A Very Soggy Sunday.....

....here today, it has rained most of the day and daylight has hardly opened it's eyes...but it has been a very busy day. I firstly can show you the Needleroll which I stitched for Tracey on the JA Stitch & Stash Forum, it was a secret exchange and the partners were revealed last night. I know that Tracey liked what I stitched for her. It was stitched on 28c lilac evenweave, in DMC threads and the design was a Dragonfly freebie design. Also a BIG thank you to Julie who stitched the exquisite needleroll which I received, which I showed in a previous post.

I decided to make a couple of cards this afternoon as it was cool in the conservatory so perfect for card making. The card above is for my monthly exchange on the Groovycrafters group, the theme this month was a card using ribbon. I used some of my supplies from ScrapaGoGo and I am pleased with the result, I hope that Margit will also be pleased to receive it.



The card below is for my Gran's birthday, I decided on something a little more traditional and had this lovely pink rose decoupage sheet so decided to use it for her card. She enjoys making cards so I have bought her some card making kits and papers.

This is the Biscornu that I have stitched for my Gran for her birthday, I showed this in a previous post but I thought I would show it again for you.

Jeff asked me if we were going to have a holiday this year at 7.30am this morning, to which I replied that since I fell pregnant I hadn't really thought about it. He said that seen as we had a week off next week, then why not try to book something, as it is fine for me to fly until the end of June. Anyhow 3 hours of searching on the net, I managed to find a last minute week in Ibiza, in a quiet family friendly resort for the grand total of £500...for the 3 of us!! It is going to be a busy week this week, with washing & ironing to do, currency to organise and the rest, I usually have months to do this not 5 days...lol. But I am sure it will be worth it.

Well it is stitching time, I have my monthly exchange card to complete for XSP and the design is very apt!! All will be revealed soon.

Have a good evening

Hugs

Secret Stitching & Exchanges Received

Is it a week since I last posted? I don't know where the time has gone, no stitching finishes that I can share with you, but I promise I have been busy with some exchanges and the March Challenge on the Jayne's Attic forum, which I completed stitching over the weekend and then finished on Monday evening. I am pleased how it has turned out as it was a new finish for me.

I made this 25th Wedding Anniversary Card last night, someone asked me to make it for them and gave me free reign, which in one way I prefer as then I can use my imagination, but on the other hand I worry that they won't like it. She asked for something quite traditional, so I have used traditional roses with a modern feel. I will give her it tonight...so finger's crossed.

This is the pretty Tuck Cushion I received from April on the SSS Group for the Easter Exchange, it is so lovely and the picture does not do it justice. It is stitched in Six Strand Sweets threads :0) Thanks April I love it :)
Here is another exchange which I received from Cheryl from the SSS Group, it was an Easter Cuddles Exchange and I received this gorgeous Easter Bunny, with his own bucket (which has gone to my desk at work for my pens!), a glittery egg and some M&M's they didn't make the picture...lol!! Big thanks to Cheryl :)

I have signed up for the Secret Kit a Project Exchange on the Jayne's Attic Forum, the idea is to choose a free design from the net (Spring Theme) and then kit it up with fabbie, threads etc for a secret partner. I have chosen the design and ordered the threads & fabbie...plus a few extra bits for me of course...seemed daft not to...lol.

I don't think I will get any stitching done this evening as it's the Committee meeting of the NCT charity of which I am branch Co-Chair and it is here...so no getting out of it!!

Once again a big thank you to everyone who reads my wafflings and posts the lovely comments...it is much appreciated.

Happy Stitching

Hugs

Happy Valentine's Day

Today I could open my Valentine's exchange from my Secret Partner on the Jayne's Attic Stitch & Stash Group and this is what I received, a gorgeous stitched ornament/scissorkeep it is one of the designs which I have had my eye on to stitch, Heart Throb by The Drawn Thread, it is stitched in the most beautiful colours and finished perfectly as you can see from the close up picture below. I also received a Pocket Garden of Pomonette Daisies, I can't wait to plant them and wait for them to grow, thank you so much for a gorgeous gift.

Here is the finished exchange peice for the SSS group, it is an easter ornament all stitched in Six Strand Sweets and backed in the most gorgeous fabric which I ordered from Creative Fabrics, unfortunately I can only upload 5 pictures so I can't show the back fabric here, but I will be up loading them all to my webshots album for you to see.

I finished this little sampler bellpull for my Mum for Mother's day, it was a free pattern with the most recent issue of CrossStitcher, I have stitched it on Georgian Hand Dyed Polstitches 28c evenweave and it is all stitched in Polstitches Dragon Floss, with Mill Hill pink glass beads and finished with a gold heart charm, this only took me about 6 hours in all to stitch and finish, which I was really pleased with.

Here is the card I have made for My Valentine Jeff, it is a teabag folded card, with peel offs and red jewelled hearts. We are having a quiet night in with our favourite dinner of steak, chips and peas, followed by Ben & Jerry's Phish Food Ice Cream...perfect.

I have had some nice post for the past couple of days too, a free Heart in Hand chart I won in a draw, thanks to Claire for this and for Katie for pulling my name out of the hat:), the Jayne's Attic COM hand dyed fabric of the month, in an exquisite violet shade, a selection of patchwork fabrics from Creative Fabrics and of course the gorgeous Valentines Exchange Gift.

Also on Tuesday I met up with two of the ladies from one of the stitching groups I belong to, we had a coffee & cake and talked about stitching (of course) and visited the Viking Loom, I was very good and only bough a couple of things: some Warm and Natural batting & 2 charts which were in the bargain bin, very restrained for me. It was wonderful to meet them and I look forward to doing it again very soon.

Well enough from me today, I hope that you all have a wonderful evening with your valentine..I will spend it with my two Valentines, Jeff & my stitching...lol

Happy Stitching

Hugs

Crafty Weekend

Had a few crafting days this weekend which has been nice. I started by making some cards on Friday evening for some Monthly Exchanges and some birthdays coming up, I was pleased as I managed to complete 5 in the same number of hours which was good going. here is one of them above. Yesterday evening I spent an hour or so making some ATCs for the group I belong to, 2 for a monthly swap and 11 for trading.

Saturday was reveal day for the Monthly Challenge on the Stitch and Stash Group, so I can now reveal my Eliza's Pyn Pillow, or maybe I should re-name it Elisa's Pyn Pillow!! We all stitched the same design, but it was free choice on fabric, threads, colours and finishing. It was wonderful to see how differently everyone had stitched and finished theirs. I am going to keep this one for my workbox as my pinkeep is getting a little used.

I have decided to stitch the Papillion "How Does Your Garden Grow" SAL as well as the L*K SAL. I am working it in just the 2 colours in DMC Linen Threads in sage green and mauve with mauve Mill Hill seed beads to embellish it. I ordered my threads and beads yesterday and have a lovely peice of mauve evenweave that hopefully will look good along with the thread colour. I am hoping to complete a little exchange peice tonight for the SSS group's Easter ornament exchange, then tomorrow night I will do a little more L*K before Tuesday's UFO night!! Amongst all this stitching I have to fit in work, cooking, cleaning, washing & ironing....ahh well that can wait!!

A Childfree Day

I had a childfree day and evening yesterday, felt a bit lost at first being in the house alone all day, but I did find something to do....I spent the afternoon making some cards and ATCs, this card is for a monthly exchange, the theme of flowers, it is stamped and heat embossed, it has come out really well, I just hope the recipient will be pleased with it. Also started on a little stitched exchange peice which the theme is rabbits or bears...I chose rabbits, I found a lovely little design in More Story Book Cross-stitch, it will be perfect, got over half of it done last night so hopefully will finish it this evening. I have a hairdressers appointment today for my hi-lights to be done, so that will be a 3 hour sit in the chair, I will take my book with me to pass the time.