My Favourite Things

Here is My Favorite Things by Drawn Thread

 I did love stitching this and must get it framed as soon as I can.  I did change a part of it.  There was space for two sets of initials in one section with a motif between them.  Cynthia had added her two children's initials.  I have three boys so I added all three of their initials and omitted the motif.

 

Still working on my Winter Queen but all the blues keep getting boring so I have also started a small Lizzie Kate called Snowman 2010.   I think the Winter Queen will take a long time, she is beautiful but very blue.

Bad blogger, good stitcher

I have been a very bad blogger but I have been stitching.   I have finished my Mirabilia blossom harvest. I have added all the beads and treasures but not a great fan of the flower treasures in her hair.  Never mind she is still beautiful.

 

She badly need ironing but if I wait until I have ironed her it will be ages before I blog her.  I will try and remember to  update the photo when I do get her ironed.

I need to add the charm to My favorite Things by The Drawn Thread and will show it to you soon.  I am still working on my Winter Queen by Mirabilia although Mirabilia's Titania keeps calling me. LOL I feel a new start coming on.

 

12 Houses

Another finish, one from Drawn Thread called 12 houses sampler.  I have had this in my stash for a long time along with a few other Drawn Tread charts.  I must try and stitch a few more of them this year.

I have some UFO's and I must try and finish a few of them up this year as well.  I say that every year but one year I might actually finish them all.  LOL

Drawn Thread Spot of Summer

It has been a while since I stitched any of my Drawn Thread charts, I wonder why I left it so long?  I really enjoyed stitching this.

I even enjoyed doing the drawn thread work around the edges.  I have something cute I want to stitch next but I will be doing something else like this very soon.

Ooops I have just noticed I have forgotten to put the beads on the watermelon, they were supposed to be French knots but I wanted to use beads.  I must remember to add them before I make it into a little pillow.

The Sanctuary

I have finally finished The Sanctuary, well as much as I am going to do.  I have taken so long to finish this that I do not want to do the pulled work around the edges as I am sure I will do something wrong.  When I frame it I will make sure I leave enough so that if at anytime I feel able to do it I can.  

I am so pleased I have finished this and after a few small finishes I will tackle another UFO.  I am determined to finish as many UFO as possible this year.

Happy Valentines Day

Been a bad blogger, just busy but I have been stitching as well. 

Here is the Lizzie Kate Santa

and here is The Drawn Thread Sanctuary

I'll try and start posting daily or every other day again hopefully next week will not be so busy.

Weekend stitching

Well I have been stitching just not blogging over the weekend I started on a Lizzie Kate Santa as the first of my Christmas stitching.  Two pictures for you.

Santa Stitching

Sanctuary Stitching

Not a lot of stitching since Friday but I have been a bit busy over the weekend.  Some days I may stitch on The Sanctury and sometimes Santa, I want to get Santa finished as I have a lovely Sanman chart I want to do but I must not forget to spend time on the Sanctury.  I really want to get this lovely piece finished. 

More Sanctuary

Finished the border round the garden, trees down the side, more of the wording and the squirrel. I changed the squirrel to grey as we see grey ones on the way to school in the Autumn. Also some of the pots around the centre garden. I will not have so much stitching time tomorrow but i will get some done. Feeling very pleased with my stitching today.

Stitching Sanctuary

I'm so glad I have started stitching this again, this time I'm going to finish it. Here is my stitching so far, I'll post another update tomorrow.

Just a short post as I'm off to do a bit more stitching before I go to bed.

The Sanctury

I started The Sanctury a few years ago and mentioned it on the Sanman board, Rosemary suggested that I posted a picture of it so that friends could encourage me to finish it. Well I would love to finish it so please help me to finish it. Here is how I left it..........

I will try and post regular updates, tomorrow being Sunday I should have time to spend a few hours on it. Sorry the photo is a bit dark but I hope you can see it alright.

Spring Spot

No internet yesterday BT playing up so fingers crossed it will stay on now. The boys are finally back to school so hopefully I will be able to stitch a bit more and blog a bit more. I did finish the Spring Spot by Drawn Thread, that is two of the spots stitched and two left to go.

Here it is I still need to do the drawn thread bit around the edge but I am waiting until I have stitched all four and decided how I am going to finish them.

I am going to stitch Sandy's Ladybug tuck next as we had so many ladybirds this year.

Happy Dance

Wow I have actually finished Drawn Threads Wildflower Garden. Not sure why it took so long maybe because of the mistake on the chart and me not noticing it until after I had stitched it! I will have to re-charge the battery for the camera to show you it all but here is the last part.

You cannot see the flowers around the house but I'm not happy with the yellow beads that came with the kit so I might change them for brighter ones.

Off to find a quick Halloween one to do.

Popcorn Bear

Well last Monday after I posted I received a phone call from Jack's school. They said as he is on immunosuppressive medication they felt he should have the rest of the term off. He is on Azathioprine for his Crohns. Schools are not being closed now if they have swine flu but apparently there are cases at his school. Tom was not impressed, he is still at his school until this Friday. I have not finished the present for his teacher yet so I'm pleased he is still at school. I was going to stitch a Sweetheart tree Heart, a school one that one of the girls on the SanMan board sent me but he does not want it, he wants a popcorn bear for her. I love the Sweetheart Tree Hearts so I will stitch it for my eldest girlfriend she is a teacher and I have stitched some of the hearts for her already.

Here is the Popcorn Bear so far

Must get it finished tomorrow well at least the stitching part of it. It will have to be made into an ornament as the frame I brought for the heart will not be big enough for the bear.

Still stitching on the Wildflower Garden, here it is so far........

I'TS HOT HOT HOT

It is so hot here and not really stitching weather. I have stitched a bit more of The Wildflower Garden.

Only two more sections to go and also the words that I have missed on some of the previous sections. They say it is going to be a lot cooler next week so hopefully I will get back to stitching more.

Nearly time for the schools to break up for the summer. Jack is 12 and goes to Dane Court Grammar, he finishes on the 15th July and Tom who is still at priamry school finishes on the 17th. Tom is not happy that Jack is finishing two days before him even though he has had extra teacher training days earlier in the year.

Strawberries and the Wildflower Garden

Just the thing to stitch while Wimbledon is on. Another one of Sandy's lovely tuck kits from one the Members newsletters. Not sure why it is a bit wonky it was the right way up in the scanner. When I took it out it was still the right way up.

Here is an update of The Wildflower Garden. I restitched the border of the centre garden which I had to frog. It put me off stitching it for a few days.

Hopefully there will not be anymore mistakes, I want to get it finished now.

Wildflower Garden

I've not had much time to stitch on The Wildflower Garden this week but hopefully I will have enough time for stitching next week to finish it. I do want to stitch SanMan Originals Berry Tuck to go on my ornament tree this week as well. I saw Mel's finished one in the SanMan Gallery and knew I had to move this one to the top of my 'to do' pile. My spring tucks are now packed away until next year so my ornament tree is looking a bit bare.

Sorry about the crooked scan also the colours seem a bit dull.

Coffin break and a Wildflower Garden

Another spooky banner for my boys. This is another banner kit from the SanMan Originals newsletter it is called 'Time for a Coffin Break'. It is going to look great with our other decorations on Halloween.

I have also started Wildflower Garden by Drawn Thread. I will try and add an update once a week, I will be stitching a few small pieces as well as this, my boys have a list of pieces they want stitched for Halloween and Christmas and there are a few I want to stitch for others as well.

Don't faint but....................

I have actually finished something, not just stitched it but finished it into a scissor keeper. I am so pleased with this and it was so quick to make up.

I decided that as the sewing machine was out I would finish something else as well. I picked a stitched piece and started to make a pillow. It is taking so long I'm afraid my sewing machine and I are not the best of friends. I will finish it hopefully tomorrow.

More of The Promise and a Spring Keeper

I have not stitched much on The Promise but I had to stitch myself a scissor keeper as my lovely beaded scissor fob broke. No batteries in the camera so a scanner picture again.

I decided to stitch The Spring Scissor Keeper by Drawn Thread. It was such a quick stitch and hopefully tomorrow I will make it into the keeper for my scissors.

I am also stitching Sandy's Sew Snow. This is so cute but I am not going to show it to you until I have finished stitching it.

Half Term

Well half term is over now and not much stitching time with the boys home. I did manage to get two pieces stitched.

Christmas Angel by Heart in Hand, this is going to be finished as an ornament

and

White Christmas by Drawn Thread, not sure about how this one is going to be finished maybe a pillow. No stitching on my AOY last week and I don't feel like stitching on it at the moment, I think I will stitch one of the Sanman Halloween tucks.