Big Project.... Small Start!

I totally didn't get chance to blog this Monday. We had a plumber here all day giving the central heating a power flush so my day was distrupted to say the least.

On Monday evening I started a patchwork/quilting course at the store Thread Bear in Surrey. It's a sampler quilt that I'll be creating over 10 weeks & you can see the sort of thing I'll be making here. I'll get a picture on soon.

Now on to the BAP. In case you didn't know, many moons ago I started my muched loved Heaven And Earth Design. Of course it fell by the wayside & found itself on the pile (more like an entire room now) labelled UFO. When getting back into my stitching I was desperate to get going again on the HAED only to find that I just couldn't. Further investigation led me to realise it was the fabric that I didn't like. I just wasn't happy working on the 25ct over 1. DH bought me some lovely new fabric in a more respectable 18ct & now I've finally started again. OK so it's not a massive start but I am enjoying it & I'm enjoying seeing it grow... all be it slowly :-)


I'm off to Sandown Park tomorrow with my good friend over at A Yen For Yarn. We're browsing the Stitch & Creative Crafts Show..... fingers crossed I come back with goodies :-)

Happy Stitching

Early Xmas Gift & a RAK

With poorly twins there hasn't been much time for stitching this past couple of weeks but I did have a lovely surprise from DH the other day.

He was going to buy me some new 18ct fabric for my Dragon Riders HAED as a christmas present but the other day he left a package on my desk which contained none other than my new fabric :-)
I was over the moon, means that I can prepare the fabric all ready to get started. But that wasn't the end of the package. Also included was some new 16ct aida for me to use on the Christmas Design SAL. I'd previously bought cream but it was far to light & so far haven't made the trip to LNS to buy some more. DH ordered online & his comments were "I don't know if its the right colour as I had to guess but if not you can use it for some other projects". How wonderful is he??? don't you all want one just like him??? The colour seems perfect.

Next is the small amount of progress that I've made on the Polstitches Designs Festive Biscornu. It's a really lovely design that was featured in Issue 178 (Dec 2009) of Cross Stitch Collection. Polstitches are selling a materials pack for just £9.50 that includes the fabric, threads, beads & buttons to complete the biscornu. I know my progress isn't that great but it's already looking really pretty. The front & back designs are slightly different, I thought that was a really nice touch :-)

One more picture to show you today & that's an update on my latestest UFO project which is Cinnamon Cats Christmas Trees. Again not much progress here but the tree is now complete & I just need to put the backstitch around it before continuing with the ribbon to the next tree. Apologies for the slightly blurry image... I must have wobbled!



Thats me done for now.... getting there :-)

UFO v's SAL

Following the finish of Baby Love I've spent a week trying to pick a new UFO to work on. The winner is Christmas Trees... also by Cinnamon Cat.



The other thing I've come across is a new SAL (courtesy of Dragon My Needle & via the Speedy Stitcher). It's due to start on 1st December & it's called Christmas Design SAL. I've sorted out a christmas design & the idea is that I stitch on it every month for a year & by this time next year I'll have a lovely new design to hang..... fingers crossed anyway! My chosen design for this is Lizzie*Kate - Merry Christmas - By The Letter. Now all I need to do is sign up for the SAL & order the fabric & threads for a new start... yay :-)

The Promised Picture

Here you go... an updated picture of Baby Love.


I've thoroughly enjoyed getting back into my stitching. Last weekend we continued having a tidy of the spare room & this involved me going through a rather large storage box where I came across all kinds of stitching goodies which included:

• Floor stand from Needle Needs
• Lap/Table stand from Needle Needs
• Several different sized frames for the above
• Cedric the knitted christmas gnome
• Lots of felt squares that came from my shop
• Scarf knitting project with fabulous alpaca yarn
• Some kits that I just had to have!!
  
• Several UFO's that haven't seen the light of day for a while :-)
  

This time next week I would've been to the Knit & Stitch show & hopefully returned with some lovely new stash to add to the collection. I will of course share with you any new purchases!

It's the little things!

I am of course referring to this post... a very little one indeed.

Monday is supposed to be my stitching day but alas it's now my second Monday being twin-less & once again I haven't managed to get needle into fabric. Must do better.

What I have managed to do this evening is add to my UFO list over there----------------->

Just a quickie!

Well I didn't quite get all of the UFO's listed but maybe that will do for now, otherwise I'll just get a bit dispondent!

As you can see I've finally gotten around to finishing off the overhaul of my blog, just need to finish off my signature & I'm sorted. Will get around to that this weekend, it's bank holiday over here.

I haven't managed to get any stitching done since staying at my parents a few weeks ago, quite annoying really as I got quite into it & was looking forward to getting some complete. Never mind, I'll get there in the end..... I've got all the time in the world :-)

WIP's & UFO's

This evening I've decided to have a look at my WIPs & UFOs. I have one of my stash boxes beside me, well actually I have 3 boxes of stash (4 if you count my new box of goodies still sitting on my desk) beside me & my task is to work my way through them & see if I can get a list somewhere on my blog so check back at some point & see if I've managed it..... no guarantees :-)