A finish, a freebie and an update :)

I can finally show you the bookmark I did for a recent exchange on facebook group Cross stitch friends in the UK, here it is!

I stitched him on aida band with a lovely blue edging and added blue felt at the back and some pretty ribbon to finish it off :) I'm offering the pattern as a freebie if anyone else would like to stitch him:

I also have an update on one of my January Challenge pieces, HAED SAL Blue Rose Fairy. I haven't had much time to work on this what with one thing and another so it was nice to be able to pick it up again, starting to see a tiny bit of detail in there now too which makes me want to keep going.

I have some serious stitching to do though if I want to finish her this year!!

This is where I left her at my last update:

And here's where I am now!

Hope to have another update on this one shortly, happy stitching all!