Two little finishes

Realising it is the last day of November today has made me get myself organised and post twice in one day - wonders will never cease!!  After I finished the ornament for my SSCS exchange, I picked out one of Little House Needleworks ornaments to stitch up for myself.  Snow in Love is a cute design, and only took a couple of evenings to stitch up, and I finished it into a little pillow this afternoon.

Snow in Love by Little House Needleworks

Stitched on 30ct WDW Cocoa Linen with DMC and Crescent Colours 

After seeing all of the fabulous zipper pouches Susan over at Thimblestitch had been making, I got brave and had a go with some cute bicycle fabric.  Susan had used and recommended a tutorial at Noodlehead, and I found it very simple, not at all as scary as I thought putting in a zip would be!  Thanks Susan for the inspiration and to Anna/Noodlehead for the fantastic tutorial.

Can you believe it?  Four OPAM finishes this month for me, almost a record!!  Well then, it is the 1st of December tomorrow, and the silly season will be well and truly upon us.......

Until next time....... thanks so much for visiting with me today ............ Nicky

A productive Friday night ........

Kia Ora friends, as planned there was some stitching finished here last night for Friday Night Sew-In. Yay!  My Danybrod pincushion is made up...................... I'm pretty happy with the final result. 

Floral Pin Cushion by Danybrod

Stitched on 32ct linen with DMC threads

The fabric I used for the back of the pincushion

I also finished up this little Christmas ornament, stitched back in February this year.

Winter's Eve - Country Cottage Needleworks

from JCS 2006 Christmas Ornament Issue

Stitched on Driftwood Belfast 32ct Linen with DMC, WDW and CC threads

The finishing up of these didn't take long, so I spent the rest of the evening working on my SSCS stitching, but I can't show any pics of that top secret project at the minute!!

Thanks to Heidi for once again hosting Friday Night Sew-In, I love it, and look forward to it each month,  why not head over to Heidi's blog and join in next time. 

Hope you're having a lovely weekend however you're spending it.......thanks for stopping by........Nicky

Two small finishes.........

Hi all.  Back again after a busy week, our girls finally had their school zone athletics day on Monday.  We've been waiting for the weather to come right since Tuesday of last week, but as the saying goes 'good things come to those who wait'.  They both had a great day, giving it their all, and having lots of fun on the way.  Both decided that their favourite event was the high jump, and they came away with a first and a third, which was a great effort. We've spent the rest of the week shearing and dipping ewes, and vaccinating and drenching our ewe lambs that we are keeping for next year's flock.

Last weekend the need to start something new got the better of me, and I started(and finished, I must add) these two little Christmas ornament designs.  They were so quick and easy, and a pleasant change from some of the bigger projects I have on the go at the moment.

                          

Joy, Love, Peace(Left)      &     Tiny Motif Tree (Right)

From Christmas Keepsakes II design by JBW Designs
Stitched on 32ct Ivory Linen with WDW and GAST

This weekend I have been working on this WIP which I started a few years ago.  It is for one of my nephews, and was intended to be for his first birthday.  I am almost too ashamed to admit that he will be four this year, and now has a baby sister also.  However, I do intend to have it finished for his birthday in September this year.   

This is what I acheived yesterday, finished the number eight, and began number nine.  Not sure what possesed me at the time, but this is my first ever 'over one' project, and I don't know if I will attempt it again any time soon.  It does give a lovely finish, but I find I have to stitch a lot slower than normal.  I still need to stitch one more soldier, and there is a little bird on top of the number four.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time, take care and have a wonderful stitchy weekend.