Midweek ramblings ...

The view from the kitchen or conservatory window of this wonderful cherry tree in bloom (picture taken in the lovely sunshine on Saturday) is so uplifting on days when the rain just doesn't stop and it's so dull and dreary like today. Such a shame that the blossom doesn't last long and is soon blown away in the wind, to leave a green leaf tree till the autumn when the leaves are red and fall off and then it's bare till it comes to life again the next year.

I have finally made my choice of a chart for the needleroll exchange at JA, i think i must have chosen about 40 different ones and changed my mind, wondering if they will be suitable for my partner!! Fabric and threads are also sorted so i think this is what i'll take with me to the stitchy club tonight. I did notice that the Chatelaine Tiny Rose Garden was looking at me sorrowfully as it's been in the box for way too long, this 'tiny' project should have been finished ages ago ... so i am giving myself a telling off and a reminder that when the needleroll is sent, then this must be finished before i start anything else... i hope i am listening to myself LOL

Late reveal ...

Sunday was the reveal day at JA for the monthly challenge - The Caron Keeper by The Drawn Thread. I loved stitching this one and did in fact stitch it twice, once for the front of my scissor holder and again for the back where i also added the date to make it a little taller than the front. I'm late revealing this as the laptop decided it didn't want to play yesterday and wouldn't let me sign in, computers are wonderful but can be such a pain at times when you want to do something!!! The technician (DH) has hopefully fixed it this evening and all is well till the next time the operator (me) does something wrong and it decides to go on strike again.


If you are a nosey person like me and like to know what folks are up to then this is for you, i thought i would share a pic of the curtains i made now that DH has put them up. The stairs/hallway are decorated a lovely shade of lavendar and the paintwork is creamy yellow. We're now on a search for a new carpet and look like a student accommodation with bare floorboards, i keep telling (shouting more like it!) at the kids to walk and not run up them, it sure does echo!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend with lots of stitching activity, or maybe you were out in the garden as we had some wonderful sunshine here in the UK even if it did turn into a nasty thunderstorm Sunday afternoon. I did manage to get the hemstitch done on both ends of a needleroll for an exchange (no pic for a while sorry) and also started on another little bunny last night whilst watching TV when i really wanted to be on here LOL

Mrs Fix-it...

I'm thinking this blog should be called 'Julie's stitching/knitting/sewing and mend-anything blog'

This week i've been asked "mum can you sew my work trousers the stitching ripped"
and
"mum can you sew my work jumper its got a hole in it somehow"



Then there was a visit from my mum who brought this hedgehog. It was a gift from a friend a long time ago and she had washed the dress and it had disintegrated (it's a toilet roll cover apparently - don't ask!) the blue/yellow one is the rotten one, the navy blue one is the replacement one i made today. Then there was the comment from DH "will you be making the new curtains for the newly decorated hallway/stairs window this weekend" When the sewing machine was out today for 'Hetty Hedgehog' i carried on and made the curtains too, so what was going to be a nice restful weekend with lots of stitching didn't happen yet LOL

But .. i did get to stitch on the LHN last night, week 3 and i now have a lady ... roll on next week, this is such a nice project to stitch.

Tomorrow is the reveal of the JA monthly challenge piece, i'm looking forward to seeing everyones piece this month and showing what i made with mine. Of course it will be the poll then for next month...

Happy Anzac Day ....

Happy Anzac Day especially to you Karen in Australia. I bought some Anzac cookies from our local grocery store to raise a cup of tea and celebrate with you.

No stitching updates here this week, haven't picked up a needle for days, been breeding the rabbits instead LOL. Have you been over to Karen's blog to see what wonderful adventures Harriet has been up to??? Another left the UK today heading off overseas, i'll reveal that when it's been received as i'm not sure if the lady reads my blog.

My hospital appointment was yesterday for the elecric shocks! WOW what a shock he gave me too, the body ones weren't too bad but the ones in the neck made your whole body jump off the table. Afterwards i saw the clinic nurse and she made an appointment for me to see the consultant for a follow up to get the results .... not long to wait for that ... his next available appointment is August 6th (typical NHS here in the UK)

Tonight it's the Friendship Tree SAL with Karen, think i might get a couple of hours on that tonight and hopefully the lady will have a body and head by the next time you see her!

Thanks for visiting here and leaving me comments, i really do appreciate your visits.

Another SAL pic ...

Part 4 of the Papillon Creations free SAL. If you want to stitch this you need to sign up for their newsletter and each part can be downloaded from the email they send when it's released. There's another 9 parts to be released yet, it's going to be stunning! It's a lovely project to stitch each month and so many ladies all over the world are doing it - you can see them all in the gallery at Papillon.

Happy Birthday to our gorgeous Mr Moe, he's reached the grand old age of 8, who would have thought that such a scrawny little kitten that was rescued by DH could have turned into such a loving and cuddly ball of fluff. You can't give a cat a birthday cake so he had a nice tin of sardines as a treat, of course Midge was on hand to celebrate with him LOL

Update on the road accident on Friday - the 9 year old boy ran out in front of a car and was not killed at the scene as we had heard, he has been transferred to a head injuries hospital as he was very badly hurt. Reports so far are that he is still in intensive care.

Happy Stitching to all Mr Stick's ladies at UFO night, i've got my fingers crossed there might be a finish or two tonight LOL