All finished

I have been unable to get to my pc for a couple of weeks but that has meant that I was able to stitch more . *Yipee*

'How does your Garden Grow?'

I have finished my SAL 'How does your garden grow' beads and all - it looks beautiful, now I have to find a frame for it.

I keep promising myself that I will stitch things to fit all the frames I have stashed in the attic rather than having to go out and buy new frames, but this never ever seems to work out.

I also finished an Easter Exchange that I undertook in one of the Yahoo Groups I belong to I was so pleased with the result, I made it into a cushion, I hope my Exchange partner in Oz likes it.

I have just bought an old oak cutlery box from a junk shop and I am hoping to reline it and fit it out as a sewing box. The York antique boot fairs will start up soon (in about 4 weeks I think) and I will be able to go and get vintage sewing tools from there.

Last year I bought an old deeds box and refitted that lining it in purple silk and buying silver items, all from 1900 - 10 era, it looks beautiful and I use it every day.

A very wet Wednesday!

Well the snow has gone but I am not sure that the weather is any better, dull and miserable, dreek as my friends in the north would say, and that about sums it up really so still lots of time for stitching..

I know I was going to blog every Monday and today is Wednesday but I just could not drag myself away from my project.... and here it is nearly complete.

Cirque de cirque

I have really enjoyed stitching this and I can not believe that it appeared so quickly - just one month!

It was wonderful to stitch and the design just flowed off the needle, if anyone was thinking of stitching anything from Ink Circles I can really recommend this one.

I opted to stitch Just Nan Angels Celeste in the cente I love all the Just Nan designs.

As I have some more space left, I am going to stitch a banner with the date along the bottom, who knows one day it might become an antique!!

Still snowy here - but that means more time to stitch!

Well it has been a week since my last post and we still have a fair amount of snow around, although not as bad as some part of Britain. We have not really been snowed it, but I have taken the opportunity to say in doors cuddled up with the kitties and listen to my audio books and stitch.

Here is the progress I have made, not bad even if I do say so myself.

Circque des circques

I am still unsure of what to put in the centre, will have to find an angel to fit. I am sure that something will come to mind, but if anyone wants to make a suggestion I would be more than happy to consider it!


How does your Garden Grow?

Well considering the bad weather my garden is growing very nicely thank you *lol* I just love the colours and it will compliment my hallway a treat.




Lilly of the Woods
The leaf beads arrived from Hong Kong at the weekend and I just can't wait to get started on the beading so that Lilly can be finally completed, it has taken a long time to find the correct beads at the right price the ones recommended on the chart were so very expensive and in any case I never seem to follow things to the letter - that way I can always claim that the finished piece is unique, may my stitch the designer's chart but mine will always be slightly different. No picture of Lilly today as she is the same as she was two weeks ago, but just watch this space for the developments I have given myself a deadline of 28th Feb to get her finished!

News from a snowy yorkshire

Here is the weekly update on my stitching .

Well the weather has taken a turn for the worst and we have nearly 4 inches of snow and it hasn't stopped yet, so I have no alternative than to sit on the sofa with my cats and my stitching - live is sooo hard!

my garden is growing ..

Circque des cirque is coming along much faster then I thought it would, I have to decide what to stitch in the centre

I have decided that it would be better if I add to my blog just once a week that way the progress on my WIP's is significant.

At present I have 3 WIP's

Ink Circles :Circque des Cirque
Mirabillia : Lily of the Wood
Papillion Creations : How does your garden Grow

Circque des Circque

This is becoming addictive, I was up at 6.00am on Sunday morning stitching on this I really love how fast it grows!

This design reminds me so much of the Rose windows in Cathedrals that I have decided not to complete this shown in the chart I am going to leave the centre open and stitch an angel in there. Which one? not sure yet any suggestions?

Lily of the Wood

I have been stitching Lily for a few months now and she is all stitched, the beading is taking quite a long time, not only because I like to bead in the daylight!

I am hoping to finish her by the end of February before I start another large project

How does your garden grow?

This is my Thursday stitching it grows very quickly and I just love the colour combinations The design was given away in 2008 by http://www.papillon-creations.com/ and I thought it was so beautiful I just had to have it.

My next project

It appears that this blogging is getting to be addictive, what I am going to write in the next entry seems to be on my mind all day! Must make a mental note to myself not to get to AR about this *lol*

Anyways, looking over all my stitching it has occurred to me that I very rarely stitch abstract forms, so I thought that my next project should be just that, so I have decided to stitch 'Cirque des Cercles' by Ink Circles. Although I am sure that I will change something before the whole thing is finished - I usually do

Here is the first days stitching, as it was Sunday I really didn't have much stitching time, but I am quite pleased with the beginnings.

Finally Finished Easter Fairy

Well I finally finished all the beading on the Easter Fairy, I think you will agree she looks rather sweet..

She is stitched on 18 count aida that I dyed myself, pastel blue and pink, I am quite pleased with the result and think I will dye some more fabbie when I get the time.

The Beginning

Well as they say today is the first day of the rest of my life, so I have decided to start a blog... wish me luck in all my 50 + years I have never managed to keep a diary but I hope 2009 will the be beginning.


I have given myself the challenge of finishing all the Mirabillia holiday fairies this year .

I have finished New Year Fairy, I really enjoyed stitching her and she didn't take very long at all.

I am working on Easter Fairy now and hope that she will be complete very soon.