Saturday afternoon

The 1st Annual National Pelagonium and Geranium Show held its very first show close to where i live this year. Growers came from all over the UK to exhibit. As DH collects these and has quite a few different ones in the greenhouse he was keen to go and see what experts can grow and get some tips. The one with the rosette (left) was the Best in Show. We had a lovely time viewing them all and seeing the enormous collection of trophies that had been awarded and of course we came home with two new ones that he just couldn't resist.

Marian has asked if i have taken any pics of my fluffy boys recently. Unfortunately, they seem to be off playing where i cant see them or are just not doing anything exciting. Today though, DH went for a sit down outside with his cuppa in his deckchair next to the greenhouse, but as you see someone else got there first and had no intention of giving up his nice comfy spot. Midge on the other hand has spent most of the day upstairs keeping nice and snuggly with DS. I think they both arrived home together just before dawn, and i wasn't going in there for a pic, the snoring coming from in there didn't sound friendly LOL

Next time i'll show you a pic of the hardanger SAL as i've almost completed Part 1

Enjoy your weekend whatever your plans

Finish & new start

Fruit & Veg Sampler finish...
Yesterday i put the final stitch into the sampler for the winner of the Best in Show category in our local horticultural and craft show. The design i made up myself from different charts i have in my stash. We just need to find a frame and put it away safely till September 5th. I hope you dont mind but i decided to cover up the name of the village. A thumbs up from the ladies at the stitching club last night.

New start...
A lovely bright design, Dolly Mamas Domestically Challenged. DD has a birthday in August and as she has recently moved into her first home and is finding all the chores and working full time cutting into her quality time, i thought this was a real fun project for her. She has a great sense of humour, its sure to cause a giggle on her birthday. You can see the finished design here, its number 30 if you scroll down. They are all such fun designs, you either love them or hate them. I wonder which one will be your favourite? I also have number 17 in my stash, that was a pressie from a friend LOL

Beatrix Potter SAL still needs to come out the bag this month and i also need to make a start on the hardanger SAL Christmas Wishes, plenty of time yet though, but will i be able to take a break from the bright and colourful new start LOL

Thanks for visiting

Stitcherific Weekend

The men in this house have been busy this weekend, they went off to the Rolls Royce show. I decided this year to stay home and persue my hobby :-) I finished stitching 'Home is' and also made up the monthly challenge, no pic of that though till reveal day as usual. I can tell you the design is Flowers of Olde by With my Needle and can be found here just scroll down to find it together with a couple of others.

I also started and finished this little one. A birthday coming up for DD's partner early next month and he is in the process of restoring his beloved classic old mini (with a lot of expert advice/help from DH!), so when i was asked if i would like this chart at the stitching club i decided it would be perfect for his birthday card. A visit to the post office a couple of weeks ago for postage stamps and this time they had the mini on them ... mind whirring, a plan was forming and i came up with a better idea. I've stitched the mini in the same blue as his beloved car 'called Gizmo' 1x1 on 28ct so it fitted into a keyring and then put the first class stamp inside so it shows on the back. I hope you like it David.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend too

Always look on the bright side of life ...

well what else can you sing when you've just had a pigeon play kamakaze and throw itself down your chimney into the lounge bringing a nice lovely shower of soot. What a clean up session we had today, i could have been hired out at weddings as a chimney sweep. It was a good job DH was home as the bird was flying all over the place, he went into action man mode, grabbed a towel and threw it over the bird, grabbed it, took it outside and released it, then set too with helping to get us cleaned up and back to some sort of normal, never a dull moment at our house

Sunday - cant think of another title!

Earlier this week the UK was in the grip of hottest temperatures for this year and we were basking in 26degrees, evenings spent here at the allotment by DH as watering was needed and we harvested our first few potatoes. He did comment that a spell of rain would be good to swell them as they were a little small.... well he certainly got that yesterday and today, its piddling down and the road outside is flooded!! Lots of other fruit and veggies growing nicely too, i made rhubarb jam yesterday and in the greenhouse we have our first cucumber ready for picking the next time we have a salad.

Stitching had been very slow this week, not been feeling the best, results of the tests last year showed i have a mild form of MS so its an ongoing thing. I did stitch the monthly ornie this week and today put it together, the first time i have used a finishing form and it was so easy to use. This design is a free one by Just Nan - Christmas Hearts and can be found at Nordic Needle together with quite a few others. I printed this off in November 2005 so it says on the bottom of the chart, its not been in my to do pile that long then, i bet have others that have been there longer if i look :-)

Clare is doing a tutorial for beginners, intermediate and advanced stitchers in hardanger at Stitch and Stash starting 1st July. Although i've done a little, i still feel i could do with some expert help and advice. She has a charity blog where she is selling her own hardanger bookmark designs and other things with all proceeds going to 2 different charities. I'll be doing the beginners one. I'm sure it will be great success Clare and i hope you make lots of money for the charities.

Love and {hugs}