A Guilt-free finish!

Hi all

Well I have finished one of my guilt free January starts already! It's Brittercup Designs - Raising Hooves. As this one is for my youngest daughter, she wasn't going to let me leave this one languishing in the wip pile for too long!! As I was enjoying stitching it, I just kept on going and before I knew it, it was finished!

Brittercup Designs - Raising Hooves. Stitched as charted with WDW & GAST on recommended fabric, 32ct Queen Annes Lace hand dyed jobelan. Stitching completed January 22, 2010.

Here's another pic "pre finishing"of the fob from Indigo Rose Designs - Forget Me Knots. I finished this one the other day. I just have the needleroll & needlebook to go, lol!

Indigo Rose Designs - Forget Me Knots fob. Stitched as charted with DMC on 32ct antique ivory belfast. Stitching completed January 18, 2010.

Thanks for looking

hugs

Amanda

It's been too long...

Wow I didn't realise it had been so long since I posted! This year I resolve to post more often!!

Had a great Christmas & New Years and spent a couple of weeks with my parents which was great as I hadn't seen them since last Christmas! The girls & I drove down to their house on the Hume Highway (the short route) and as Daryl joined us on New Years eve, we drove back the coast road (long way) and visited Philip Island and a number of coastal towns which I hadn't been to before. We even went to 2 cheese factories, yum!! We also stopped at Mogo zoo which my youngest daughter had been wanting to got to for a long time! Mogo zoo is only a small zoo but it's quite good as you can get pretty close to the animals. Here's a couple of shots of the beautiful scenery we saw on the way.This was taken at "Nobbies" on Philip Island, you can see the seals on the far island through telescopes & binoculars. This was taken at Eden on the far south coast of NSW it was about 7am!Here's a shot of the giraffe at Mogo Zoo, he came right up to the fence, almost close enough to touch!!

On the stitching front, my "mojo"has returned!! Yippee!!!!!!! I have a couple of finishes to share and a new wip or 2 for guilt-free January!

I finally finished a small Sweetheart Tree piece which should have been finished in 2009 but seemed to take me weeks! Would have been finished while I was at my parents house but I inadvertently left the chart at home!! Here's a pic:Sweetheart Tree - Pirouette In Purple, stitched as charted with kit supplies, DMC & Needle Necessities. Stitching completed January 10, 2010.

Next up is an ornament freebie which I had intended to be my December ornament but that didn't happen!!Plum Pudding Needleart - Fa La La. Stitched as charted on 28ct tea dyed monaco. Stitching completed January 14, 2010.

Here's a wip pic of my January 1st new start piece.Just Nan - Needle in a Garden. I'm stitching this one as charted on the recommended fabric.

Here's a list of my planned "guilt-free"January starts.

Brittercup Designs - Raising Hooves (started this one on January 15 and am almost done with it!)

Indigo Rose - Forget Me Knots (started this one and have finished the stitching on the fob)

The following I plan on starting but haven't done so yet!

Victoria Sampler - Ravenhill Herb Farm

JBW Designs - Plum Pudding

Country Cottage Needleworks - Sunflower Sampler

Elizabeth's Designs - In The Garden of My Heart

Look for some wip pics of these pieces soon!!

Well that's it for me for now. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Happy stitching

Amanda

Sorry it's been a while....

Hi all

Sorry it's been a while since I posted! I see I didn't even make one in November!! Been so busy with work and home life that just haven't had a chance, even my stitching has slowed down!! I did manage a couple of finished for November. Here's the pics:

First up is Just Nan's Fraidy Frog from the JCS Halloween Issue:

And finally Raise The Roof Designs - Snow Daddy which is a gift for a work mate!

Well that's it for me today, short & sweet!! Can't wait for holidays in 3 weeks!

Happy Stitching

Amanda

A finish

Hi everyone

Well this past week was not productive at all! Working back every night did not help the stitching one bit. I did manage to finish the ornament I needed for an exchange though and have just now done the "finishing"on it too! Decided to go with a pin keep finish as it's a big big for a tree ornament, least I think so anyway.

Here's a pic:

Helga Mandl - Just Add Snow

Fabric: 28ct opalescent "butterscotch glitz"lugana from silkweavers

Stitched as charted with DMC.

Stitching completed October 29, 2009

The fabric in the background is what I've backed it with. Will send it with a little stand so the recipient will have a way to display it.

Last week Alison asked for the name of my new gingher scissors, sorry I forgot to add that in the original post. The mutli-coloured ones are the new Elena design and the green ones are called Sarah.

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween for those who celebrate it. We don't but I love to stitch Halloween designs, go figure! Didn't get any done though which is a bit annoying, so I am now going to focus on my current wip of Shepherds Bush - Spooky Spots.

Happy Stitching all

hugs

Amanda

A finish & scissors, scissors everywhere!

Hi everyone

Thanks for your comments on my last finish, it was a fun piece to stitch! Let me present you with my latest finish, Victoria Sampler - Jingle Bells Xmas Tree Farm. First here's a close-up of the final section:

and here's a pic of the whole piece:

Victoria Sampler - Jingle Bells Xmas Tree Farm

Stitched as charted, fabric 28ct hand-dyed jazlyn from Country Stitch, stitching completed October 22, 2009.

I succumbed to some new scissors the other day, how could I resist with our $$ being so good at the moment and the tempation of ginghers calling me! Here's a pic of my latest additions:

And here's a pic of the majority of my collection, there are a few pairs not here which are in projects! My DH said to me the other day when I told him about the new scissors, why do you need so many scissors? My response was, "need" has nothing to do with it, lol!!! DH is very good about my stash purchases and never says anything about them.

Well that it's for me this time, thanks for taking the time to visit my blog. I need to do an ornament for an exchange and then I will either start some halloween stitching, which is really tempting me, or focus on another wip! Maybe I can accomplish both of these at the same time as one of my wip's is a halloween piece. We will have to see I guess, whatever calls the loudest will be answered, lol!

Happy Stitching all

hugs

Amanda

A finish!

Hi all

Well here's what I've been stitching on this past week, I saw it on someone's blog (sorry can't remember who it was) and just had to stitch it!

The Primitive Needle - Earth Sampler

Stitched with GAST & WDW

Fabric: 32ct Belfast "Primitive" from Silkweavers

Stitching completed October 8, 2010.

I discovered an error in the key for this piece but I had almost finished it so just went with how it was except for stitching the rabbit in WDW Chestnut. This was a fun piece to stitch!

Now it's back to my VS Jingle Bells Xmas Tree Farm as I would really like it finished soon!

Happy Stitching all

hugs

Amanda

Catching up...

Boy it's been a while! I didn't realise how long it has been since I posted here, time sure does get away from you! Here's bunch of pics which will show what I've been up to this past month! First up is my only finish for the month, it's Hillside Samplings - Come in for a Bite!

Hillside Samplings - Come in for a Bite

Stitched as charted with kit materials - 32ct Northern Cross natural linen, WDW & DMC.

Next up are some progress pics.

Victoria Sampler - Jingle Bells Xmas Tree Farm

Passione Riccamo - Winter freebie

Papillon Creations - How Does Your Garden Grow.

This one was an inherited w.i.p from my dear friend June who passed away in February last year, losing her battle with breast cancer.

Ink Circles - Blackstone Fantasy Garden

Here are a couple of new starts to celebrate me being 2 years cancer free!

The Drawn Thread - An Open Heart

The Drawn Thread - Morning Glory

Next up are a couple of pieces I managed the "finishing"

The Drawn Thread - Little Acorn Learning Band Sampler

(waiting on the bellpull end for this one)

Drawn Thread - Random Thoughts

This one has been waiting for me to do the hem stitching since 2006! It's good to have it finally done and hanging on the wall!

I've also recently updated my trade list - you can see the link in my side bar. Feel free to drop me a line if you are interested in anything!

Well that's enough from me for now. Thanks for taking the time to read my blog, hopefully I can post a bit more frequently!

Happy Stitching

hugs

Amanda