Lisa's Stitching Life

Busy... Busy... Busy...

2012-02-02T21:18:00.000Z

Wow... February already... the last week appears to have flown by. I've been busy sewing & cross stitching & more sewing & oh yeah... more sewing.

Winding Ways block.

This will most likely end as a cushion cover, love the fabrics.

Some lovely Robert Kaufman fabric that arrived in the post today.

It's a gift from another crafty sewing friend.

It's soooooo lovely, I can't wait to find a project for it :)

New York Beauty blocks.

More foundation piecing middles for my NYB blocks.

Lizzie*Kate cross stitch progress picture.

Crayon Rolls

I started making these 2 weeks ago & they're selling like hot cakes :)

Each one can hold 15 crayons

£6 with crayons & £5 without crayon + P&P

Lots & lots more sewing to be done at the moment, hope to post again soon.

Happy stitching :)

New York Beauty

2012-01-25T20:06:00.003Z

Finally I get to make a New York Beauty quilt. I LOVE the New York Beauty block & this will be my first....... I'm certain there will be many more in my future.

For now though I give you my first ever New York Beauty quilt block.

Happy Stitching :)

Cross Stitch Progress

2012-01-19T19:49:00.004Z

I totally missed out on posting the last update on my cross stitch so here you have two update images. I'm really enjoying stitching this design & I think you did indeed guess the name of it correctly. Normal Is Just A Setting On The Washer :)

On the sewing side of things I've been busy designing a New York Beauty quilt & cutting out fabrics for some small makes for a craft table that I'm having in February, so quite busy but not alot of photos or progress to show for it.

Oh yeah & on the design side of things, I'd REALLY like a copy of EQ7, so if anyone woulf like to send me one out of the kindness of their heart... please feel free :) LOL

Happy Stitching :)

Cross Stitch Update & Ooops.... more New Stuff :)

2012-01-08T22:22:00.004Z

Here I give you the first update on my Lizzie*Kate cross stitch & in the words of Rolf Harris "Can you tell what it is yet???" LOL

Next, I recently visited a local quilt store that has relocated over the festive season to a nice new location. Larger premises, more fabric, better parking, what more could you ask for??

Well I had to go for some interfacing but unfortunately I thought I'd have a browse at the FQ's & I came across a lovely leaf pattern on cream & totally fell in love with it, so much so that I couldn't just buy the FQ but had to buy enough to use in a quilt & then (with the help of a friend), I just HAD to choose some further fabrics to go with it, thus giving me a new quilt project.... Ooops!

I also picked up a couple of FQ's with some yummy cupcakes on. These are for a project that I need to have a few dummy runs on first just to make sure I have all my measurements correct.

Oh yeah & some more FQ's, these are for a kiddy project that I also need to do some dummy runs on before cutting into these adorable fabrics.

Happy Stitching :)

New Stuff

2012-01-06T22:42:00.004Z

When I got home yesterday I had one of those lovely little cards from the postman that says they tried to deliver a package but I wasn't at home. Annoyingly it was too late for me to collect so I had to wait until today & what a lovely package it was indeed......

Pom Pom De Paris Jelly Rolls x 2

These little beauties are for a commission quilt that I'll be making. Hope to share photo progress with you at a later date :)

With the twins still not back at nursery I've been unable to get my sewing machine out & work my way through the list of sewing on my previous post, so I started a nice new Cross Stitch to work on in the evenings. A lovely Lizzie*Kate design which I'll share just a little of with you for now. Have to let me know if any of you Lizzie*Kate fans know which design it is from the little bit you can see here:

Happy stitching :)

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T21:58:00.005Z

I have lots of work & sewing related goals for this year & here are some of them.
Quilt tops that need to be completed as quilts:

Hannah's Quilt.
A disappearing 9 patch quilt

Stars Quilt.
Stars made from 5in charms & HST's

Pinwheels Quilt
Quilt I did as "Life Of A Quilt", following a quilt top in photos

Speedwell Quilt
A half Jelly Roll quilt from the Two From One Jelly Roll book

Busy Lizzie Quilt
A Stack & Whack style quilt (quilt top is complete, but I haven't a photo yet)

Quilts I want to make:

Log Cabin from workshop
16 blocks already completed & need to be sewn together & further piecing required for borders

12 Day of Christmas quilt

for ME... it'll be all mine, must do it this year :)

Commission quilt - I think I've decided on the fabric & style for this commission, will advise on progress when it happens.

Bloggers BOM quilt - a continuation of the BOM that I started in the latter part of 2011

Craftsys BOM quilt - a new BOM that i've signed up to, will have to see how time goes as to how much, if any, of this is completed.

Winter quilt - Lovely winter panel fabric that my parents bought me in Virginia(?), already received additional fabric to piece what I have in mind.

New York Beauty quilt - this quilt will be worked on as part of my college course, hopefully some weekly progress will occur.

That's about it for now, I haven't yet started on craft fair makes, accuquilt, christmas or cross stitch

Happy Stitching :)

My New Toys

2011-12-28T21:01:00.004Z

Thought I'd share with you some of my lovely crafty christmas gifts :)

Ribbon Storage unit from CraftMates
The individual slots can be removed to allow for wider ribbons

Lovely selection of quilting & craft books

Accuquilt Go! cutter... an upgrade to my Go! Baby
Two new Go! cutter dies, double wedding ring & dresden plate
Two new mats for the cutter, both for use with the new dies
Accuquilt toast rack.... well it looks like a toast rack but it's to store all of my dies in :)

Hexagon Garden quilt kit from The Quilt Room, Dorking

Hopefully throughout 2012 you'll see some of the above in use.

Happy stitching ;)

Merry Christmas

2011-12-24T22:11:00.004Z

I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays.

Bent Creek Design, Christmas Cracker.
Completed December 2007.

Cross Stitch & Christmas Cake

2011-12-19T22:43:00.004Z

Today I finished up three WIP's.

The first is a Lizzie*Kate cross stitch that I started last year & is now ready to be finished off into something nice.... just not sure what yet!

The second is my christmas cake. It's not perfect but it contains all that a christmas cake should & is topped with marzipan & icing :)

The third is another christmas cake, almost identical to the first but this one is for my mum. Hope you like it mum :)

Happy christmas :)

Please Vote For My Quilt

2011-12-16T20:36:00.006Z

I've entered my Christmas Tree Wall Hanging into an online competition at Quilting Gallery & I'd be gratefully if you could pop on over & give my Wall Hanging your vote..... Please :)

Please click here to go to the voting page & here's a little reminder of what you're voting for.

Many thanks :)

Bloggers BOM Block #3

2011-12-14T21:10:00.004Z

I finished block three this week. I have to be honest I wasn't as keen on this block as the first two, mainly I think because quite a few of the fabrics in the Central Park range are directional & that included two that I wanted to use in this block. Anyway, I got over it & here's my finished block.

There is no block this month because obviously it's christmas day so we have to wait until January 25th for the next. Looking forward to it.

Happy stitching :)

Christmas Tree Wallhanging

2011-12-08T20:40:00.006Z

WOW.... we've been major busy here over the last few weeks. Christmas is in full flow in our house & the twins are keeping us more than occupied with their wish lists that appear to grow day by day!

I have managed to finished a couple of projects & this is one of my favourites. It's a christmas tree wall hanging. It's new home will be on the dining room wall over the festive season. It was part of my college course I've been doing. Althought the course has been about curved seams our tutor thought it would be nice to throw in a festive project. Lots of the students embelished their trees with beads & sequins etc but I felt my fabrics looked lovely without any glitz or glam.

I like it so much I've already gathered together a selection of fabrics to make a different colour theamed one for the lounge :)

Happy Stitching :)

Quilt Group Mini Exhibition

2011-11-16T19:41:00.011Z

Yesterday we had a mini exhibition at my quilt group, Shirley Quilters, & part of the exhibition was all the completed Block Of the Month quilts thats we'd been working on since January. I literally finished the binding on mine at around 22.15 Monday evening. So here it is, finally, my completed BOM quilt. I also went around & took photos of the other BOM quilts so you can see what other people achieved with the same blocks.

Hope you enjoyed seeing the quilts :)

Bloggers BOM Block #2

2011-11-07T20:38:00.003Z

Woohoo... I'm on a roll :)

Here's my 2nd block from the quilt-a-long. I thought it looked a bit messy to start with, that was until I'd sewn them all together & now I love the result. Only down side now is having to wait until 25th for the next block to be released.

Happy stitching :)

Bloggers BOM Block #1

2011-11-04T22:31:00.005Z

I've finally finished my first BOM for the Bloggers Block Of the Month.

It took me a while to decide on my fabrics & I've had a bundle of half metres of Kate Spains Central Park in my fabric stash for some time & i've been saving it up for the right project. I'm not sure if this is the right project but then the fabric is sooooooo lovely that I'm not sure the right project would ever come along so I had to get over it & make the cut, after all I can't keep all the fabric I buy forever..... can I???

I made a block & then made another 3 to go with it, thus making a larger block. I love it... really love it, hope you do to.

My friend Franney is also taking part in this BOM & to see her version of the block you can visit her blog & see it here.

The fabrics for block #2 are almost all cut & hopefully this monday I'll be sewing it up :)

A Lizzie Kate Completion

2011-11-01T20:33:00.004Z

I was going to blog about a quilting BOM that I've just started but I realised that my last couple of posts have been about quilting & so far I haven't shared with you my finished Lizzie Kate so here it is.

I think you'll agree that it's been expertly finished & the fabrics really set off the design. If you haven't come across her yet & you have some stitching to be "finished" up then I strongly recommend you get in touch with KarenV over at My Favourite Things. She's pretty amazing at what she does :)

Happy stitching :)

Log Cabin Workshop

2011-10-29T21:16:00.006+01:00

Today I was booked in to an all day workshop at one of my favourite quilt shops, Thread Bear. The class was run by co-owner Kate & including myself she had seven pupils all raring to get going with our washing line..... yep.... thats right, I said WASHING LINE!!!!!

Kate was showing us a quick technique to make our log cabin blocks & it was called a washing line method. I've never heard of it before but I can confirm that I will be using it (quite a bit) in the future :)

In total I made 16 blocks today & I love the way they turned out. I may make a few more depending on how much of the pink fabric I have remaining & then I have to work out what design I want to piece the blocks in & then choose a border fabric..... both decisions could take months to come to a decision LOL

WIP Wednesday

2011-10-26T22:06:00.004+01:00

A quick post today to share a couple of quilt WIP's that I have on the go.

The first is a drunkards path bag. This bag is part of a course I'm doing on curved seams. I'm about a week behind everyone else due to my holiday but I should be all caught up before next week :)

The second is the BOM quilt from my quilt group Shirley Quilters. All the blocks are now complete & the sashing is also complete. I have two borders that are all cut & ready to stitch. Hopefully this will be finished in the very near future as it's being displayed at an exhibition on 15th November!!!!

There are lots of other WIP Wednesdays for you to check out, just pop over to Freshly Pieced & have a look at all the linkys at the bottom of the post... enjoy :)

A New Toy :)

2011-10-19T21:56:00.003+01:00

The day before I went on holiday I visited the Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace in London.

I made several purchases but only one that I'm going to share with you today.

My new sewing machine. A Jenome Memory Craft 5900QC. I love it :)

I bought some other bits at the show too but haven't got around to photographing them yet, hopefully soon.

Happy stitching :)

BOM at Canton Village Quilt Works

2011-09-24T20:51:00.002+01:00

I know... I know... I totally don't have the time but I just couldn't resist but sign up to take part in a Block Of the Month over on Jackies blog at Canton Village Quilt Works. Jackie has enlisted the help of some amazing designers. Pop over to this blog post to read about it & sign up if you wish..... take note though, it starts tomorrow :)

A Long Time Coming.

2011-09-17T11:43:00.004+01:00

Finally I've completed a Lizzie*Kate cross stitch that was started in January 2010, worked on for about 4 months & then relegated to the WIP pile for... Oooooo.... about a year (eek!). I picked it up again a few months ago & got cracking again, determined to have it up this christmas & here it is.

It'll be finished as a wall hanging but alas I won't be doing that part myself. I'm going to be leaving it to the lovely Karen V over at My Favourite Things.... just as soon as I can actually make it to a post office!!!!

Happy stitching :)

Updates

2011-08-23T20:28:00.005+01:00

Things have been really busy here at the LisaG house. Mainly because it's the summer holidays & that means keeping 3 year old twins occupied 24/7. It's tiring but I have managed to get some sewing done!!

These blocks are for a Jelly Roll quilt, at the time these were the first 4 of the yellow & cream combination, yesterday at my friend Frans' house I completed a further 8 in this combo :)

This is the quilting on a newborn baby boy quilt, I'm part way through adding the binding. Hopefully this will be available for sale on the Lisa G Creations site shortly.

A small snippet here of the Jelly Roll quilt Speedwell. I've attached all of the borders now & it needs to be sandwiched & quilted. I'll wait until that's complete before I share a picture of the entire quilt.

These are squares that have been cut ready for another newborn baby quilt.

Hope to have more to share with you soon.

Happy stitching :)

Seeing Stars!

2011-07-17T21:33:00.005+01:00

This is a mini quilt that I've just completed for my quilt group. It's part of an ongoing project called Chinese Whispers where we all take inspiration for our quilt from another members quilt & that members is the only other quilt you get to lay your eyes on....... that is until November when we have a mini exhibition & we get to see just where inspiriation took us.

Looking at this I think it's a great size for a mini table mat maybe for the centre of a rectangular table or maybe a mat for a mini dresser or coffee table.

I love the colours in the quilt (huge thanks to Franney for assitance with some of these) & the fact that I had at least seven star fabrics in my stash :)

Block name: Star Of Hope
From: Quick & Easy Quilt Block Tool for iPhone by C&T Publishing, Inc.

Happy Stitching :)

Lizzie*Kate Cross Stitch Update

2011-07-16T21:33:00.007+01:00

It's been quite a while since I've posted a cross stitching update but I've recently got back into my Lizzie*Kate stitching so I thought it was time I shared a picture with you.

The design is Merry Christmas By The Letter & I am on a roll.... this WILL be on my wall this christmas :)

To see more lovely Lizzie*Kate designs that are completed or are a work in progress please pop by the Lizzie Kate Lovers blog for a browse or to join in.

Happy Stitching :)

Two more BOM's

2011-07-11T21:35:00.004+01:00

I thought I'd already posted these BOM's but when I checked it turned out to be a figment of my imagination so here they are now.

This is May & June blocks.

This evening I'm working on my Lizzie*Kate Merry Christmas By The Letter cross stitch because it's Monday & as a follower of the Lizzie*Kate Lovers blog we are stitching our LK designs on a Monday, progress picture to follow later in the week.

Happy Stitching :)

Latest Finishes

2011-06-27T21:12:00.004+01:00

A few of my latest sewing finishes. Two small mug rugs & a slightly larger christmassy rug. All were made from scraps :)

Happy Stitching :)

A Quilted Finish

2011-06-16T16:24:00.001+01:00

Finally I've finished something & quilted it too. Don't get too excited because it's not huge but I'm really pleased with how it turned out. It's a little kit called Log Cabin Star by Rachel Pellman. The kit was a gift from MrG for Valentines Day 2010. I'm hoping to hang it on the wall above my stairs.

Happy Stitching :)

Lisa xx

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Drum Roll Please.....

2011-06-12T21:48:00.003+01:00

This afternoon with the help of Mr G we picked the winner of my giveaways.

First up, the cross stitch giveaway. Our winner is NatalyK

Next up is the quilting fabric & the winner is Blue for a twitter retweet.

Congratulations ladies & thank you to everyone else who joined in the fun.

4th Blogoversary Giveaways :)

2011-05-30T21:50:00.008+01:00

The 25th May saw my 4th Blogoversary & to mark the event I'm offering a giveaway... well 2 giveaways actually. One for Cross Stitch & one for Quilting.

Before I post you a picture of the giveaways I have just a few requests for your entry.

Please leave a comment on this post only & you will be entered into the giveaway.
Please state on your comment if your entry is for Cross Stitch or Quilting.
Please leave a seperate comment if you wish to enter for both.
For an extra entry into the giveaway please post a link to this page onto twitter using the hashtag #giveaway & include me in the tweet @LisaGCreates. Thank you & much appreciated :)

Now for the fun bit... the giveaway items.

First up is the cross stitch bundle. All items are from Polstitches Designs. It includes 3 pieces of dyed aida, all measuring 9 x 12 inches & 3 packs of limited edition hand dyed threads. The limited editions are called "Santa Says It With Thread", "Lets Talk Colour" & a pack which includes a Polstitches Designs cross stitch chart called Oriental Lady but appears to have no name. All packs have 7 hand dyed varigated threads in them.

Next up, the quilting giveaway. This is 8 fat quarters, cut fresh off the bolt. They're from the Notting Hill range by Fabric Freedom. I love this range & I'm looking forward to making a quilt from it myself but I'd love to see what the winner of this FQ bundle makes with theirs.

The giveaways will close at 12 noon BST on Sunday 12th June & I'll announce winners on Sunday evening. That gives you just under 2 weeks to get your entry's in & to spread the word to all your crafty friends.

Happy stitching & happy winning :)

BOM & Central Park

2011-04-30T21:02:00.003+01:00

I managed to complete the next block in the quilt groups Block of the Month. Funny thing is the fabrics I'm using for these blocks are the same fabrics that I used for my pinwheel quilt. I had quite a bit left so thought using it for these blocks would be perfect, the only thing is that so far I've only used up scraps from the pinwheel quilt & haven't even touched the yardage that I have left over. I can see many quilts in the future being made with these :)

I follow @fabricshoppe on Twitter & often they have some of the best offers but being in the states I've tended to just look but a couple of weeks ago they offered some half yard bundles of Kate Spains Central Park fabric & to be honest it was an offer to good to miss. I'm totally in love with the Central Park range of fabrics & with the $/£ exchange rate being so good at the moment it was well worth me ordering, even with postage it was a good deal, this week they arrived & here they are........ aren't they adorable? (I've ordered another pale blue one in the same range to go with it)

In the coming weeks I'm going to be offering a giveaway. 25th May is my 4th Blogoversary. I haven't decided yet if it's to be fabric &/or cross stitch.... how exciting :)

Happy stitching :)

Blocks & More Blocks!

2011-04-03T20:15:00.005+01:00

A couple of weeks ago I stitched up some blocks really quickly for some ladies at my quilt group. The brief was bright & garish with a 12.5in finished size. All the blocks they collect are being put together to create a giant wallhanging. It was something that I kept meaning to get around to doing but putting it off & putting it off until an hour before I was due to leave for group I realised it was the last day to hand them in!

The other blocks I have to share with you are also from quilt group. They are the February & March BOM's. You can see January's BOM here.

Happy Stitching :-)

Red Nose Day.... When I Was A Kid

2011-03-18T21:32:00.004Z

I remember the first comic relief... 25 years ago... does that make old?? don't answer that!

When I was a kid.....we all rushed out & bought the most awful hard plastic red noses that made you sore if you wore them for too long. We all paid a price to go to school in anything other than uniform, worth the 50p you'll agree :) The evenings tv was full up with fun & laughter, most enjoyable.

Now... some 25 years on I don't watch Comic Relief, yes it has some fun sketches but the it's the whole pulling at heartstrings bit that I just can't take anymore, I end up an emotional wreck. Once it gets back to a funny sketch you mop up your face, start to laugh & enjoy yourself & then all of a sudden BAM... they hit you with another relief story & you're back to hugging the tissue box again. I'm sorry Comic Relief, nowadays I just add my donation & enjoy a tear free friday.

Here I share with you the fun side of Red Nose Day.... the twins enjoying playing with their soft, foamy red noses, with thanks to Nanna & Grandad.

Happy Friday :)

Quilt Exhibition - Sevenoaks (image heavy)

2011-03-17T20:07:00.013Z

I was going to blog about some blocks that I made up pretty quickly on Tuesday evening before quilt group but instead, I thought I'd share with you some of the lovely quilts that I saw at an exhibition at Sevenoaks, Kent.

Where has the month gone?

2011-02-27T21:24:00.007Z

Can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post. I've been having a look around to see what I've actually been up to & it appears to be not alot. I do however have some photos to share with you of some of the things I have acheived... oh yeah & some of the fabric I've bought... yes... more fabric... it's an illness I tell you!!!!

This is the first block in a Block Of the Month (BOM) that has been started at my quilt group, Shirley Quilters. I decided to use the same fabrics that I used to make my pinwheel quilt as I have quite a bit of it still available & thought it would be nice to see a totally different project made with the same fabrics.

I attended a Jelly Roll workshop run by my quilt group early in February. I chose to work from the book Two From One Jelly Rolls by Pam & Nicky Lintott & the design I chose was the Speedwell Quilt. This picture shows the layout of the centre of the quilt. I still need to sew it together & pick my fabrics for the border. The Jelly Roll I used was Lumiere d'Noel by French General.

Here I get to share with you some additions to my fabric stash... yikes... must sew more!!

Fat Quarter Bundles of Eastern Miniatures from Fabric Freedom
in 3 different colourways

Fat Quarter bundle of 3 Lakehouse Penelope Fabrics
From The Little Fabric Store

FQ bundle of Cafe Mocha in pretty pinks, reds & chocolate browns.
FQ of Bite Me by Michael Miller in Lime.
FQ of Aunt Grace Classics Rosebuds in Yellow (RAK gift from shop owner).
Bag of scraps, some of which are soooo pretty.
All from The Fabric Loft

2 x FQ's from the Lovehearts range by Makower UK

Thats me done for this evening. I'll share more soon.

Happy stitching :-)

Same Quilt, More Life

2011-01-31T21:44:00.005Z

Yep that's right, been working on my Pinwheel quilt again. Lots of progress today while I was at Franney's house.

Squaring up the blocks

Sewing the blocks together

Starting to add the narrow border

Narrow border complete

I'm really pleased with the sudden quick progress of this quilt. I still have to add the wider border & then the top is all done. The wide border fabric is one of my favourites, hopefully before the week is out you'll get to see it too.

Happy stitching :-)

The Life Of A Quilt + Other (image heavy!)

2011-01-28T12:33:00.008Z

This Wednesday I decided to go back to the quilt that I started in November, the Pinwheel quilt. I made some excellent progress & have completed another 10 blocks. Now all I need is to square them all up to 12inches & the blocks are ready to sew together.

Strip pieced & cutting wide sections

Strip piecing the narrow sections

Narrow strips all cut

Chain piecing back together

Four patch squares created

More piecing

Blocks Complete

Just in case you haven't seen enough pictures I thought I'd share with you what else I got up to. This first quilt top is for my DD... aka Twin 1, Missy Moo, Little Moo or Hannah Moo. It's a disappearing nine-patch that I started at a one day workshop at Thread Bear that was with Carolyn Forster as the tutor. All I need to do now is add the border & then sandwich it. I think the border will be the lilac marble fabric as I have quite a bit of it & I think it would finish it off nicely.

This last one is a quilt top that I finished a few months ago but so far I haven't got around to sandwiching & finishing. I think I blogged about some of the stars as I was doing them but can't remember if I shared the finished top with you, so here it is.

I think that's everything.... for now... time to trim up some blocks.

Happy stitching :-)

Oooops, I did it again!

2011-01-22T20:10:00.005Z

Yet more stash.... yikes! This latest haul follows a trip to the Stitch & Creative Crafts Show at Sandown Park. I went with my stitching friend Franney & while we were there we met up with two other crafty friends from CTnY forum, Noo & Jessica.

Fat Quarter bundles from Sunflower Corner Quilting

3 x Patterns from the Stitch Witch
Fusible Bias Tape in Gold from the Stitch Witch

This next photo is some stash that I bought just after christmas when we were out on a little drive & found ourselves in Tunbridge Wells right in front of The World Of Sewing AND it just happened to be 25% off all fabric day... woohoo :-)

2 x Blush Charm Packs
2 x Cosy Quilt Designs Quilt Patterns
2 x Metres each of some lovely funky fabric

On the CTnY forum I've signed up to make a project every month using just fabrics from stash. I'm hoping to make a little bag every month. This is Januarys bag. My best description of it is a make up bag or bits n bobs bag or project bag....not sure really but it is fully lined in Navy Blue with hidden seams & is quilted all over. It measures approx 9in x 8in tall & could be yours for £7.99 :-)

Happy Stitching :-)

New Fabric Storage & New Stash

2011-01-13T11:54:00.008Z

Finally I have my new storage units all up & running & most of my fabrics have been transferred over from the many boxes that were in my sewing room/under the bed/in the cupboard etc etc. Almost everything in one place.... bliss. Thought I'd share a picture of the chaos before & the tidyness after.

While I was putting all the fabric into the nice new towers it gave me chance to look at some of the upcoming projects that I have to work on. Not all of them have a particular pattern or purpose as yet but all are grouped toghether ready for me to "play" with. Here is just a few of them.

Also... making their debut into my fabric stash is my lovely new items from The Quilt Room, Dorking. Myself & friend Franney headed off last week to Dorking to check out the sale at TQR & see if we could bag ourselves any bargains. Once we'd done the sale portion of the store we couldn't leave without having a good look at everything else & this is what I came out with.

Bag of Red Strip Scraps
2 x Heather Bailey Charm Packs
1 Red Charm Pack

12 Days of Christmas Fabric Panel

2 x Quilt Stencils
5 x Fat Quarters

Fandango Layer Cake, Charm Pack & Jelly Roll
The Jelly Roll will be split between myself & Franney for a workshop that we're going to be doing at my quilt group, Shirley Quilters.

Happy Stitching :-)

TUSAL & Happy New Year

2011-01-08T21:53:00.005Z

Happy New Year

I know I'm about a week late but things have been hectic around here. The twins have been enjoying christmas everyday for a good two weeks & a couple of days ago one of them even asked if Father Christmas was bringing more toys. I think we have just about managed to fit everything in the house.

I've done no stitching for days if not weeks & it feels like I'm having withdrawal symptoms, luckily next week gets back to normal around here (finally). Twins club is back on, nursery is back on & it means I get my "work" days back... hooray!

Here is a picture of my little orts jar for the year 2010. The pictures were taken on the 4th Jan as that was the new moon & the day in which we post for the TUSAL (i'm late again!). I'm quite pleased it's full, means that I really did do some stitching last year... I must remember to keep a list of all my finishes this year (if any!). Now the jar will be emptied & the TUSAL will start all over again :-)

I have lots of things still to post about & hopefully over the next week or so I may get the time to share some with you. They include:

Stitching goals for 2011
More stitching stash
New fabric storage
Folksy.com

Happy stitching :-)

My Christmas Fabric Gifts.

2010-12-30T21:15:00.005Z

This first picture is a lovely snowy panel called Winters Gleam from Wilmington Prints. Along with the panel I received the bag of batting & enough snowflake style fabric to back the panel. My parents bought me this little gem from a quilt store that they came across in Virginia while on holiday.

The next is also from my parents & that's a Moda Jelly Roll & a Moda Charm Pack both of which are from the same fabric line, Dream On by Urban Chiks. I'm already thinking about what quilt(s) I can make from these lovely fabrics.... do I use them together or on their own.... lots of choices here!

The last picture is of my new christmas fabrics. They include a Seasons Greetings Charm Pack from The Cotton Patch. I totally love this charm pack, it has 50 different fabrics & all of them are christmassy.... wooohoooo. The other 3 fabrics in this image are from a Secret Santa swap that took place on a craft forum that I chat on. My secret santa stalked me on the forum long enough to know what I really like & these 3 fat quarters were part of my gift. Thank you Santa.

What a brilliant christmas I had in the way of craft this year. I can't wait to get started on using them.

Happy Stitching :-)

Happy Christmas

2010-12-25T09:11:00.004Z

I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas & a Happy & Healthy 2011

Oh yeah.... & I just unwrapped an Accuquilt Go Baby Cutter :-) WOOOOHOOOOO

Happy Holidays xx

Snow White

2010-12-20T22:19:00.004Z

This post has nothing to do with the white stuff that is still constantly falling outside at the moment. Instead it's the name of a cross stitch chart that I've just bought myself for christmas!

It's a Little House Needleworks design which I think I'd really like to stitch on a pale blue.

I've started the quilting on my mini quilt so hopefully it won't be long before that's finished. I've managed to secure a spot on the wall upstairs to use for hanging quilts, maybe it'll be first on that wall.

Thought I'd share this winter garden image with you. This little fella here is a regular visitor of ours & has been for months now, after days of grabbing the camera when he turned up only to find him gone before getting chance to snap MrG has finally got a delightful wintery, christmassy picture. Don't forget to feed the birds this winter.

Happy stitching :-)

Almost a Finish & Lots of Snow

2010-12-18T22:23:00.006Z

Monday this week I took my aprons over to Frans to finish off & I also took along a mini quilt that I started a while ago. I have a burning desire to finish something for myself at the moment. I feel like I've spent so long making things for either the christmas craft fair, christmas presents or customer orders that I need something quick & small to finish for me :-)

I made good progress on Monday & this evening I've carried on with it for the last couple of hours & I'm really pleased with how it's looking.

Our plans for tomorrow have changed, rather than going out visiting friends we've decided to postpone until after christmas & after the snow. It does mean that I hope to carry on with the mini quilt & should have a finish to share with you soon.

We had quite a bit of snow fall this morning. In the space of about 2 hours the whole place went from being clear to being coated in a rather thick blanket of snow. MrG decided he was going to build the twins a snowman & to start with neither twin wanted to set foot in the snow but it wasn't long before Missy Moo decided she wanted to play in the snow & then the Little Monkey decided it wanted to play too. This was their result:

Happy Stitching :-)

TUSAL

2010-12-12T20:34:00.003Z

The TUSAL, Totally Useless Stitch A Long, has been going for a while now & I must admit I haven't posted mine for... Ooooooo... many moons now!!!

Here it is, most of the cream you can see comes from the quilting & the colours from the cross stitch. I'm now going to have to start hunting for a new jar for 2011.

If you'd like to join in the TU fun then pop over to Daffycats blog & sign up, it's fun, you'll love it!

Happy Stitching :-)

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-11-25T19:59:00.002Z

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK but I'm thinking that maybe we should. It's a good chance to think about what we have & that there are others that are a lot less fortunate.

A few of the things I'm thankful for:

My wonderful husband
Our amazing twins (& the fact that they are currently sound asleep)
My parents & family
My fabulous friends
The art of sewing...

... there are so many things I could add but I have aprons to sew.

Happy stitching :-)

The Life Of A Quilt

2010-11-08T20:56:00.003Z

Tonight I was supposed to be my quilt class but it's been cancelled due to the tutor being unwell. I thought that I'd take the opportunity to update you on how that quilt is coming along.

Piecing Commences

Chain Piecing

Quarter of a Pinwheel

Pinwheels Complete

Look forward to sharing the next blocks with you & the lovely colours that comes with them.

Happy stitching :-)

Bloggers Quilt Festival

2010-11-01T22:22:00.007Z

This year I thought I'd add my entry to the Bloggers Quilt Festival which is over at Amy's blog. My entry is a quilt that I have quite literally just finished. It's a design by Cosy Quilt Designs called Butter Cake. Most of the fabrics I used are from a designer called Paula Ozier. Paula came to my quilt group, Shirley Quilters, & gave a talk about how she got into designing & producing her own fabrics. We all got a chance to purchase some of them & this is the quilt I made with mine. I added the pink, yellow & cream fabrics.

Be sure to head over to the Bloggers Quilt Festival & check out some of the lovely quilts that are being showcased. Some of them are totally amazing.

Here are two other of my sewing finishes:

Christmas Table Runner

Twin Pocket Apron

Hopefully I'll get to update you on The Life Of A Quilt later this week.

Happy Stitching :-)

My New Stash

2010-10-25T20:55:00.005+01:00

Finally I got around to taking pictures of my stash haul from the Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace. I love this show & this year was better than ever. Lots of new stands & sellers along with lots that I was looking forward to seeing again.

First up is Lizzie Kate:
Tiny Tiding XIII
Good Things
Cleaning The House
Be Naughty
The complete collection of Living With Charm Double Flips

Waxing Moon Designs - Eat, Drink & Be Scary
Waxing Moon Designs - Primitive Stocking
LHN - Poinsettia House
Hob-Nobb Designs - Halloween Stitch Em

1 Metre of Star Fabric
6 Xmas Fat Quarters

I love this collection of 8 Fat Quarters

Christmas decorations made with Ribbon, 1 kit &
Instructions for several others.
Small pussy cat quilt pattern
Fabric Bag Kit
Tiny Kit for note pad & pencil holder

Austrailian Handmade Xmas Special Magazine
2 Irish Quilt & Craft Magazine

I have a couple of finishes to share with you but they'll have to wait until tomorrow now as I'm off to catch up on some sleep.

Happy Stitching :-)

Sew and Tell Friday

2010-10-16T00:14:00.007+01:00

A very quick post to share with you what I made yesterday.

One of my twin mummy friends asked me to make a couple of little bags for her toddler boys. She purchased & supplied me with some lovely Cath Kidston fabric with lovely little aeroplanes on. I made the toddler tote bags yesterday afternoon & had some of the fabric left over. I checked with my friend & she was happy to let me run up something with what was left.

Here I give you the 2 toddler totes & the 2 "rustle something up" bags with the leftovers.

I wasn't sure what I could make so I had a look around to see what other supplies I had to hand & fortunately I had a nice blue & white checked cotton for a liner & 2 white zips which all seemed to go together perfectly.

Tomorrow they'll be delivered to my mummy friend.... I hope she likes them as much as I do.

For the first time I thought I'd link up with Amy Lou Who's blog & her Sew & Tell Friday. I hope you'll all pop over & check out some of the other items that have been made by her followers this week..... I know I've found at least 5 other things I'd like to make.

Happy stitching :-)

The Life Of A Quilt

2010-10-13T21:26:00.004+01:00

Back in the summer I signed up for a 4 week quilt class at my nearest quilting shop Thread Bear. The day I booked the class my friend Franney & I popped along to another quilt shop, that just happen to be having a closing down sale, & I decided there & then to purchase my fabrics for the October class.

I decided to take photos from start to finish. Fabric choice, cutting, piecing etc etc. Here is the start:

Fabric Choice

Cutting in progress

Cutting complete

My next class is on Monday & thats when we start sewing so hopefully there'll be lots of lovely piecing to show you next week.

I hope to get around to showing you some of my birthday presents this week. I was lucky enough to have the twins looked after for a day last week so that I could attend one of the largest stitching shows in the UK.... The Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexander Palace, London. This falls every year about a week before my birthday so I often get money gifted early so that I can have a spend up. I've just been going through everything I bought at the show as it was all a gift from my DH & as today is my birthday I thought I'd look at it all again :-)

Happy Stitching all :-)

October Pink & Xmas Decorations

2010-10-04T21:04:00.005+01:00

As you can see from my blog I've gone pink for October. As you may or may not be aware, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Make sure you give yourself a bit of TLC.. Touch, Look, Check. If you have an iPhone then check out Breakthrough Breastcancers' new app iBreastCheck. (many thanks to Noo for the pink reminder)

Moving on to the Christmas & Craft Fair. I've been busy making up some xmas decorations & today I finished them off with some embellishments. They are quite a quick make in comparisom to some of the things I make or attempt to make. Hope you like them.

Happy Stitching :-)

My First Quilt & An Exhibition

2010-09-30T20:36:00.006+01:00

It occured to me the other day that I never did share with you my finished first ever quilt. This was a sampler quilt that I did at an evening class at a LNS at the beginning of this year. Some of the stitching is not the best but I'm really proud of this quilt. It's for my baby boy.

The other thing about this quilt is that i'm going to be entering it into an exhibition :-) It'll be the first time I've entered anything into an exhibition so I'm quite excited. I have two entries, the other one is the christmas table runner in the post below this one. Just in case anyone happens to be in the area... details of the exhibition are as follows.

Shirley Quilters Exhibition
Saturday 9th October 2010
10.00am to 4.00pm
Entrance £2.50 Programme 50p
Shirley Methodist Church, Eldon Avenue, Shirley, CR0 8SD
www.shirleyquilters.co.uk

Maybe I'll see you there.

Happy Stitching :-)

Christmas Stitching

2010-09-21T14:13:00.004+01:00

Not quite cross stitching, although I have been making (very slow) progress on my christmas SAL, but a quilted table runner. I love it. It was quite time consuming to piece so doubtful I'll be making another one but I really like it. Hopefully it'll fetch a nice price at the Christmas & Craft Fair I'm doing in November.

Happy Stitching :-)

Lisa G Creations

2010-09-08T22:46:00.003+01:00

This evening I've put a new picture on my blog... top right... over here ------------>

It's my logo for my new little venure. Lisa G Creations.

I know there isn't much there to look at right now but I assure you i'll be adding to it when possible with my new little makes & not so little makes.

Today I worked on finishing off my first Christmas Table Runner & alas I'm currently unpicking the binding. I'm slightly gutted, i'd gone around 3 sides of the runner before realising that i'd cut my binding too narrow. I could kick myself, it would have been complete by now.

Never mind, it could have been worse... I could have been alive 70 years ago.

Happy Stitching all

Some Updates

2010-08-26T14:17:00.002+01:00

It's been major busy around our house at the moment. Mr G has been off in Africa for a Safari with my dad & I've been busy with the twins 24/7. Now they're just short of being 2.5 years old their energy levels have sky rocketed... couple that with the summer holidays & all of the playgroups being closed it's been pretty manic.
Some good news is that I'll be doing a Christmas Craft Fair in November, that means I've been going flat out in the evenings working on quilts, gifts & christmas fabric thingys. No pictures yet but hopefully soon. At the moment I'm working on a Star quilt, a lap or childs quilt & a christmas table runner.Working on the craft fair things has meant that my cross stitching has suffered a bit, not like I had hours available to stitch anyway but now I have even less. I do however have a couple of stitching pictures to share with you.
The first is Lizzie*Kates Peace, Love & A Cure. This seems to have turned into a travelling piece, I only appear to stitch it when I'm a passenger in the car. It's almost finished too, just the heart to finish off & the Peace symbol :-)

The next is the Lizzie*Kate Boo Club which is part of a SAL. I'm glad I've finally made some good progress on this, it's really enjoyable... if only there were more hours in the day!

Happy Stitching :-)

My Giant Pincushion

2010-08-03T23:45:00.004+01:00

I simply have to share this finish with you asap.

I follow a blog called Spun Sugar Quilts, it's author is a lovely lady named Vickie whom I came across via Moda Bakeshop & have been following her now for many months. A few weeks back Vickie featured a giant pincushion on her blog & preceded to post a weekly SAL tutorial on how to make the pincushion either using a sewing machine or with traditional [English] paper piecing. You can see the steps for the tutorial on Vickies blog down the right hand side just underneath the photosteam pics. It is a great tutorial, easy to follow instructions & excellent images of the step by step process.

I really wanted to make this using my Liberty Prints that I picked up at the V&A Quilt Exhibition but before cutting up my lovely Liberties I thought I'd do a trial run using some of my favourite scraps. here's the result:

In the tutorial a button was used on the top of the pincushion & as I didn't have any buttons that went with my fabrics I decided to make a mini yo-yo & then stitch it upside down on the top of the cushion, I used the same fabric which I'd used on the bottom of the cushion. To me the yo-yo looks more like a fabric covered button so I'm really pleased with the result.

I can't wait to make another one now in my lovely Liberty prints.

Happy stitching :-)

More Blocks & An LK Update

2010-07-30T16:24:00.005+01:00

I've managed to get a further 4 quilt blocks completed ready for a quilt/throw. I've decided I'll be using 9 blocks in total for the quilt & as I'll be making 10 it means I'll have one left over for a cushion/bag/whatever. The first two have been trimmed & the second two still need their corners trimming.

Next is an update on the Lizzie*Kate SAL that I've joined at the Lizzie Kate Lovers blog. It was supposed to be started some time ago but when I forgot to take it on holiday as a new start it kind of got left behind in more ways than one. Anyway I've started it now & here is my progress, allbeit not much! It's Lizzie*Kates Boo Club, a nice long narrow design, I can't wait to see it grow.

I've got lots more going on at the moment, I really should take some more pictures. I'm working on a pin cushion SAL. I've signed up to a Christmas Swap which I'm really looking forward to as I love christmas. I've paid to do a 4 day quilt class in Oct/Nov & I've even bought all the fabric for it from a shop that was closing down. Real bargain there as she was selling all fabrics at £6 a metre... I could have easily spent hundreds! I'm still stitching on Peace, Love & A Cure but not enough progress to warrant a picture just yet. Also, today I had a new foot for my sewing machine arrive... hooray... it should enable me to get to grips with free machine quilting, something that I'd love to do but have never tried. I can't wait to play with it as soon as the twins are in bed.

Happy stitching :-)

A Busy Bee.... or Not!

2010-07-18T14:30:00.003+01:00

I can't believe it's been so long since my last post. You know every day when I read through the blogs that I follow I think about what to post on my own & then I just never get around to it. Today I thought I'd share with you what I've been up to over the last few weeks.

Not quite so much cross stitch been happening. I think since my holiday I've only picked up the one design, Lizzie*Kate Peace, Love & A Cure. I didn't get to start the Lizzie*Kate Halloween SAL, I didn't get to start the Lizzie*Kate Creative Challenge & I haven't done anymore on the Christmas Design SAL. I have to say though I remain quite concerned about the Christmas Design SAL or rather about the organiser Yoyo. No post on her blog now for a good few months & it's totally out of character... I hope she's ok.

This next picture is the centre of a quilt that I'm making for myself. It's from the book Jelly Roll Inspirations by Pam & Nicky Lintott which was a gift from my friend Franney. I'm making the quilt using a Moda Jelly Roll called Objects of Desire. I have a way to go on it yet!

These last two are quilt panels that I've just sewn using 5in squares, I have several more panels to go & I'm kind of making it up as I go along so we'll just have to see what happens with it.

Thats it for now, hopefully I won't wait as long before posting an update next time.

Happy stitching :-)

Back From My Holiday

2010-06-30T21:53:00.008+01:00

What a wonderful break I had. Everyday was spent on the top deck of a ship in the glorious sunshine. I had my stitching in one hand & a cocktail in the other :-)
The trip wasn't without it's moments. When we got to our stateroom our luggage was already waiting at our door so we decided to unpack straight away. It was at this point that I found I had packed the incorrect bag of cross stitch :'( I had sorted out two small WIP Lizzie Kate designs to complete & the Lizzie Kate Boo Club series to make a start on. I was slightly gutted as our whole trip was based around us doing lots of stitching. The good news is that I did at least pack some stitching, it was my other Lizzie Kate SAL.... Christmas By The Letter.This is what it looked like at the start of the cruise & this is what it looked like at the end:

I have one other piece of stitching to share & it's not cross stitch but instead a mini quilt. I know I haven't posted a picture of Roberts finished quilt yet but thats because I still have some more finishing to do but it is getting there... promise. My newly finished quilt is to double up as a logo for my new blog/shop/thing which I've been (slowly) working on. It'll be called Lisa G Creations & I hope to sell a mixture of the little things that I make & with any luck some of the bigger things that I intend on making too. I hope you like my little quilt, it took me a week of evenings to complete.

I used a charm pack from moda called Boutique by Chez Moi, a fat quarter of cream with gold stars for the centre panel & plain cream for the border, binding & backing. I managed to get hold of a fat quarter of one of the red Boutique fabrics to use for the "L". Eventually I'd like this to hand in my studio behind my work station... well one of my workstations :-)

More to share but it'll have to wait until next time.

Happy stitching :-)

Possibly My Shortest Post

2010-06-20T18:04:00.002+01:00

I'm off on my weeks Stitching Holiday with my mum... Bring on the cruising :-)

Back next week, happy stitching loving people.

Yay... new stash :-)

2010-06-15T14:17:00.003+01:00

Over on the Lizzie Kate Lovers blog I've signed up to do a SAL & I chose to stitch the Boo Club series. The problem I had is that I didn't actually own the charts. After searching online & managed to find the set at a brilliant price so ordered them up asap. Today they have arrived :-)

Annoyingly I don't have any of threads though so if I want to take this on my holiday this weekend as a new start I'm going to have to make a further small purchase!

My other new stash arrival is this lovely red fabric. It's part of the Boutique range by Chez Moi for Moda. I have a Boutique charm pack which I'm currently making up as my new logo (more on that when it's done!) & I needed an extra piece of fabric for the center.

I have half hour until the twins are up from their nap... time for some sewing.

Happy stitching :-)

V and A Quilt Exhibition

2010-06-10T14:23:00.003+01:00

This monday my friend & I headed up town to the Victoria & Albert museum to take a look around the Quilts 1700-2010 Exhibition. I had a lovely time. Some of the quilts were truely amazing, the detail in the handquilting was out of this world. I definitely have some favourites, these include a Patchwork Coverlet by Elisabeth Chapman dated 1829, this was totally amazing to see. The tiny patchwork pieces still had all of their tacking stitches in them & the paper was still in the back. The museum did a wondeful job in displaying this piece as it was hung behind glass where you could get right up close to the front & also they had glass sections on the back so you could see the paper pieces. One of my other favs is a more modern piece by Janey Forgan called Liberty Jack. This was made using Liberty prints & all in the shapes of the Union Jack. I managed to sneak a picture of this one... it was also one of Kelly's favourites.
I bought a few little bits in the shop. A new thimble, a set of coasters, a pack of postcards & my favourite purchase... a fat quarter bundle of Liberty Prints inspired by the exhibition. It took me ages to decide which bundle to have & I chose this one as it has a mixure of prints that I really like & some that I wouldn't usually have picked.

Unfortunately I have no stitching updates to share with you. I've done a little stitching over the last couple of weeks but nothing to warrant a pictures. Maybe over the weekend I'll make enough progress to share with you.

Happy Stitching :-)

Hat Number 3 & Some Stitching :-)

2010-05-23T20:16:00.004+01:00

Evening all.
Well today was the day, it was our Race For Life & this the part where I get to show you Hat Number 3 that was puchased this week. Here it is:

Isn't it the most wonderful sequined pink sunvisor ever??? They were a whole £2 from Primark & I was well impressed with my bargain puchase. In case you were wondering I'm in pink, number 243. From left to right is 244 Lyn Moore (Cousin & Godmummy), 245 is Tia Moore (Cousin & Goddaughter) & 246 Joanna Fowler (Bestest Mate). Here we are at the end of the race wearing our medals with pride. It was really hot, a whopping 26 degrees so not really that great for jogging so we did a mixture of walking & jogging & finished with a time of 55 minutes. More pictures to be uploaded to Facebook in the next couple of days.

Now for the stitching update. I took with me a little Lizzie*Kate design that I started a couple of months back. It was one of my 4 week rotation peices but since I got into the quilting as well my stitching rotation appears to have gone to pot! Quite fittingly the design is called Peace, Love & A Cure. It was one that I bought at Ally Pally last October & the colours are lovely. I think I have the last progress picture on the right side bar at the moment as a folder cover so you can see how much I managed to get done in the car on the way too & from the Race For Life. I'm quite pleased, hopefully I'll get it back in the rotation & finished up.

Happy Stitching & Good Night :-)

One Week.... Three Hats :-)

2010-05-21T14:41:00.007+01:00

Hat Number 1
Earlier in the year my friend Franney & I went to the Sandown Park craft fair & I was lucky enough to be granted a wish of a new hat made by Franney... all I had to do was pick the yarn :-) This week my hat was completed, our Wednesday sewing day saw the final stitches knitted up on my new hat & it was trying it on time...... Perfect... I love it. The colours, the size, everything. It's wonderful, what do you think?

Hat Number 2
This week the weather over here suddenly took a turn for the better, someone switched on summer. Yesterday we saw temperatures of about 25c. I fished out the twins sun hats & sun cream & then went on the hunt for my sun hat. Well I couldn't hunt forever as I was due out, for a picnic in the sunshine. I headed down to town & on route to the picnic bought myself a nice new sunhat.... to start with a picked up a white version but then just as I was about to pay I spotted this version (the photo makes it look lighter than it actually is) & thought it was much more "me". I totally love it & I do believe it will look fabulous when I'm on my holiday next month... yay, just 30 days to go :-)

Hat Number 3
I think you'll just have to wait until after my Race For Life to see hat number 3.

Happy Sunshine Stitching :-)

My Race For Life & A New Kit :-)

2010-05-20T14:06:00.004+01:00

Last week was horrendously busy for me. It was the twins 2nd birthday on Tuesday & just as I was getting them dressed in their lovely party outfits & find that Hannah has the chicken pox :-( nightmare, we have 10 toddlers due in a couple of hours along with their parents. Well lucky enough we had a mixture of party guests that had either A) already had the Pox or B) wanted their little angels to get the Pox so the twins weren't alone. On the plus side Robert got the chicken pox too so after a week of dealing with 2 very unhappy toddlers we are now back to "normal".

Also last week my poorly Aunt lost her battle against cancer & past away. It was a bit of a relief towards the end but obviously still very sad. You may remember that I signed up to the Race For Life this year in the name of my Aunty & it is a shame that she wasn't still with us to see me run that race for her. Less than 2 weeks after her passing & I will be doing my race. It's this Sunday, I hope to do her proud.

I recently bought a nice new cross stitch kit too. "Remember Me" is a wonderful little sampler designed by Diane at Little House Needleworks Exclusively for Elegant Stitch. All proceeds from the sale of this kit go towards research & education in the fight against breast cancer. It's finished into a lovely little cushion which is also part of the kit. Details of the kit can be found here.

Happy Stitching :-)

Christmas Design SAL Update

2010-05-10T13:18:00.003+01:00

Here's the latest update of my Christmas Design SAL. I'm pleased with my progress & have been making all the targets I've set myself each month, except maybe this month.... I've left my stitching at my mums :-(

Happy Stitching :-)

A Win, A Surprise & A Sewing Project

2010-04-29T13:52:00.006+01:00

Yesterday when I got home there was a little white envelope on my mat. I was pathetically excited to get it open as I knew what it was. Last week I won a giveaway on Carols blog, iStitch. It's the most wonderful little scissor fob & along with it in the jiffy bag is some pure silk hand-dyed threads from Dinky Dyes... what a wonderful surprise.

If you get chance please stop by at Carols iStitch blog, she is a wonderful designer & has created some beautiful samplers. I have some of them myself sitting in my "to do" folder & have promised myself I won't buy anymore until I've done at least one.... it is hard though as they are soooooo nice.

I have another photo to share with you, this is my latest sewing project. Nothing too big or exciting but I thought they were quite nice. Double sided fabric bookmarks. These were my first attempt at the bookmarks so hopefully they will improve.

My end game here is to gradually get enough little sewn items together to do a craft fair or indoor market type thing. This is why the cross stitch has taken a bit of back seat but it is still getting done. I am enjoying doing work with lots of different fabrics & shapes, I've also learnt alot about my sewing machine since January & I'm loving it.

Happy Stitching :-)

Fabric Scrap Challenge

2010-04-19T21:20:00.005+01:00

Last week my friend Fran & I went on a trip to The World Of Sewing, it's about a 45min drive from here but with the traffic we encountered it was more like 1hr 45min. We were on the hunt for sewing machine accessories, trimmings, fabrics & a general browse to see what other goodies we could find. After that we headed over to C&H Fabrics for the exact same thing.

We came back with lots of bits & bobs for our sewing & in our new stash we had both picked up the same scrap bag of fabric bits. Three different colours of fabric. Fran happen to suggest that we have a challenge between us to see what we can both make with our scraps. After looking at the size of our scraps we decided it was acceptable in the challenge to add other fabrics to it.

Well here is my finish challenge piece... or pieces :-)

The fabric that I used in the middle & the ends was one that I added. The other three were from the scrap bag I bought with Fran. I decided to make two bags because I bought two zips, I really liked the idea of a red zip but wasn't sure if the colour was right so I bought a cream one too & both were perfect. I guess that means I have one bag for myself & one to sell.

Happy Stitching :-)

Finally... I'm back!

2010-04-19T12:01:00.005+01:00

Is it just me or did the Easter Holidays seem to take forever to go by?? The twins nursery isn't open during school holidays so my one day a week for stitching has been lost. Not only that but none of the playgroups are open during holidays either.... it's been busy...busy...busy with twins around here.

Now to get back to some serious stuff... the stitching!

Only one picture to share with you at the moment & thats my TUSAL picture. I finally managed to take it on the right day but haven't got around to posting it until now. The light threads near the top are all from my Sampler Quilt & the dark purple on top is also from the quilt. Above that is from the Christmas Design SAL.

Back to my stitching for a while now. I'm busy making up a little zip up bag & it's time for the zips... this could go one of two ways so wish me luck.

Happy Stitching :-)

Patience!

2010-03-29T14:03:00.006+01:00

Patience is something that I don't really have much of & considering how little I have I am surprised that I get any stitching completed at all. As you know every Monday evening I've been off to an evening quilt class where I've working on Roberts sampler quilt. Every day I go i've been admiring a quilt they had hanging up advertising a Saturday workshop. Well at the last minute I booked myself up for the days course & took myself off last Saturday to spend the day sewing.
Our tutor for the day was the much published & author of her own book Quilting-on-the-go, Carolyn Forster. The quilt for the day is called Patience Corner Quilt.

There were six of us taking the class, a real mix of experienced quilters to the complete beginner. Carolyn was excellent & took the time to explain even the most basic parts of getting started. I was impressed with how the quilt top came together so quickly. The 9 patch start seems to give so many alternative patterns, I can't wait to get going on some more variations. As you can see from the pictures I chose a mixture of pinks & lilacs as this one is to be a quilt for Hannah.
The first quilt here top left is Carolyns quilt, the one that I admired every week for 9 weeks :-) Carolyn asked us to lay out what we'd completed during the day so that we could all see what everyone else has done, she is here at the head of the table. Some lovely coloured quilt tops, it's always really nice to see how everyones quilts turn out, especially as we've all done the same pattern but they took totally different.

Here are my completed blocks.

A very successful day, it was over far too quickly. A huge thank you to Carolyn Forster. So many little details that she mentioned throughout the day really made me think about the projects I'm doing & intend to do, so much so that some of them I have already changed thread colours & fabric placement etc.

This evening I have the last of my evening classes over at Thread Bear & will hopefully have a picture to show you later this week of Roberts Sampler Quilt. I know that I will stand & admire the next quilt Carolyn is to teach on a one day class, it's called Star & Lattice. They've hung it in exactly the same place that the Patience quilt was. I shall just avoid looking.

I may even get to post some cross stitch updates later this week. I have totally lost my Monday stitching day for 3 weeks now as the twins nursery is closed for 2 weeks over Easter & then another Monday for staff training... oh how I wish they'd do the training on a Friday!!!

Thats it for now... I'm off to play with new obsession of Selvage Edge Quilts. Thank you again Mrs Forster!!

Happy Stitching :-)

Woohooo..... A Finish :-)

2010-03-11T13:50:00.007Z

Here it is... my first finish of 2010 & it just happen to also be my January 1st Challenge piece for the stitching group I follow.

Sweet Dreams by

Cinnamon Cat
January 1st Challenge Piece
Completed March 10th

Happy Stitching :-)

More Wonky-ness & Christmas Design Update!

2010-03-10T13:55:00.004Z

Looks like I've now finished all of the centre parts of Roberts quilt & this week I have to start sewing them all together. I finally got around to taking pictures of the past two weeks work. The first is rather like a wonky chess board.

The second is Wonky Logs & this was completed Monday & I've already trimmed these ones ready to be stitched.

My other update is on the Christmas Design SAL. I still really love stitching this on the first week of the month & again this month I've managed to complete my goal that I set. Roll on next month :-)
This weeks stitching is on the little Sweet Dreams mini sampler for Robert & with not much left to complete I am hoping to share a picture with you before the week is out. Then I just have to choose which project to start next..... so much choice!!!!

Happy stitching :-)

Riding along

2010-03-01T11:56:00.008Z

Last week I was stitching on two different designs. One of them I can't share with you as it's a gift for someone that visits my blog on occasion. The other is my HAED Dragon Riders. I haven't made great progress & I haven't even finished one page yet but I am really pleased with what was about 2 evenings stitching. I took the fabric off of my large frame & started using my 8in Q-snap which is what I use for most of my stitching & suddenly my stitching on it became a whole lot quicker :-)
Apologies for the slightly blurry photo.

My other picture this wonderfully sunny Monday is the latest panel in my Sampler quilt. I have to say it was the most fiddly thing I've done to date. It does look really lovely but when I come to make another one for Hannah there is no way I'm going to be making the bias stems, she can have just flowers. The stems were a nightmare, I certainly didn't enjoy making them but I am pleased with the result.

Being the first week of the month means that this week I am joining my friends over at Dragon My Needle for our Christmas Design SAL. I lovveee this SAL so I've got my drink, my snacks, my Waltons on the DVD player & my fabric in hand.

Happy stitching everyone :-)

Sweet Dreams & TUSAL

2010-02-22T10:49:00.007Z

No posts from me during the last week as it was half term & we had visitors. It means that my stitching room was converted to "the guest room" for a while & since this is where my PC is as well I was unable to have much access.

I decided to stitch on Sweet Dreams for the full week as it's quite small & meant I could easily stitch on it downstairs without the need for my frame. I've made excellent progress, really pleased. I only have the bottom couple of stars & the birth details to put on. I've been so tempted to just continue on it until it's finished, especially as I haven't had a finish in a while, but I think it's important to rotate the projects to keep the enthusiasm alive. I'll be really looking forward to stitching on it again as I know it'll be almost finished.

Here's my latest TUSAL picture (I know... late again!). Not all that different from the last one but you will see all of the blues & yellows on top from the Sweet Dreams that I've just been doing.

Back at Quilt class this evening so hopefully will have a new panel to share with you soon. Not sure what I'm going to stitch on this week in the way of cross stitch, most likely to be me HAED Dragon Riders but I'll have to wait & see.

If you fancy a chance at a giveaway then pop over to Sarah's blog Craftymoo, she's having a giveaway to celebrate her blogoversary. Congrats to Sarah.

Happy stitching :-)

Quilt Catch Up

2010-02-15T21:04:00.008Z

Another two parts of my Sampler Quilt are now finished. Both are versions of Layering & Slashing. The first is three layers with sections cut back to reveal the lower layers.
The second is a Chenille style of Layering & Slashing. An extra layer of fabric has been put into this one to make the chenille extra soft & fluffy feeling. One of my stitching lines went slightly wonky on this one & I was going to unpick it to have another go but have instead decided to leave it. This is my first quilt so maybe it'll be nice to one day look back at the imperfections.
This week I'm already making great progress on Roberts Sweet Dreams sampler. Bless him, he is feeling much better & is back to a lovely 12 hour night time sleep :-) Hopefully the coughs & colds will be over soon & Spring will finally be with us!

My Race For Life sponsorship is going well & I'm hoping to get some serious training in... just as soon as it stops snowing. Of course it does mean that I'm going to have to stitch the wonderful Lizzie*Kate design Peace, Love & A Cure... what luck... I just happen to have all the threads I need :-)

Happy Stitching everyone, Sweet Dreams update soon.

That Friday Feeling

2010-02-12T22:03:00.006Z

It's been a busy week. Both babies have had a cold but little Robert in particular has had the most awful cough & sore throat so night time waking is once again upon us. Bit of a shock to the system when you've been used to them sleeping a good 12 hours for such a long time!

I did manage to get some stitching done. I've completed the next part of my Christmas Design SAL for Yoyo's group.

I've also got 2 updates on my quilt to share but they'll have to wait until over the weekend some time. One of them is complete but the other one I'm not quite happy with so I'm going to frog a portion of the stitching & change it slightly.

I discovered today on Facebook a Cross Stitch SAL group & this weekend is their monthly SAL. From Friday to Monday you all stitch together & post pictures of your start & finish of the weekend. I shall give that a go using the Sweet Dreams star that's my 2010 Challenge piece. I hope to carry on that for the whole week as it's half term here so the twins aren't at nursery & we also have visitors midweek so my stitching room will temporarily become The Guest Room :-(

Anyone for a jog???

2010-02-07T20:03:00.004Z

A quick update this Sunday evening & not a stitching one either.

I've signed up to the Race For Life this year. I'll be running (maybe even jogging... maybe even walking!) 5k on 23rd May in Southend-on-sea to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Everyone knows a friend or family member who has battled Cancer, some sucessfully & others not quite so fortunate. My family has a mixture of both, some survivors & one in particular on the verge of loosing her battle any day now. My Race For Life will be for her, my Aunty.

Wish me luck :-)

Quilt Update

2010-02-03T10:30:00.004Z

Ok here we are. The first picture is of Heart Blocks that were completed last week. They are four patchwork hearts which have then been appliqued onto the green. I believe they'll be positioned in the quilt in twos.

The next part is Quick Crazy Blocks. I really like this & I'm not sure the colour translates that well on screen but I threw a dark purple into the mix of colours & it has little gold stars on it. It looks fabulous, I really love it.

On the stitching front I am totally engrossed in my Christmas Design SAL. It's the first week of the month & that means a group of us all stitching our christmas designs together. I love it, I really do. I can't wait to see what I manage to get stitched this week but at the same time I don't want the week to end so I can just carry on :-)

Happy stitching :-)

Starry Update & TUSAL

2010-01-28T22:43:00.007Z

A small update for you on my Sweet Dreams star. This of course is my 2010 Challenge piece. I was going to stitch it steadily & take my time but I have to admit when I see people completing up to their 5th item for this year already it does kind of make me want to finish it sooner rather than later. After that the thoughts of what to stitch next come flooding into my mind & then nothing gets stitched as I'm too busy adding to my ever growing stash :-)

The 2nd update today is on my Totally Useless SAL. I was supposed to post a picture about 2 weeks ago now but I was struggling to find a glass to put the threads in. Well I finally found something. A little glass jar. It's not what I was ideally looking for but it's cute & dumpy. I did think that maybe it'll be temporary jar & i'll keep looking for what I really wanted but then I thought no... this is what I've chosen, if I find something else that I like then it'll just have to wait until next year :-)

Happy Stitching :-)

My First Quilt

2010-01-23T22:55:00.005Z

Here we are, a quick picture of what I did last week at my quilting class. The first part of my Sampler Quilt, it's called a Wonky Star. I haven't got off to the greatest start with it but I'm not going to frog it. I quite like it & hopefully my little boy will too :-)

I have a new quarter inch foot for my sewing machine & a couple of fabric prints which I think work perfectly with the three that I'd already chosen (the three original ones are across the top in the image below)..... what do you think?

I'm having a bit of a quandary at the moment. It's regarding my christmas stitching. Now I love my christmas cross stitch, it's my favourite type of stitching, the colours & designs are fabulous & always make me smile. Anyway, I'd like to know what people think about keeping christmas designs up all year around. Do you consider them to be just another lovely design that deserves it's place or are they classed as decorations & should only be displayed at holiday time?? Let me know what you do or would do?

Happy Stitching :-)

Big Project.... Small Start!

2010-01-21T21:37:00.004Z

I totally didn't get chance to blog this Monday. We had a plumber here all day giving the central heating a power flush so my day was distrupted to say the least.

On Monday evening I started a patchwork/quilting course at the store Thread Bear in Surrey. It's a sampler quilt that I'll be creating over 10 weeks & you can see the sort of thing I'll be making here. I'll get a picture on soon.

Now on to the BAP. In case you didn't know, many moons ago I started my muched loved Heaven And Earth Design. Of course it fell by the wayside & found itself on the pile (more like an entire room now) labelled UFO. When getting back into my stitching I was desperate to get going again on the HAED only to find that I just couldn't. Further investigation led me to realise it was the fabric that I didn't like. I just wasn't happy working on the 25ct over 1. DH bought me some lovely new fabric in a more respectable 18ct & now I've finally started again. OK so it's not a massive start but I am enjoying it & I'm enjoying seeing it grow... all be it slowly :-)

I'm off to Sandown Park tomorrow with my good friend over at A Yen For Yarn. We're browsing the Stitch & Creative Crafts Show..... fingers crossed I come back with goodies :-)

Happy Stitching

Pleasing Progress

2010-01-11T20:59:00.005Z

I've had a really lovely stitching day, lots of progress & lots of updates to share with you.

Whilst I was enjoying this years first episode of Larkrise to Candleford I decided to stitch on my 2010 Challenge piece, Sweet Dreams. Only an hours worth of stitching but I'm happy with the progress.

The next update is on Yoyo's Christmas Design SAL. I haven't set myself any monthly targets but I have to say I'm really happy with the amount I've done for January & I'm looking forward to next months stitching week.

My other update today is that I cut the fabric for my HAED Dragon Riders & made a new start on it. No picture on this one yet but hopefully soon.

Happy Stitching all :-)

Stitching Monday

2010-01-11T10:13:00.004Z

Just a small post this morning. The twins are off at nursery so it's my stitching Monday :-)

I have an update picture to post later with my progress on Yoyo's Christmas Design SAL. We stitched for a week together & will continue to do so once a month until our designs are completed & hanging on the wall next christmas... well thats the plan anyway!

This morning I've done the tidying (most of it!), put the washing on, filled up the bird feeder & made myself a cuppa. I'm going to do an hour of a project downstairs watching Larkrise To Candleford & then hopefully cut the fabric ready to get started on my HAED Dragon Riders later today upstairs whilst probably watching some more of the 3rd series of Little House On The Prairie.

Now all I have to do is choose my next hours project.. will it be one of my two UFO SAL projects, the 2010 Challenge project or the Festive Biscornu. I'll keep you guessing for now & post an update pic later.

2010 - A New Start

2010-01-03T10:32:00.005Z

I was in two minds to do the 2010 Challenge this year. In 2008 I didn't finish either of the pieces that I started for the challenge & in 2009 I didn't even sign up for any. But having spent the latter half of 2009 getting myself back into my all time favourite past time I made a rather late decision to take part... and I did it... I started a nice new design on 1st January. It's Sweet Dreams by Cinnamon Cat & it's for my little boy.

I'm taking part in a few challenges this year & I'm looking forward to working on all of them. I have a 5 day cruise booked with my mum which we've already designated a "stitching holiday", I am sooooo looking forward to that... roll on June.

2009 Finishes
Baby Love by Cinnamon Cat. My only finish this year, my only finish for 2 years for that matter.

2010 Goals/Challenges
Ultimately to finish more than I did in 2009 :-)
Jan 1st Challenge - Sweet Dreams, Cinnamon Cat
UFO Challenge - Cindarella is Proof, Lizzie*Kate
Christmas Design SAL - Merry Christmas By The Letter, Lizzie*Kate
I've Started UFO - Was Christmas Trees but I think I'm going to change that this evening.
I would also like to complete the Festive Biscornu from Polstitches Designs & do at least one (if not two) pages on my HAED Dragon Riders.

Well there it is, that's what I would like to do, only time will tell if I get anywhere. I'll do my best to post regular updates & pictures. All pictures will be found in my WIP folder down the right hand side of my blog & once I get going I'll start a new folder for my HAED.

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

2009-12-26T20:56:00.004Z

I hope everyone has enjoyed christmas as much as I have.

Now that the twins are 20 months old the whole christmas concept is brilliant this year.... lets just say that they have "unwrapping gifts" down to a fine art now! Our modest house is like toy central, yet again, & in the evenings whilst they're sleeping we'll be having a toy cull. The toys that the twins have grown out of will be donated to Twins Club, Playgroup, our Dr's waiting room & my boot sale box.

I've had a few stitchery gifts this christmas & will at some point get around to taking a picture with my new camera.. yes that's right, DH bought me a nice shiny new camera, an IXUS 100 (an upgrade on my current IXUS40). I had some new fabric, a Lizzie*Kate Christmas Kit & a pull along trolley for my sewing machine :-)

I was well impressed with the trolley as it was a bit of a late addition to my christmas wish list (bit of an afterthought really). I've booked myself onto an evening course for quilting. Although I could probably get along fine with some patchwork & quilting I've never actually dabbled in it properly so from 18th Jan I'll be doing 10 weeks on a Monday evening hopefully making up my first quilt. The trolley will enable to me to take along my machines, fabrics & all the trimmings. I can't wait to get started.

I made a small start on Yoyo's Christmas SAL but then had to frog the lot as I'd completed messed it up. My own stupid fault, I just wasn't paying attention.... gutted... but I've already re-started.... 3rd time lucky :-)

Early Xmas Gift & a RAK

2009-12-09T11:12:00.006Z

With poorly twins there hasn't been much time for stitching this past couple of weeks but I did have a lovely surprise from DH the other day.

He was going to buy me some new 18ct fabric for my Dragon Riders HAED as a christmas present but the other day he left a package on my desk which contained none other than my new fabric :-)
I was over the moon, means that I can prepare the fabric all ready to get started. But that wasn't the end of the package. Also included was some new 16ct aida for me to use on the Christmas Design SAL. I'd previously bought cream but it was far to light & so far haven't made the trip to LNS to buy some more. DH ordered online & his comments were "I don't know if its the right colour as I had to guess but if not you can use it for some other projects". How wonderful is he??? don't you all want one just like him??? The colour seems perfect.

Next is the small amount of progress that I've made on the Polstitches Designs Festive Biscornu. It's a really lovely design that was featured in Issue 178 (Dec 2009) of Cross Stitch Collection. Polstitches are selling a materials pack for just £9.50 that includes the fabric, threads, beads & buttons to complete the biscornu. I know my progress isn't that great but it's already looking really pretty. The front & back designs are slightly different, I thought that was a really nice touch :-)

One more picture to show you today & that's an update on my latestest UFO project which is Cinnamon Cats Christmas Trees. Again not much progress here but the tree is now complete & I just need to put the backstitch around it before continuing with the ribbon to the next tree. Apologies for the slightly blurry image... I must have wobbled!

Thats me done for now.... getting there :-)

Busy.... Busy.... Busy....

2009-12-05T14:18:00.004Z

So much happening at the moment in my world of stitching... or rather not happening as the case maybe!

Christmas Design SAL - With fabric & threads all ready I made a start on 1st December only to find that the cream I had decided to use was too pale :-( The recommended fabric is a 32ct Belfast Linen but I have quite a bit of linen that I'm working on at the moment so I thought some 16ct would be a bit easier & a welcome break from linens. I've been through my entire fabric stash & don't have anything darker than a cream. I even had my mum go through her fabric stash too & still no joy. Now I can't decide if I should order online or wait until I can get to a shop but I don't know quite when that will be.

HAED, Dragon Riders - After much deliberation I have decided to re-start my Dragon Riders. I only ever managed a fraction of page 1 when stitching on the 25ct over 1 & the more I think about it the reality is that I don't think I'll stitch any more. I've chosen some 18ct aida to re-start on. I know thats going to increase the size of the design dramatically but I have the perfect place for a lovely large picture to hang & how much better could it be than to hang a piece of my stitching :-)

Maybe later or tomorrow I'll post updates on the Festive Biscornu & my Christmas Trees UFO with pictures too. At the moment it's time the twins were up from their nap!

Christmas Design SAL

2009-12-01T14:25:00.003Z

Today is the first day of Yoyo's christmas SAL. I have the fabric & threads ready & I'm good to go... hopefully by the weekend I'll be able to show you the start :-)

What A Find :-)

2009-11-27T13:51:00.004Z

A couple of days ago I was working my way around the world via blogs came across this stunning design.... it's called Sew Winter.

Isn't it wonderful? Upon further investigation I came across the design available at just $4 direct from the designer. Not only that but other designs that are equally as stunning. I was quite taken aback when I found that the designer was not only here in the UK but in my home county of Kent.

There is the promise of new charts to come so if you're taken with these as much as I am then support a new designer :-)

>>>> iStitch Charts <<<<

Christmas Design SAL

2009-11-25T21:39:00.006Z

Right... I'm almost ready to make a start on the Christmas Design SAL. Annoyingly I went out to buy some of the Weeks Dye Works threads today only to find that the store didn't have all that I needed. I did manage to get a piece of fabric. I originally thought I wouldn't have to buy fabric but alas I just don't have the right size piece.

This is what I'll be stitching for the SAL & hopefully this time next year it'll be hanging on a wall somewhere in my home :-)

UFO v's SAL

2009-11-19T21:31:00.007Z

Following the finish of Baby Love I've spent a week trying to pick a new UFO to work on. The winner is Christmas Trees... also by Cinnamon Cat.

The other thing I've come across is a new SAL (courtesy of Dragon My Needle & via the Speedy Stitcher). It's due to start on 1st December & it's called Christmas Design SAL. I've sorted out a christmas design & the idea is that I stitch on it every month for a year & by this time next year I'll have a lovely new design to hang..... fingers crossed anyway! My chosen design for this is Lizzie*Kate - Merry Christmas - By The Letter. Now all I need to do is sign up for the SAL & order the fabric & threads for a new start... yay :-)

A Finish :-)

2009-11-11T22:22:00.004Z

It's late & I'm tired so just a quick post to share a picture. My first finished piece of cross stitch for at least 18 months. I am well chuffed & can't wait to enjoy another.

Happy Halloween

2009-10-30T21:43:00.003Z

Due to a week of houseguests I haven't managed a single stitch. Hopefully next week I'll back on track.

In the meantime I thought I'd share a piece of stitching with you that I completed in 2004. It's a lovely chart by Bent Creek & very popular... especially at this time of year :-)

Almost Done

2009-10-21T21:40:00.006+01:00

I've been busy :-)

"Baby Love" has suddenly come to life with a bit of backstitch, not much left now. I was hoping to get it finished next week but we have house guests so you'll have to just watch this space for further progress.

My other finish is not cross stitch related but is instead a little bag. A baby tote measuring 8 inches square & made using some fabric that I had "in stock" :-)

Our little room which has housed our computers since we moved in is rapidly becoming my new craft/stitching room. We've moved a drop-side table from downstairs up here which is now the new home for my sewing machine & either side of the table I have 2 of my stitching boxes. DH was kind enough to put up 2 new shelves above my desk so I have DMC Gold Concept thread folders on the top shelf along with a folder containing charts from some magazines & a selection of books that include knitting, quilting & cross stitch (& some World of Warcraft books... loosely craft related!!). I'm feeling quite at home :-)

New Stash :-)

2009-10-12T14:42:00.006+01:00

Last week I once again added to my 'to do' list. It was the long awaited visit to The Knit & Stitch Show held at Alexandra Palace. It was a lovely day, we were lucky enough to get a parking space right outside the main doors, any closer & we'd have been in the foyer!

Baa Baa Black Sheep Kit - Historical Sampler Company
Happy Christmas Kit - Michael Powell, Little Gems

Christmas Is... Chart - Lizzie Kate
You Can Touch The Dust... Chart - Lizzie Kate
Merry Christmas Charts - Lizzie Kate
Peace, Love & A Cure Chart - Lizzie Kate
Snowman style bellpull wire
Threads from The Gentle Art & Weeks Dye Works

Now all I need is a few more days without the twins or a much longer day!!