. BTW thanks for the link to the mice pattern. I stitched them up for my friend. They are soo cute.
Going to Paris, all the great fabric and stitching shops and flea markets is probably #1on my bucket list. I'm so jealous! :-). I am a follower and would love a chance to win your pretty prize. Thank you! Happy Valentine's Day!
Muchas felicidades por tu viaje a París, seguro lo disfrutaste y se nota con tan bellos regalos que te haz comprado, felicidades por tu blog esta lleno de cosas bellísimas, bordados increíbles y estupendas fotografías, de verdad lindas cosas.
Saludos.
WOW, what a great time you must have had in Paris.
I would love to enter your giveaway please, I am already a follower.
many thanks
Oh what wonderful new goodies! Love them. And did I hear the word – giveaway????? I will toss my name in the perverbial hat once again! Maybe someday my luck will change lol!!
Happy Valentines Day.
Beautiful pin pillow, sure would love a chance to own it! Thank you for this chance!
Love your stash from Paris!
Hugs,
Count me in! I love reading your posts and seeing your beautiful stitching! Laura x
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Glad you had such a great time; love the stick pins..please enter me in your giveaway; I love this little pillow..
Hugs, Shar
You must have had a great time! I would love to be entered into your giveaway – thanks!
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I would love to be entered in your drawing.
Paris!? I envy you. What a fabulous trip that must have been.
Oh my, I love those pins! They are darling!! And your design is very cute…I love the colors.
I'd be very happy to be entered in your giveaway! =)
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Hi Lynn, I just started following your blog and find it wonderful. I'm a 26 yr old stay at home mom of two great little boys and LOVE cross stitching. I'm currently working on Stockings for all my familiy members. Your pillow is adorable but mostly I just love that I've found a community of other cross stitchers. Thanks for sharing!
Love this!
I'm already a follower, I really love the pins, where did you get them ?
What a sweet giveaway. I do follow you. It looks like the trip to Paris was a successful one.
Oh to be a mouse in your pocket at the show! It looks like it was a fun visit. I'll keep my fingers crossed that I may be the lucky winner of your giveaway.
Oh what fun you must have had at the show. Love Paris!!
Great stash and wonderful stitching. Home Sweet Home looks like such a fun and cheerful project.
It's very nice!
Paris-how fun.
Darling giveaway-please include me 😉
I love that pillow!! Count me in!
Thanks for sharing your day Lynn.
The show looks great although I doubt I could endure -8
What gorgeous stash you came home with. I love the two patterns you bought and all the other little bits and bobs.
Your latest WIP is very pretty.
Would love to enter the draw please. The wrapping is almost as gorgeous as the gift itself.
Margaret
I officially became a follower today! (I've been regularly checking in unofficially for months.). I love all you work!
Precioso cojin
Felicidades por el viaje a Paris.
Besos
Laura RS
lynn
I love the fact that you could hop a train. we did this in january to paris from Ashford and it was great.
your stitching is wonderful.
Diane, New Zealand
What a wonderful trip! I would love a chance to have your sweet pillow. Thanks for the opportunity.
Happy Valentines Day! Pillow is a cutie!
What I would give to go to Paris! I'll just have to live vicariously through you. Glad you had a good time @ L'aiguille en fete. Thanks for posting freebie patterns. In these tight times it's a treat 🙂
So wonderful that you could go to Paris! thanks for sharing your trip with us!
A wonderful little Valentine pillow! Thanks for offering all of us a chance to win.
Beautiful your purchases and of course I would love to participate in your drawing.
I am a follower of your blog.
Happy Valentine's Day
Thanks for the chance. Cute little pillow. Happy valentine's day.
Great new stash. Love the patterns. Never seen the bobbin one, can't wait to see that one done. Cute pins.
Looks like you had a nice time.
Teresa's Heartfelt Stitches
What a sweet pillow. I'd love to be entered in your giveaway. I'm a follower 🙂
Soo want to go to L'aiguille en Fete some day. Thank you for the contest.
Lucky you going to the show in Paris! I can't believe that you only bought those few buts, going on, 'fess up, you bought more and are just hiding it, right?
Absolutely love the litte pillow.
Judi x
That pillow is so beautiful…I hope it comes with me to Spain 😉
Thank you for this giveaway.
Hope you had a nice Valentines Day – The colors in your Home Sweet Home are so pretty – so springlike! You giveaway if fabulous – my fingers are crossed!!!
A Happy Valentine to you to Lynn, I love your collection it looks like you had an interesting and fruitful visit.
best wishes Julie.C
Lynn, I am a follower, adorable pillow.
Oh wow I have been lusting after that pillow since you showed it too us!
I was thinking of making my own, but as I have never cross stitched I had resigned myself to not owning one!
So I would LOVE to be entered into the giveaway for it!
And your stash of goodies is amazing! I love the wooden after tea – what do you use it for?
Oh and I would love to be able to make a 'Home Sweet Home' picture – it would be very nostalgic for me! May I ask where you found the pattern?
Jewel x
Happy Valentine's day…and you also went to Paris, city of love, so lovely. And thanks for the giveaway and a chance to win. Am a follower.
I love the giveaway. I love Paris but you must be with the right person, and then well the sy's the limit… you know what I mean!!!
I love your cross stitch and have been reading your blog for a bit now–and thought I had joined the following list–but didn't find me==so did it just now!!
I love the little pillow, but I also love the peacock abc's great piece-
Hugs, and smiles, DI
très belles photos ! beaux achats !
bises
Love the colour combo on your WIP. It's very pretty!
You've made some great additions to your stash. The pins are so cute!
Please enter my name into the giveaway. Your pillow is just soooo sweet!
I wanted to say grats on the new stash and other things. The pins are really cute, and I love the colors in your WIP, the green and pink especially. Please don't enter me in your giveaway though. Not that I wouldn't love to have it, but there's no place to display it that Yes Dear wouldn't think it's a toy and she would shred it with efficiency. Happy belated Valentine's Day to you though!!
You do beautiful needlework! You are so lucky to have been to Paris … and buy needlework supplies there, too. I think they have the most wonderful kits there. Thank you for the giveaway.
Always love to read your blog, do not always comment though. Love the Paris Market and when you go and you share. The patterns you purchased are wonderful – love them.
Love the little pillow and the how it is wrapped – very nice.
Love all your shopping. I'm sure you had a fabulous time.
Would love to win the little pillow. lyn.robyn.smith@gmail.com
So adorable, really want to take up cross stitching! Nothing better than a handmade gift x
I'm jealous! The cross stitch show looks fabulous and so does your lovely new stash.
I do like your pins and it made my day looking at your blogg. Thanks for your giveaway and please count me in.
Love to you
Judith
The home sweet home WIP is gorgeous, your right about the colours, they are lovely.
I'd love to be in with a chance of winning your giveaway, you work always looks so good. I ahve just finsihed my first ever crossstitch piece well not including the small packets you can buy. I already have my next project in my sights and am off to the stitch and craft show in London next month, so excited, I cannot wait x x x x
I love the 2 patterns you bought, they are gorgeous. Please include me in your giveaway.
What a fabulous stash! How I wished we had stitching show or better still, Paris is not half way round the globe from here. Enjoy your stash and please enter me for the draw.
I love this little pillow. I have just stitched the design for the Needlecraft Haven monthly freebie so would love to have a matching pillow!
The Paris show looks great.
ps will you be doing any more of your cute special event cats? I stitched Valentine Cat this month too!
Happy Valentine's Day! I love the stash you aquired at the show.
Please enter me in your drawing… s.tompkins76@yahoo.com
I just Love your little pillow. Please count me in your giveaway.
Mary Joan