Making Up & Short Stories

I spent a little time at the start of the week, making up my two recent small stitching finishes, I finished them both as little pillows…

I added a little red rose button, strawberry backing fabric, red cording and a red bow to the Strawberries and Bunny finish..

The Shepherd's Bush “Be True”, I added 3 teeny tiny heart buttons, pink trim and used some pretty rose fabric to finish as a long pillow…

I have started putting together my 400 post mystery giveaway package……………..which is fun in itself!

No other stitching has been achieved this week, I had a tutorial Tuesday evening and I spent last night studying too…we are studying Cultural Encounters and Exemptions, the set book for this section is this…

………it is a wonderful book, full of brilliantly written short stories, I would recommend it to anyone.

I hope to put a few stitches into my March Christmas Ornament this evening and tomorrow night is my BBD SAL with Michelle :0)

Back soon with some progress pictures for you!

Hugs & Stitches

You’ve Been Framed!!

I finally managed to get to the Range at the weekend and get a couple of frames to frame a couple of finishes, firstly a 2009 finish Primitive Betty’s “Spring Tyme Sampler”, it’s impossible to buy square frames unless there is already a picture in it, so that is what I had to do…here it is…

My second framing was Carol’s “Sew Pink” design, which I found difficult to find a frame for it as it’s not a standard size, so I had to make a fabric & ribbon trimmed mount/border for it…

 

Not a lot of stitching took place on my JN SAL piece last night as it took 3 hours to do the framing, but I managed a few satin stitch strawberries and mosaic flowers during Law & Order UK and Larkrise to Candleford which I recorded from Sunday evening as I am a Dancing on Ice addict…lol!

I am waiting with baited breath for the mail this week as I have some packages on their way, firstly 2 pairs of Yuko’s divine scissors, 2 charts from Tanya at The Sampler Girl; “Jane Austen & Me…The Emma Project” and “From Pleasant Hill” and I also purchased a couple of Stacy Nash charts from Staci, that should make a change from the bills!!

I am doing well on my scarf knitting project…about half a scarf knitted so far…I hope to finish it so I can wear it at least once this year…they do say to expect more snow so that may be a reality.

Hope you all have a good week and as always many thanks for all your comments I really do appreciate your time and compliments.

Hugs & Stitches

Elisa x

Spring Tyme Finish

Well as promised here is my latest finish…

 

The design is my Primitive Betty's and is stitched in the recommended DMC threads on 28c jubilee evenweave which I tea dyed myself. I have hemmed this piece and may mount it onto a cushion or a box…not quite decided yet. I loved stitching this design.

Hugs & Stitches

Elisa x