Happy Birthday Stephanie ...

Steph is a member of our stitchy club and this is the little handbag sized paper tissue holder i stitched for her.

Why didn't i remember i had this chart?? It was in CrossStitcher Magazine 1998 and appeared when i was having a sort out, another of those 'lost or forgotten in the somewhere safe place' items LOL

HOW TO MAKE IT
Cut two 6" lengths of 16ct aida band, stitch any design you like on each piece of banding, back each with co-ordinating fabric, add a backing piece sewing all round it, turn right side out, insert the handbag sized tissues and hey presto!! I overlapped the banding a little in the middle so that it would sit flat and not sag when you pull out a tissue

Wednesday already ...

Thought i ought to show you 'the indian' although i seem to have spent more time reading this week and neglected the stitching a bit. Sometimes i think we all need a break to persue other things we like doing. Tonight it's the stitchy club and a lady has a birthday so we'll be having cream cakes and you can't stitch and eat cream cakes so not a lot will get done there, it will be more chat and laughter instead LOL

Last night Mr Stick was out keeping an eye on his band of 'twiglets' to see if they were stitching. This is such a fun night at Jayne's and the girls are really making great progress on their UFO's. It's amazing just how a project can grow even when you only stitch on it 1 night a week ... well done girls.

Local weather forecast at lunchtime said we are in for some snow flurries at the weekend coming over to the UK from the US.... I'm hoping it is only flurries and not some of the deep stuff some of you had. I know you all like to share, but i wouldn't have minded you keeping this!!

Making the wrong choice ...

I had some DMC linen threads in my stash which i've never used and i was sent a few extras by a friend when i told her i had decided to stitch the Papillon Creations Mystery SAL 'How Does Your Garden Grow' with them. The colours although muted looked really nice and i was keen to make a start on it. Last night i sat down to stitch, i did 4 flowers and by this time it nearly went into the bin!!! They are awful to stitch with, the slubs in them make it hard to thread the needle and they seem to fray so easily. As i need to make sure i have enough thread for the 13 parts of this mystery i knew that if i continued with them i wouldn't enjoy this project and be worrying that i might run out of thread so out it all came.

This morning i decided that i would use good old DMC and make it a really bright and colourful project to try and regain my enthusiasm with it. After pulling lots of different colour choices i finally decided on these and i sat for a long time today really getting carried away with it enjoying it so much. Part 1 is now complete and i'm really looking forward to the next part.

Eliza's Pyn Pillow

Today is the reveal day at Jayne's for the January monthly challenge. The design is available here. The album is on show of all the finishes at the MB so i can show you now. Stitched on 32ct mustard linen using Weeks Dye Works, not sure of the colours as i had a mixed bag of unlabelled threads given to me in an exchange. The poll has gone up for the choice for the February design ....

More progress on the 'pinkie' too, the front is complete and the scissor fob front and back too. I've also made progress on 'the indian' but can't see to stitch the half stitches on the moon in the evening light so that will have to be a daytime stitch - maybe this weekend? although i have kitted up the Papillon SAL 'How does your garden grow' and i'm keen to stitch that LOL


Have a great weekend whatever your plans
{{hugs}}

Colouring Book page ...

A cute little design from a lady on the TS MB, we get the black/white chart and you can do anything you want with it. Rachael and Jacqui both stitched theirs ages ago!! Fabric is Jayne's Attic Count on Me (Sept 2007), penguin fabby is what i backed the pinkeep with, and i couldn't resist the snowball edging in a sale at the LNS when i was passing by ... that was all i bought in there honest LOL