Yiota's-xstitch - My first review!

Good Evening!

I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend! I know I am!

I have something a little different to share with you tonight, instead of stitching progress I have a review to share with you!

I recently stumbled upon this gem of a website, I had never heard of it before, so chances are some of you might not of heard of it before too!

Yes, I am an enabler! But we all love to build our stash right? :D

So, the company is Yiotas-xstitch! It is a small, family company based in the UK, however they do ship worldwide with very cheap shipping rates so don't let that put you off my overseas friends!

They offer a wide variety of charts and kits which are available in 14ct or 16ct Aida or 28ct Evenweave which are all very reasonably priced, here are a few of my favourites...

Top L - Cottage by the Sea, Top R - Winter Veil
Bottom L - Elegant Geisha, Bottom R - Modern Heart

If you prefer to get charts over kits then not to worry, they also offer patterns available by post or email. Personally I love email charts - instant satisfaction!

So, I asked for the Modern Heart kit and two days later there is was waiting for me in my postbox when I got home from work, super fast! Perfectly packaged too, I love companies who make that extra effort to avoid damage or folding of charts.

Naturally I was like a child at Christmas so had to take a peek straight away, the kit included;

• Full Colour Picture - I find these great for reference! 
• Large Clear chart, the symbols are so easy to read
• Fabric (I picked 16ct Aida)
• Needle
• Tips and Instructions;

Then we come to the thread. Oh my. Pre bobbinated and labelled threads!! Meaning no messing around sorting them all out and I can jump straight in! Perfect!

The threads provided are Maderia, I have never used these before so it will be something different to try to the usual DMC. But not to worry if you are not a fan of Maderia, all the charts come with DMC conversions.

As you can probably tell I am really quite excited about finding this company, however I don't think my bank account will be! I see me spending my hard earned pennies here, with so much choice there is something for all tastes and ages.

If your still not sure they even have some freebie patterns on the site, which are here.

If you want to find out more they can be found on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or their very own Blog

Now it is just a case of finding space in my rotation to squeeze it in!

I hope you all go take a look, but don't blame me if you end up spending! :D

Emma xo

*I must state I am in no way connected to Yiota-xstitch or the people working there, I simply wanted to spread the word about this company!

#93 More Productive than I thought...and TUSAL!

I was pleasantly surprised this week when I looked at my stitching, I only had a hour or so to stitch this week so I guess I can't complain too much about the progress made :)

First up was the wedding sampler, here is the before shot...

Before

And here it is today at the end of the week;

12-05-13

As you can see the Groom now has his hand with a blob of champagne floating above and below his arm! The glasses will be added later with all the back stitch and of course the heart at the top of the piece has also been added along with some more of the date banner behind where the bride will be :) Not too bad!

Next up I made a teeny tiny start on an ornament...

...what you mean you can't tell what it is?! :D This is my first time stitching over two of 28ct fabric, but so far so good.

In other news I could no longer resist the temptation of the HAED sale, but I was very good and only bought one pattern.

This is High Tea by Gordon Fitchett, I really love this one, I'm thinking some subtle hand dyed fabric and it will love great on the wall in our dining room :) But it will be a long time before I even start this one.

Elsewhere the running and the weight is going well, I ran over 10k this week and managed to lose another 2lbs, making it 12lbs in total! Another push this week and fingers crossed I will get to that magic one stone mark!

Fundraising is going great too, we are now up to £350! A massive thank you also goes out to Mii Stitch for sponsoring me! Thank you dear!! x

If anyone else would like to sponsor me click here for details, you could win a £20 gift voucher as a thank you!

Lastly, it was TUSAL this week, a couple days late but better late than never right?

It seems Sheldon has taken quite a liking to my ORT jar and is now guarding it...from what I'm not sure, but if it makes him happy...

I hope everyone has a great week ahead and if you are somewhere in the world today which is celebrating, Happy Mothers Day! 

Emma xo