F..... is for Five Finishes

It's always lovely to do a Stitch-A-Long with overseas friends and last week I put my final stitch into Nature's Alphabet that Gillie over in the USA and I have been doing each Tuesday.

An old design by Elizabeth Designs and a chart that will be so useful in the future to make lovely scissor fobs and other things using a single letter.

 

H for Hare..... he's cute....

 

N for nest..... where the little blueish beads were added (not charted but you can't have an empty nest!)....

 

JAS .... my initials and the little tulip bead that completes the bottom left hand square.....

 

 

F for finish ......... a tah dah moment and the final design all ready for the framers .....

 

 

A for Anniversary.... Clare and her hubby celebrated 25 years of marriage,  I stitched this little keepsake for them.

 

 

C for crochet .... a flower cushion finish for the newly acquired and refurbished Lloyd loom chair in my bedroom

 

M for Monthly challenge ... the last Sunday of the month and another lovely design can be revealed that was chosen for us by Christine over at Needlecraft Haven for the month of June.  Stitch and finish the free design any way you choose... always popular and great to get ideas for future challenges.

 

E for Exchange .... back when we had the meet up with other stitchers earlier this year we had a filled in card to choose with 5 questions asked.  We had to stitch a summer themed coaster and I chose the card from Gill (no blog) and here's what I put together in response to her answers. Opening day was 30th June.

 

Angie chose my card, and this is the lovely parcel I received.  Thanks Angie.

 

S for squirrel..... The squirrel with attitude is still around, and can be seen here sending his friend off to the second feeder we have at the bottom of the garden to get a treat....

 

and sweet peas...... - in abundance and so many I've given away to friends and neighbours for them to enjoy.  I wish you could smell this bucketful of loveliness.....

 

 

J for Jam... made from the latest strawberry pickings ......

 

 

P for potatoes........ after the lovely sunshine and rain we've had last month the first crop of the year were delicious......

 

 

B for beetroot ..... a super food, very healthy and good for you, how do you cook yours?

 

 

 

An alphabet of simple but nice things from the past week. 

 

Today see's us starting another month, it's July and the summers here already, the schools will soon be breaking up for the long summer holidays.  Does your stitching suffer in the summer months with the hot weather, or perhaps you spend more time tending your garden?   What plans do you have for July's crafting?  I have a project that needs attention this month and will be the focus... can you guess what it might be?

 

 

Edit - I've had an email asking for the link to the Noel free chart I used for the monthly challenge, here's the link in case anyone else wants it.