Stitching update

Hello again, it's been nearly two weeks(again) between posts but rest assured I haven't been sitting idle all that time..... here is some stitching I've been working on at nights while watching cricket and tennis, loving the Aussie Open, some great games and very entertaining.  I just wish we weren't 2 hours ahead of Melbourne as it was after 3am when I dragged myself off to bed last night!  (I have to confess there may have been some dozing in the chair at times though.)


But anyway, back to that stitching, this chart and fabric are a late Christmas gift to myself ........ I've made a small start, because of course starting is what I do best........lol.  This is Christmas Garden by Blackbird Designs, I think I am going to omit the wording at the bottom, and make it more of a family sampler than an exclusively Christmas piece.

Below is Secret Egg Hunt by The Trilogy, not much to go on this little one, just waiting on a couple of thread colours to arrive in the mail and I'll be done!

I have also started stitching those hexie flowers down on Janis' Stitching Round the Block, not as difficult as I imagined, the seam allowances stayed nicely creased under and I just used some tiny drops of Roxanne's glue to hold them in place while I stitched............ 4 done, 4 to go!

I think I mentioned a couple posts back that I had done a little Butterfly Garden stitching at Christmas time and here are 5 more little miniblocks done. .................... check out Fiona and her Butterfly Garden stitching, she is on fire, so is Josie, she is now working on her final block.   Oops I've just remembered I still need to get pics of my Gardener's Journal top now that the borders are on - next time!

Tonight I'm going to stitch while watching some more tennis ............. hope you're getting some stitching time today too............. till next time ..................... Nicky

Is your glass half full????

Or is it half empty????  If you are a glass half empty kind of person you'll say I'm two months too late to be finishing up Easter stitching, but I'm more of a glass half full kind of girl, and I reckon I'm about ten months early for next Easter!  This is what I sewed up last night for my first Friday Night Sewin, what a great excuse reason to spend a cold Friday evening stitching.  You might have seen this here, back in March, but it didn't quite get the treatment in time for Easter. 

  Good Eggs by The Trilogy

Stitched on Natural Belfast 32ct

WDW & Gentle Arts threads as kitted 

 

After Good Eggs was finished up I also put in a few more stitches on my Lizzie Kate Christmas Flip-It piece.  Have finished up Faith and started on Cheer.  Pink church? Might be the next big thing?!

Over the next week the plan is to finish up the next block on A Gardener's Journal SAL.  Next month's block has heaps of stitchery, so I'd like to get a head start on that if I can. 

 

If you participated in Friday Night Sew-in, hope you had a productive night ..............I know I did!

Thanks for stopping by.............  Nicky

Secret Flowerbed Finish

I've spent a lovely afternoon playing in my sewing room working in my sewing room, and have completed this wee lovely.  I stitched it a while back, and it has been sitting in a big pile of things to be 'finished'. It was very daunting to just give it a go, but I'm pretty happy with the finished result.  I decided to make it a little assymetrical, rather than centred.  One more off my list to finish, maybe I'll keep at it while I'm in the mood.

Secret Flowerbed - The Trilogy

Stitched on Natural Belfast 32ct

with  Gentle Art, Weeks Dye Work threads

I completed the finishing on my Pin Pillow exchange yesterday and mailed it today.  So it is now winging its way to a new home, and will be there in a few days I hope.  Thanks to everyone who has stopped by, and/or left a comment, it is so nice to hear from you all. 

Till next time..........Busy stitching

Good Eggs

Hi there, back with a little finish, Good Eggs, by The Trilogy.  This was a fun little stitch, my first ever Easter stitch, I know, I know, where have I been all my life??  I might be a late starter, but I usually get there in the end.  I suspect this won't be my last Easter stitch though.  Isn't this little yellow chap a wee cutie?

Good Eggs, by The Trilogy

Stitched on Natural Belfast32ct

and WDW/Gentle Art overdyed threads as supplied in kit

The plan is to make this up into a little pillow.  Last year I stitched The Trilogy's Secret Flower Bed, which might just get made up into something soon as well.  Watch this space...............

Have had a busy morning in the sheepyards today, drenching all of our ewes through a conveyor system.  We can drench about 3000 ewes in 3 hours, which if we did on our own up the drenching race would probably take us a couple of days.  It is also a very back-breaking job, as most of our ewes weigh around 75-80kg, and they don't enjoy being manhandled by us. Thank goodness for technology.

I'm intending continuing on Numbers for now, unless something new and exciting jumps into my path in the meantime, so will post some progress later in the week. 

Bye for now, Nicky