A Little Unfinished Business

Yesterday was UFO day and I did the little dragon fly and started on the J for Jasmin. Was at Mums most of the day and my daughter came in the evening so not a lot got done but it was a lovely change from stitching ivy. I must stitch another couple of leaves down this left hand side before I move on though or I will be like before and having to stitch dozens of the things.

I forgot to say that I had been stitching at the weekend but it was the monthly challenge for the Stitch and Stash forum at Jaynes Attic and I am happy to say that is now finished and made up and ready for reveal day which I think is the 24th or 25th June. There was a problem at the forum at the beginning of last month when an update went wrong. During this time all the votes for the May challenge were lost so it was decided that we could do any of the chosen charts and also we were given until June to stitch as it took quite a while before people could get into the site again. So this month it will be a very mixed bunch of designs and finishes so I am looking forward to seeing all of those.

Today its rota and should be Taj but as I only have that one and Friends left to do this time I decided I would do Friends first - I am hoping that this one is going to be a finish (fingers crossed tightly) though I am not sure how much I will get done today. I have to go to the Post Office before I do anything else today and later I am meeting friends for lunch and going to have my hair trimmed. Still hoping to get a good bit of stitching in so watch this space....

Speak to you all again soon and thank you for your continued support.

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The Frog was invited...

My darling hubby is normally very very supportive where my stitching is concerned. When I chose I Still Do to stitch for our next years anniversary he was shown the chart and he approved. I even consulted him on the colour, so last night he shocked me. I was getting I Still Do out and laying everything ready as I wanted to make an early start (before other things took over lol) and my darling H walked in and said "I don't like that". I was horrified, "but you saw it before I started" I gasped. What he did not like was the dark thread he thought it was awful. He said that he much prefered the original thread and though I would have been better sticking to that. Anyway I thought about it for a while and to be honest I think on looking at it for a 2nd time I had to agree with him. So this morning I actually invited Mr Frog into my den. I cursed him a little - well rather a lot really as frogging on 36 count is not easy. The frogging completed and much to my suprise it had not left a stain - I then began all over again with the border at the top. For this reason I have not actually got much further than I got last week but I must admit I really do think it looks a lot better. I wonder if Dawn will put a photo in her blog this week. I think she will be leaving me way behind. I had a nice suprise in the post this morning. A while back I admired a Blackwork Elephant that Beatrice had stitched. A couple of days later she sent me an email and offered to send me the chart if I would like it. Well today the chart arrived and she had also sent me the lovely gold thread that was left from her Elephant, some black linen thread and a sweet little chart from one of her local designers. Thank you Beatrice I was thrilled with it all.

Once again I want to thank you all for visiting me in my little Nook. You are all very welcome and I love it when you leave a comment and let me know what you think.

To Vonna & Kendra whilst I am having a natter or nattering my friend in Scotland is having a blether or blethering lol.

HD Quicky

Another square for the Love Quilts UK. Managed to finish this one last night so that is another of the "bits" out of the way. It is taken from the same DMC Patchwork Animals book that the sheep came from.

This morning I have kitted up a couple of things, put some threads on bobbins, packed the squares for LQ ready for posting, put some threads away. tidied up my den, put some washing in and now Im off to hang it out before going to Mums. Lol also been nattering on MSN and then I wonder why I don't get more stitching done.




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The White Rabbit..

"I'm late, I'm late", said the white rabbit and just like him I seem to be running late all the time recently. I feel like the dog chasing his tail, no matter how fast i go I always seem to be just that bit behind my targets. I knew this week I had a lot on and would find stitching time difficult so I have decided not to bother with my rota at all but just to try and do some bits that need doing and catch up with my sal and my ufo.

Yesterday was the day that was going to give me the most time so I devoted that to "I Still Do", I didn't get a lot done but I am pleased with my progress. I find I have to do it in quite short sessions as the 36 count is quite tiring on my eyes but I am really enjoying this. Advice please from anyone who has a collection of CC threads. I wanted to do the band across the top so that the outer parts were in the dark shade and the inner in the light shade. When I looked I had a thread called Bordeaux which was more or less the same as the darker part of Hearts on Fire, and that is what i have decided to use but now I need another shade something like the lights or the medium shade in Hearts to do the inner part. I have looked at the thread charts but the reds all look more or less the same on there so any advice would be very welcome.

And last but certainly not least look at this beautiful chart which will, I hope, not be too long working it's way into my rota. This was a gift from Karen who saw it on my wish list. Thank you so much Karen you are as always a star. I have started to kit it up ready but there are a couple that really need to go in front - I really need the time and space in my rota for at least 50 projects.

Busy Weekend

Another weekend with hardly any stitching touched and I had such high hopes lol.

Saturday we went to York for the day as planned and it was the most beautiful sunshiney day. No we did not go the the racers, but there were lots of people on the train who were going. The couple on the seat opposit and their friends had bought a bottle of champaign, orange juice and "plastic" glasses and were drinking bucks fizz. I did find the Viking Loom and for anyone who has not been to York before I can tell you it is well worth a visit. This is a picture of my stash, though the tins were bought from the market the rest was bought from VL. I must admit to being very naught whilst there though, as I saw the Loopylou Elegance stitched and I just could not resist. It really is a beauty, even my DH thought so, and what better excuse could I have . I know I need another chart just about as much as a hole in the head.

On a slightly different though related topic, a while back while sorting things out at my mums I found my old sewing basket that I had as a child. If you look at this picture of My Stitching Place then you can see it hiding under the table. Anyway it was in a rather delapedated state, the fabric inside was ripped and the original foam padding had turned to dust with age. I have since this picture was taken, stripped it all down and given it a good scrub and I want to have a go at repadding and covering the inside and doing something stitched for the lid and recovering that. The large piece of fabric I bought from VL was with this in mind so I am hoping I will find the time to tackle that soon too.

Today has been very dreary and grey but we went to the garden centre this morning as planned and have since been working in the garden. I am now tired and my back is aching but I must admit the garden does look better for the work, though there is still quite a bit to do. I thought before I sat down and tried to do a bit of stitching I would come and update the blog, so now I am going to vegitate with my needle for the rest of the evening.

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.

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Just a Little Bit

I only got a little bit done on The Quiltmaker this time round. I didnt do too badly yesterday but today I had Ozzie for the day and hes much more fun than stitching so there was only about a dozen stitches went in this morning. Instead I helped to Ice Gingerbread men, and then we went into town to take some books to the charity shop and see what we could find which just happened to be a couple of water pistols for bathtime. This afternoon I got peace while he went out to the greenhouse to plant seeds with Grandpa, and what did I do - fell asleep in the chair lol.

This weekend I am hoping to get the challenge done and also a couple of other small and secret bits. Having said that we are off to York for the day tomorrow - I have heard about The Viking Loom so I plan on a visit there. If you know of any other good places do let me know.

Hope everyone has a happy weekend with lots of stitching time. Thank you once again for all your comments they mean so much to me - bless you all.

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Part 5 And A Smile Maker

I was not feeling too good yesterday, I think this dreadful weather is getting too me and I have been really headachey over the last few days. I did my ivy leaf first thing and then went into town but by the time I got back I really did not feel up to stitching so QM stayed in the box.

Feeling a little better last night I decided I would just have a go at Gigi (I had already made a start and done half of it a wee while ag0). The result was a finish for part 5 so that was pleasing.


There were a couple of nice things on the doormat when I got back from town however. First a little pink package - I was not expecting anything - and it was my June DD silks arriving early so that was nice and made me smile.

The biggest smile however came when I opened a small envelope from Sally to find she had RAK me with the beautiful Christmas Candle Chart from The Cat's Whiskers. I had admired this when I saw it on her blog and bless her she just knew it was my sort of thing. So BIG BIG thank you Sally, I am still smiling from ear to ear.

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