A Stitching Love Affair

Proof that I do occasionally stitch... Before- After- Not bad for a weekends work... 

Hello everybody - yes this is a late blog, I got back from Australia late, very late on Saturday night and then I had to get up at 7am the next morning for the 16km time trial, though I didn't actually do it (I knew I would be too tired) I was the timing official, so I had to be there. Needless to say I have had some very early nights this week and work has been soooo busy! I have got an update on the letter "M" I haven't done much but I enjoy doing this piece, its simple and very pretty. Other than this piece I haven't done any other stitching - and you know by now that's not unusual for me!! This is why I can't do and RR or IHSW because I would never actually do any! I do have some finished pieces just in case you were wondering... Anyway my trip to Sydney was great, I had an awesome time but I was so tired when I got home from all the workouts and training we had been doing. My days consisted of morning yoga or weights class and afternoon was t

I was very very excited to receive 3 parcels of stash from ABC Stitch  in the mail this week! In the first parcel was 6 charts I had ordered They were: Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow by Carriage House Samplers, Countdown to Christmas by Blue Ribbon Designs, The Flood and Fruit of the Spirit by Plum Street Samplers, Kringle's Christmas Tree Farm and Contentment by Praiseworthy Stitches. In the second parcel was The Library by Little House Needleworks The third parcel was 32 count linen - Waterlily and all the beautiful crescent colour threads for the Nora Corbett letter M. So as you can imagine, what do I start first? Well I decided to go with the letter M as I have the linen and threads to start. Also and update on Holiday Cookies, which is going well mostly because it's really easy to stitch, and also quite exciting because I don't have any idea what it's really going to look like when finished. Before - After - I also brought a couple of knitting book