Little Pillow Gifts

These small pillows or large pincushions :) are for my sis Jennifer and her god mother Cecilia. The lovely fabric that I cut this from was Jess's gift to me. It's true what they say, what comes around goes around. In this case it's all things good :)

Our Souls Entwine

A 30th anniversary gift for my friend Cecilia and Anthony. I've got in mind the perfect frame for it. Will be sent to the framers tomorrow.

Design: Our Souls Entwine by Brightneedle

Fabric: Cream Belfast
Threads: Carrie's Creations

More Birthday Goodness

I had a great mail day today ... three times over! :D

Thank you Rose for the lovely tuck pillow. I've never received a tuck pillow before and now I know how it really looks like. It was perfectly finished too. And the batik sarong fabric with all the lovely little little goodies. The note pad is already on my fridge door! Thank you so much Rose.


Then it was a delightful felt pocket from Janet. Very very folksy. And if you look closely isn't that just lovely embroidery?! Thanks so much Janet


Last and definitely not least was a package from dear Margaret W. A very lovely kitted sampler a smallish embroidery kit (very unique, never seen anything like it before) and a cutesy magnet.
Thank you Margaret, thank you for everything!

Birthday Gifts from Jess

Jess sent a lovely redwork print cotton fabric all the way from Melbourne, Australia. I've got some ideas on what I want to sew from those cutesy vintage motifs. Never fail to put a smile on my face. And that tea towel is soooo practical! It's got an aida band insert for some stitching. Jess suggested 'Barbara's Kitchen'! :) Might just stitch that ;)

Thank you for your gifts and your wishes, Jess. I appreciate them so much.

Also today a package full of hand dyed floss came from Nancy. She's a really nice lady. And the floss is lovely. I've got Staci to thank for mentioning Nancy's hand dyed floss business on eBay. The colours aren't very exciting but their destined for great finishes. The grays on the left are for Long Dog's Paradigm Lost for sure and the others? I am still thinking :)

How Does Your Garden Grow - Part 3 & 4 Completed

I am going to work on 2 parts at a go from now on. That goes for the EMS Rose Sampler too. Well that's the plan anyway :)

28 ct Flax Cashel with Carrie's Creations

I'll be adding the beads only at the end of the SAL. I believe I made a small boo boo at the bottom leave in satin stitch of Part 3. I'll get to it when I attach the beads.

Happy Birthday dearest Jess!!

Jess's birthday is not till 3 days more but I had to ensure the package went out early to avoid any postal nastiness. It arrived in Down Under in fairly good time I must say :)

Jess sent me a wonderful thank you email. Too generous with her kind words. It was just a humble smallish package really. A little cross stitch, a little sewing and a little stash :) Jess added 'A whole lotta RED" :D

How could I ignore the not too subtle cries of endearment every time reds were presented to her? How could I ignore her constant references to French/Red blogs? How could I ignore her burgeoning stash of everything red and white? Not any longer :)

Happy Birthday Jess!

Bluebird's Message - Completed

It's not been too long a WIP, honestly :p I used DMC equivalent that was provided in the chart and the colours are so spring like.

Design: Blackbird's Design - Bluebird's Message

Fabric: 32ct Cream Belfast
Threads: DMC

For those hawk eyed stitchers out there, you will notice that the bottom border is not quite right. In actual fact there are more disjointed diamonds but mine has only two. The reason for this is that I made a boo-boo somewhere above the large heart where I cannot find or rather am not bothered to find. I was quite nervous about the borders meeting up especially the bottom half, but I think it worked out okay and it did not steer too much away from the original design. In fact it might be a blessing :)

I am torn between picking up other older WIPs or work on some new projects ... decisions, decisions :)