On Automatic Pilot...

at the moment, due to the severe lack of sleep....1 hour last night was all I got, it would have probably been easier with none.....roll on the baby rice in the bedtime bottle at 3 months....lol.

Not had much happening really...I have managed to make a little headway on my "M'Lady's Strawberries, but my eyes are so tired I can only manage a small amount each day...that is all I am working on at the moment. I have bought the fabric and batting for Martha's wallhanging and I may make a start on that over the weekend.

Here are a couple recent piccies (Sunday)...she looks a little subdued in the first one....

not sure if this face was the result of a touch of wind....

and this one shows a very proud big brother who's nickname for Martha is fuss pots....bless him!!

I have seen come lovely thread for my BP sampler, they are Threadworx so i am just to order them from Sew and So now....then a small amount of stitching before an early night.

Hugs to all

Piccies...piccies...and more piccies!!

Not alot to write but a lot of piccies to show so here is a little gallery for you to feast your eyes on...Martha Monkey aged 18 days and fast asleep after a feed....

My LHN "Schoolgirl Lessons" which I got half done in hospital and finished the rest last week, it still needs pressing and finishing. Stitched on Jayne's COM Valentines Special hand dyed fabbie with DMC thread.
My current WIP, another LHN design, "M'Lady's Strawberries, I love this design and will get this one framed.
and another one...

The completed Patchwork baby sampler, I bought the backing fabbie and batting to do the quilting etc...maybe a project for the Christmas break.

A picture of the gorgeous flowers delivered to me from my work...all green foliage and white flowers...gorgeous, they also got Martha a Mama's & Papa's Highchair, a gorgeous furry elephant and a gingham heart garland....spoilt rotten.

A few pictures of my stitched ornaments on my tree which we put up yesterday....

This was stitched and made by my friend Sarah in the US for Martha... isn't it beautiful.

Well there you go...lots to see and not to taxing on the reading front. More pictures will follow....I purchased a memory card yesterday only £10 in Boots...a bargain...it is Isaac's school concert tomorrow so the flashes will be clicking...watch this space.

Hugs

"Almost" Happy Dances.....

The reason I say almost is that I have completed my Baby Sampler...apart from the date of course....I have now received a date for my caesarean which is Friday 21st November, but the little lady may decide she wants to make an appearance earlier than that....so we still are on tenderhooks. Almost everything is ready now for her arrival, cot and Moses basket ready, my hospital case all packed, nappies and muslin sheets all washed (yes I am being "green" and using real nappies).

The sampler is a Judy Whitman design based on American quilts, I stitched it on baby pink 28c Jobelan in DMC threads in lilacs, mauves and peppermint green, I am pleased how it is looking. Once the date is stitched on it, I intend to make it into a quilted wall hanging and have decided to use Cath Kidston Ballerina fabric. The reason I used DMC for this project was so I could make a wall hanging and not have to worry when it needed to be washed.

Now onto October goals, I am delighted to announce that I acheived every single goal this month....

1. Complete PAP Part 4 (Completed)
2. S&S - Monthly Challenge 2 Breast Cancer Peices (2 COMPLETED)
3. S&S Halloween Exchange Peice (COMPLETED)
4. Needle Nanny (COMPLETED)
5. X-stitch Monthly - Secret Santa Exchange Peice (COMPLETED)
6. Work on the Baby Sampler (Completed apart from the date)
7. SMO Baa Tuck Hanger (COMPLETED)
8. Start Sheep Sampler (Started)

Here is my PAP progress so far...

........and here is the progress on my Sheep Sampler (not a good picture)

November Goals....well I didn't want to over challenge myself for November, for obvious reasons, I hope to be able get some stitching done whilst in hospital, I will be in for 3-5 days...so a couple of small projects or my sheep sampler will go with me.

November Goals

1. S&S Christmas Ornament Exchange

2. Crafty Natter Christmas Ornament Exchange

3. RRFriends Birdhouse Ornament

4. PAP Sampler Complete parts5&6

5. Work on Sheep sampler

6. RRFriends Card & Thread Exchange

7. Christmas Gifts

And last but by no way least...here is my little pumpkin just before his trip of "trick or treating" last night....that pumpkin pail is now full of sweeties that will last 'til Christmas....!!

Well all my chores are done so I intend to settle down and do some stitching this afternoon....I think I will work on my PAP this afternoon and my Sheep sampler this evening...it's disco night on X-Factor so dig out them flares and platforms....lmao!!

Have a great weekend

Hugs

Happy Holly.....

Here is my 4th Christmas Ornament of the month...I am delighted as I aimed to make 4 this month and have acheived this!! It is one of the Lizzie*Kate Christmas Double Flips 2008, I haven' t stitched the full design, just the words, holly leaves and border.

I have backed it with Rose & Hubble fabric, which I had in my fabbie drawer and finished into a pinkeep, the ribbon is lovely too, red with gold dots on it, so is really Christmassy and red pins.

I also finished my Autumn Exchange peice for the Stitch & Stash forum today too, of which I can't show you a picture of for quite a while, reveal/opening day is 2nd November.....so a long wait is required!!

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments about my Cath Kidston goodies, for those of you who want to...you can order online from her website and there is also a list of all her shop locations too....maybe I should ask her for commission for getting everyone so interested in these tins...lol!!

I can't decide whether to stitch on my PAP sampler or the baby sampler tonight...I will see how I feel a little later when I get the chance to sit down.

Have a good evening...whatever you decide to do

Hugs

It's Tuesday!!

Yes I know....not a thrilling title but I couldn't think of anything more exciting to call this post.

Just a quick update from me after the mammoth photo post last time, I have finally started to make some headway on the Patchwork Baby Sampler, which obviously I want to have all done apart from names, date and weight, by the time baby bump arrives, I am stitching this on 28c Jobelan in Baby Pink, in DMC threads, I have substituted the blues for lilacs, but am still using a pale green to break it up. I have decided that I will either make this into a pillow or a quilted wall hanging. I have spent Sunday and Monday on this so will pop it away for a few days and crack on with the PAP sampler as I have just received part 9 and I have yet to complete part 2...saying that I did re-start it after I decided to do the speciality stitch version instead.

I think a my have a slight amount of nesting starting as I went shopping today in the sole intention of purchasing, ring binders, dividers and hole re-enforcements...yes the time has come to catalogue my charts....arghhhhhhh!!! I am still deciding how to do this...I think I will do them into themes (needlerolls, biscornus, samplers etc) but then also have a folder or 2 for designs as I have hundreds of freebies etc...I have 4 folders to start with...so we will see how I get on, I am heading into town again on Thursday for a chiropody treatment so I can always purchase a couple more folders then if needed. I know this will turn into a mammoth stash sort, which really is a good thing...so watch out there may be a sale coming soon...lol

Have a good day

Hugs