tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90660376481325779502024-03-13T09:22:54.399+00:00XXXStitchingXXXStitching (Emma)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10246410323906196210noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066037648132577950.post-47643972458289622202014-07-04T20:08:00.000+01:002014-07-04T20:08:13.526+01:00Rotation progress aplentyAs promised, I'm back with more updates. This time I'm going to focus on my rotation pieces. I have five spaces in my rotation so these are the on going projects and I will leave the newer projects in the rotation for another update.<br />
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Firstly Kingfisher in flight as I last showed it:<br />
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I got a page finished and a good start on the next one. It's just coming along nicely.<br />
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Next Starry Night. I went from this:<br />
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To this:<br />
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This was a struggle, I really wanted to just put it to one side and leave it but after talking to a few people online I decided to carry on and at least try to do a little bit. I came out of stitch and park I think it was taking the flow out of it. And I have been pleased to have managed to progress This far:<br />
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This last rotation on it I actually started to enjoy it a bit better and someone did point out that once I finish this page I will be halfway. That kinda sounds great!<br />
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Then there is Spirit of the Season as it was before:<br />
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I keep thinking oooo I'm nearly there but I look again and there is still a ton to do. This maybe explains why my younger self consigned it to UFO standing. I am enjoying it and looking forward to actually getting there lol</div>
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<br />XXXStitching (Emma)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10246410323906196210noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066037648132577950.post-65044949322237483142014-07-01T11:03:00.000+01:002014-07-01T11:03:08.741+01:00Lost in stitchesI know! I know! I have been terrible for getting round to updating my blog.<br />
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Partially because of laziness, partially looking after my crazy tots, partially broadband problems and partially it then just became a mammoth task.<br />
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I have it all worked out now and it's going to come in sections to get back up to speed.<br />
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Firstly I finished the Love Tree not long after my last post. I rather aptly finished it on Easter day.<br />
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It was a total joy to stitch and grew fast. Bothy Threads have some great kits and they are lovely to use, the colours are fantastic and the designs are fresh and different.</div>
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Speaking of which after a recent trip to Manchester my MIL turned up with this</div>
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She had liked it and was asking if I'd stitch it for her. She did say I could say no, but that wasn't really and option now was it lol<br />
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Coming soon I will get posts sorted for all my minis, stash additions and progress on my rotations.<br />
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Keep stitching xxxXXXStitching (Emma)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10246410323906196210noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066037648132577950.post-76230153260906314242014-04-17T14:16:00.001+01:002014-04-17T14:16:53.348+01:00bumper update!Right this is going to be a bumper update. I seem to have been lacking and a naughty blogger. I hope you will forgive me. I have limited time and every time I sit down it has been stitch or blog? So I am sure you will forgive my dilemma.<br />
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I wish the app on the phone worked better for blogger that would make things a lot easier!!!<br />
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I will try and bring you up to speed with everything. Before this months IHSW be sure to click on the crab to join.<br />
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I joined another SAL. I know I know! After crazy Jan 2012 I swore no more and this year so far I have joined 2. IHSW but then that is all about squeezing extra stitches in which is what I am all about any way. And the second is the Joan Elliot one. I love her designs and was really tempted with this one but had held off. Then my three year old started peeking at my stitching and saying mammy I want a Dragon. So how could I resist any longer. So here is the first piece a dragon as requested my munchkin 1.<br />
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I changed the odd colour from the chart to what I had in my stash. I now have the Unicorn to do.<br />
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I got these bits for Mother's day from the munchkins <br />
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And seen as I now have birthday money to spend I have been looking at kitting up the Angel along with a couple other charts I have.<br />
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Now I have done a few rotations but I think maybe blogging after each move is too taxing. So I have a few progress pics to show.<br />
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Here is my progress on Spirit of the Season<br />
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I have to say I am loving getting there with this one.<br />
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I have also made some more progress on Starry Night<br />
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I am still struggling with this one. It is going to be my labour of love I think. It looks amazing and will be great when finished but boy what a pain to stitch. <br />
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This is the progress from my new addition to the rotation Kingfisher in flight. This is from the Crazy Jan 2012 pile.<br />
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Here it is as I picked it up from its crazy start<br />
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Love the colours and its a nice stitch once I got past that the 34 cm square design is over 6 pages. I was a bit fuddled to start even though I have already completed the hummingbird in this set. I have settled into it once I decided to stick to a page at a time. <br />
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I will give you all a sneaky peek at my Love tree. It's onto the backstitching.<br />
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How much difference does the backstitching give to this design!!</div>
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Hopefully I won't leave it as long to update you all. In my defence this year I have already matched my total finishes from last year. I think adding the mini kits during the day has made a huge difference. That and my munchkins are getting bigger. Last year I had a total of 19 cross stitch finishes, 3 of which were large/medium (Birth sampler, World of sarah kay and Motherly Devotion)<br />
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This year it's only April and I have finished 20 cross stitch pieces of which 3 are large/ medium (Thimble Fairy, Gingerbread houses and In the Arms of an angel) <br />
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I think also it is proof that my rotation is paying off. I'm starting to see the results now!!!!!<br />
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IHSW is doing it for me. I have gone from this to finished on this rotation of the gingerbread houses. And I had already started this cover kit years ago but got it out and finished it off. Im really pleased with getting two finishes. </div>
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Since IHSW I have been making good progress. Plenty to show firstly I finished the keyring I had started.</div>
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I completed the rotation on Spirit of the season. I am glad to be coming out of the blue section on the right. I was getting a bit worn out of the blueness. But that's the beauty of. Rotation I can have a break.</div>
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I have finished another couple of minis.</div>
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And seriously here it is folks, the biggest happy dance!!!!! In arms of an Angel is finished.</div>
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So here it is my first IHSW. I was scared off stitch alongs since I took part in crazy Jan 2012. I'm still dealing with the fall out of that :/</div>
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Mind it has been anything but sore bum weekend for me, squeezing stitches in when I can and look Joysze look what's happened, munchkins running riot!!!!</div>
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Lol only joking this they managed in a minute. I snatch my stitching moments when I can anyways, so I thought I'd show the variety of situations in which I stitch.</div>
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Like I said anything but sore bum. I carried on with my usual rotation on an evening and the mini during the snatched minutes.</div>
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I had this mini already started</div>
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It's now finished.</div>
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It took more stitching than you'd think. But worth the effort and I love the colours.</div>
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I also was most of the way into the rotation on gingerbread houses. Here is where I was up to </div>
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I do love the stitching on these just hope I can get the construction figured out.</div>
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I started a new mini and this is as far as I got this weekend.</div>
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I moved onto Spirit of the Season for it's next rotation. Over the weekend it has gone from this:</div>
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Not a huge amount but progress. I will be continuing for its full ten hours.</div>
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In addition to all this stitching my order arrived of my stuff for Valentine's Day from the hubby.</div>
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Why have I not had one of these in my life before? It's amazing I love it, no more needle lost in the edge of my fabric, or precarious placed between my teeth.</div>
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It's a piece of my Grandma's stitching and I found it in a luggage label on her trolley that I have inherited. She put it there so she knew that was her trolley but it made me smile to find some stitching in a random place.</div>
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Firstly here is the new addition to the rotations. Love Tree by Bothy Threads.</div>
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I finished the last of the patchwork cards.<br />
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So that's all four in the set finished. I feel like I am doing well chalking up the finishes this year. It is really exciting to feel this productive.</div>
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Thimble Fairy found her place on the wall and I am really enjoying seeing her every day. I think she is one of my favourite finishes in a while.</div>
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I also had the most proudest mama moment. When my eldest (just coming up 3) Jumped on my lap one evening, stole my stitching and carried on.</div>
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So cute I could cry!!! Ok he didn't have it right but he had the technique. And here is our finished collaboration of the flower brooches.<br />
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He also announced that he wanted a Lion. So I had a rummage for him in my stash and found and stitched a lion for him. He is over the moon. Really touching to have someone that excited for a finished piece, he was literally hopping round the room squealing Vinnie's Lion!!!!</div>
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I really like it but boy was the putting together tricky and it looks a lot shabbier and wonky in real life than it does in the pics. I am tempted to take it apart and try again. Although as my grandma always said (and a good friend reminded me) its flaws give it character. So I'm going to let it sit while I stitch the other one up and see if I get any better techniques going I might have an adjust on this one and maybe some distance will give me a better feeling for it.</div>
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Firstly I have finished the last of the reindeer cards. So with all three done from the cover kit. I'm chalking that up as a finish.<br />
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In the Arms of an Angel has had ten hours so here is the before:<br />
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I can't get over how beautiful this is. She has been a pleasure to stitch and I can't wait to get back round to her again. I'm at that goosebumps stage as well thinking that she is starting to get very close to being a finish.</div>
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After finishing the reindeer cards. I have started another pack of cover kit cards. There are four in this set so here is the first three finished.</div>
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I know they are free so shouldn't grumble but it is very frustrating. I did as you can see have the colour match in the stash. I have checked to see I have the red before I started the strawberry and I do. I did have to sub a few bits on the flower to finish that as well.<br />
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I also whipped up this card using a stitched button. I loved doing this and it was super quick stitch. I think I can see more buttons in my future!<br />
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I have done my first full row and a square using the stitch and park. I'm finding it difficult to be disciplined to stick to it and not drift with my colours. But overall it is combating confetti stress and I feel a lot better carrying on with this one. Which is great seen as I was struggling before.</div>
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I have everything in zip bags for each project and the tubs of threads. This means that as I finish a stint I have an easy swap around for the next one. A few odds and ends end up in there over time but generally it keeps the current projects nice and to hand.</div>
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Things have calmed after last weeks stash gremlin. I managed to find the DMC colour match for the missing green after some rummaging. So I was able to continue on with the Spirit of the Season.</div>
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I have found a new lease of life for these minis for during the day as they are a nice small size to keep in check while small fingers are about. Although it is a bit hard when the dinosaur takes a fancy to your threads and sits on your chart.</div>
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Keep stitching...XXXStitching (Emma)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10246410323906196210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066037648132577950.post-33235213873594237542014-01-23T17:18:00.000+00:002014-01-23T17:18:03.805+00:00Beware the Stash GremlinI've been having a right one this last week and a bit. I seem to have a stash gremlin....and it's been messing with my rhythm. Proper giving me hell and a bit of the stitching blues.<br />
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I finished another Mill Hill kit Snow Crystals Aqua.</div>
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Over the years I have raided this box for the colours I have needed for other projects. So yep I know it's my own fault really. Fair enough I need to go through and check off what I have and what I need to order but I know I need at least a handful. OK so I'll leave this for now and come back to it when I have cash and time to sort an order for threads. </div>
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I have been enjoying a few of the facebook groups to do with stitching talking to everyone on there and seeing all the work. I recently found one for Joan Elliot's designs and I found that she has designed some dream catcher ones that I have stitched and I suddenly remembered I have had this in my stash as a UFO for years. It's one of Joan's I never realised and so in lieu of Tapestry Cat going back into UFO lurking, I thought perfect I'll be good not open anything new and finish this off.</div>
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And then It struck again. After a very slow start on it due to dreaded teething of both boys, meaning a stitch at a time. This resulted in a few frogging attacks as I'd come back and started in the wrong place.</div>
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I found the gremlin has stole the dark green!!!!!</div>
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So I'm hoing that when I sit down tonight I'm not going to have any more visits from this gremlin and it's gone back to hiding small people's socks. I can handle that lol</div>
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I did in the meantime, finish one of the three reindeer cards from a crossstitcher kit.</div>
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I finished the Mill Hill Noel treasured diamond kit.</div>
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I have to say it was a total pleasure to stitch. More beading than cross stitch but that was to be expected from Mill Hill. The picture doesn't do the beads justice they have a lovely sheen that will look great with the Christmas lights. I really enjoyed all the beading the instructions in the kit are fantastic, very concise and clear which I think added to the pleasure of stitching it up. I loved that the excess corners of fabric are turned in on the back to complete the diamond which means it is very economical on fabric and was a fun way to fix it together.</div>
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I also received the rest of my order from Sew and So. The love tree I am really looking forward to stitching!!!</div>
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In other stashing, Tesco's were selling bits and bobs on clearance and look what bargains I found.</div>
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It was a lovely stitch and the beading really finishes it off nicely. I just love the hand dyed colours of the crescent colours threads, they have wonderful variegation to them from being hand dyed so was a nice change to my usual DMC mainstay.</div>
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And my final high, She fits in the 75p frames like they were made for her, mount and all.</div>
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I was just trying her for size here and need to get the mount board etc out. In trying her though I found that the frames also have a void between the glass and the picture so I don't have to take the glass out the beads fit in the frame. So they were an even better bargain than I thought in the first place!!!!</div>
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I got most of my Christmas order through...drool!<br />
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I haven't made any stitching resolutions other than to stitch, stitch, stitch. And more importantly finish more stuff. Which looking back over this years finishes I have done pretty well. 2012 I have 7 finished, small wonder due to the arrival of my youngest that year. But 2013, I have totted up 19 finishes. A lot have been smaller finishes and of the three big finishes, two were started the year before, but I am still pleased with that. Check out the 2013 finishes tab at the top.</div>
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Here is my final finish of 2013. I finished this mini on New Years Eve.</div>
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I love the iridescent aida but the picture doesn't do it justice.</div>
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In light of my resolution to finish more, I found I had done all the cross stitch for these cards an age ago.</div>
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So I finished them off, making this my first finish of 2014.</div>
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I had started this bunny for my cousins expected bundle of joy due at the beginning of Feb. </div>
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As you can see it is completed as she decided she was going to make an early appearance and I had a rush on to get it finished.</div>
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It has been hard to find the odd spaces dotted around and dealing with all the confetti so just after I started the next page I decided I would give a bit of stitch and park a go. </div>
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So far It's been great, a much calmer way of stitching this confetti heavy piece. So I'm going to continue with it and see how I get on for this next page.<br />
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I got a few stitchy bits. Found this mug in sales for a pound so had to have it.</div>
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And here is my spoils from Santa. And I do have pennies so no doubt another stash addition is in order.</div>
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I mainly looked at mini kits as I have been enjoying doing some smaller ones and mostly got bits that will go on the tree next year.</div>
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And here is the finished Christmas Angel. Looks fab perched on the fireplace.</div>
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Firstly I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas!!!!</div>
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I've been full of festive busy so haven't had chance to update, so I have plenty to share stitchy wise too.</div>
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We have been getting into the spirit of the season. Especially yesterday we saw Santa's reindeer in the park and a Nativity carol service with a real donkey at a local church.</div>
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The boys both loved seeing the animals!</div>
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I received my order from Willow Fabrics for which I had a voucher from having my comment published in Cross stitch collection magazine.</div>
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This means I now have the threads I needed for a couple of projects that were on hold for the supplies.</div>
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So here is the Noel sachet finished:</div>
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Love the rich colours. I just need to find a minute to back it and stuff it. Then it can go with the Christmas Angel I had made.</div>
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I have finally put the finishings to the Madonna and Child.</div>
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They are now displayed together for the first time. I think they will become a treasured part of our decorations for years to come.</div>
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I've done quite a bit of Christmas crafting with the my boys. </div>
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Nanna and Grandpa visited and left a gingerbread house kit, which the boys loved making up.</div>
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You don't know how happy I am to have that border finally finished. In this rotation I have stitched and frogged it twice. I couldn't tell you how many times it has been frogged now. I knew from last time there was a mistake to compensate for. Fixing the mistake completely would involved taking out the whole of the outer border and the flowers at the bottom too. I think with it having been there for so many years that it would risk wrecking the fabric completely and not mention soul destroying to take it out. However once I finally got it worked out it is a minimal bodge to fix it. So next time I get this out it should be onwards and upwards towards no longer being my longest WIP lying around. <br />
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I charted this myself. I saw the quote on a plaque in a card shop a while ago and loved it, totally sums my house up. While I was charting it my son lined his foot up with the footprint...says it all really. I'm so pleased with how it has turned out. </div>
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I have finished the Christmas Houses.<br />
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These are one of my Grandma's makes, so I'm very happy they have found a home. Just maybe need to collect some holly to finish it off. </div>
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The advent calendar is out again and I've been having fun showing each pillow off each day on my xxxstitching facebook page.</div>
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It means now I don't need everyone out to have the sewing machine out as it has a table. I do keep it in the bag still at the moment in case of naughty fingers and the pincushions and scissors have a high shelf but easy to hand still. I think it's just more inspiring to have some bits out to look at every day, with the little ones I have to be careful to pack most stuff away.</div>
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Most of the left is filled in now. It has felt like a slog and I have wanted to start on more of the design than just finishing the page. But as hubby put it I'd just have more confetti to do at the end. I have struggled to get a rhythm going, I think matching the gaps with the chart after such a break hasn't done me any favours. Hopefully next rotation on this I can finish the page and then it will be like starting fresh to do the next one.</div>
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Just beautiful. And beautiful to stitch. I always thought Lavender & Lace looked complicated but really it hasn't felt like that. I think the beauty of the shading and detailing make it worthwhile. Also I find charts that you can stitch in focused sections always make the progress more marked.</div>
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Weather's starting to get colder which means more time indoors for the munchkins, so we turned our hands to some baking. </div>
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Don't think they have got the measuring down lol. Plum and Apple pies and made some saltdough with the spilt flour</div>
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I am starting to feel quite festive. Especially seen as Santa had left his reindeer outside at Christmas fair at the nearby stadium.</div>
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How cute. They were very friendly too. I think I was more excited to see them than the kids!!</div>
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Since finishing Joan Elliot's Madonna I have been having a bit of a sort and tidy. <br />
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I finished my memory angel<br />
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This will be for my Christmas memory angel to hold but I didn't have enough of the green on the bobbin. The perils of a project that uses three strands. <br />
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So it's on hold for now along with Thimble Fairy until I sort out ordering supplies. But with Christmas coming and wanting to get the monies worth on the postage I'm just collecting a list together to make an order.<br />
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1. In arms of An Angel- continuation<br />
2. Starry Night - that I have had stashed for a while now, I think it got put aside for Crazy January 2012<br />
3. Christmas Houses - I don't think that there is too much to finish on these but I didn't open the packet so we'll see when I get there.<br />
4. Gingerbread houses - I started these when I did crazy January 2012. I am really excited to see what the 3D cross stitch turns out like.<br />
5. Tapestry Cat - I am determined that this time it will get finished. I'm going to have to work out probably to fluff the mistake (check the labels to find the previous posts on this) I just don't think after all the time that the mistake has been there and how much frogging it would take to remove. I don't think I can feasibly do it without destroying it.<br />
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I still can't believe I'm still catching up with the fall out of Crazy January 2012 it wasn't a good option in many ways. <br />
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To recap I joined a SAL which in January 2012 which was to start a new project every day for the first 15 days of Jan. Then spend the year trying to finish them off. In all fairness this is what sparked the move from being a one at a timer to doing a rotation which has been a fantastic introduction to my stitching experience. But let's have a look at my Crazy 15.<br />
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1. Little Fairy - finished 2012</div>
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2. Royal Guard - finished 2012</div>
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3. Gift Tags - finished 2012</div>
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4. Winnie the Pooh - finished 2012</div>
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5. World of Sarah Kay - finished 2013</div>
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7. Felt Baubles - abandoned due to all the pieces of aida in the free kit had been cut skew</div>
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8. Christmas Tags - finished 2012</div>
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9. Christmas Ornies - no progress</div>
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11. Madonna and Child - finished 2013</div>
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Getting there I suppose and I have done other projects that have crept into my box over the course of the time. Maybe another year and I can have the crazy January hangover put to rest.</div>
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Joan Elliot Madonna and child are finished. It took an absolute mile of backstitch and tons of French knots and plenty of beading to finish. So just in need of a bit of a wash from the coffee staining which I'm so glad and lucky that it has come up a treat.</div>
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I can't wait to see her hung next to Father Christmas. I'll post when I get them together, but he's with the Christmas decs so won't be coming for a little while.</div>
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It was my father's birthday recently, the boys and I had fun making our own wrapping paper. It's turned out great. I think they will be on gift wrapping duty for Christmas.</div>
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One of his gifts was this book mark.</div>
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I had finished it a little while ago but I have had to wait for posting the picture until now.</div>
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I finally got the finishing touches to the first two memory angels, made with Grandma's clothes and stashed bots and bobs.</div>
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They have now flown off to their new homes. I just need a few finishing touches to mine and I can start all over again as I have orders coming in for more.</div>
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So with all these finishes I have tidied my work box up and I'm sorting out my stash for new pieces to come into rotation.</div>
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Hi I haven't got lost. It's been a while since I posted but I have got derailed off my rotation by back stitch.</div>
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I've got plenty to share but seen as it's been a little while I'll do the pics in date order.</div>
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I did get round to carving a pumpkin for the boys. Vincent is mad on angry birds and it was an easy one to achieve. I got plenty of pumpkin out as well with it being nice and ripe, so leaving it until last minute was worth it. Freezer full of pumpkin pies...mmmmm</div>
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All cross stitch completed...hooray! I had decided before I'd stick with any project to finish the back stitch hence the going missing this one has a ton. </div>
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I finished this cute freebie kit. And this little Easter bunny</div>
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Yes I know it's nearly Christmas. But I let the boys pick as they were hanging about when I was getting a new mini. They seem to like looking at the pictures and thought this bunny was cute.</div>
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So here is a sneak peek of where I'm getting to on the back stitch but like I say there's miles and then French knots and beading so it'll be a while longer.</div>
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I also got a mention in cross stitch collection for the disaster that this very project suffered, if you all remember. </div>
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I'm enjoying getting some big finishes going this year and I seem to be not doing shabby in the mini kit department either.</div>
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I have to say I'm in love with this Lavender and Lace In the Arms of an Angel.</div>
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It really is a joy to stitch. Here it is before this rotation:</div>
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I've mostly been up to the usual playground stuff. We did get fish and chips in the park on Saturday, it's the boys favourite. And we got to see the swans and cygnets again, the daddy swan came to see what we had to share too. I quite like crisp Autumn days and the storms didn't really reach us in the north or at least it's normally very windy here so didn't notice much difference lol</div>
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I completed the wooden keyring free kit from cross stitcher. </div>
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Looks pretty good. It used four strands to cover the wood. I love the vibrant blue on it. I'm sure it will make its way into someone's Christmas box this year. </div>
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I love Christmas but it certainly is more stressful with little people to sort. I think for me it's the pressure to fulfil the magic that I love and want my boys to have.</div>
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Well I did it the World of Sarah Kay is completed. Here it is:</div>
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So happy!!! A finish! A finish! Woop woop. I have made another slideshow click on the link below, to show progress photos from start to finish. I have no idea what I will be doing with this one but it was an enjoyable stitch.</div>
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They did give rather a lot of beads. I added extra onto the bow rather than French knots as chart only actually has ten on the parcel. Score for the stash I guess!!!</div>
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Our local park has illumination on at the moment. They used to have them when me and hubby were little but stopped for a while. It's so nice to be able to take our boys to see them. It's all Alice in wonderland themed, I love that story too. </div>
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Only thing was a shame we got cut short as the heavens opened. Think we'll go again. We had our youngest out on reins and he thought he was a total hero. He looks so funny being so small, but being an early walker he's really confident.</div>
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I've had some time on the memory angels. They all have faces and hair now. Just a few more embellishments and they'll be done.</div>
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I'm rather pleased with them. I know grandma would have loved them.</div>
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I think I will be sorting the cross stitch heart for the Christmas memory Angel to replace Sarah Kay in my rotations.</div>
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Sarah Kay cross stitch all done. Excited just a bit!!!!!</div>
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XXXStitching (Emma)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10246410323906196210noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066037648132577950.post-82486590704390091252013-10-13T19:52:00.000+01:002013-10-13T19:52:10.295+01:00Double update Motherly Devotion and Thimble FairyFirstly I thought I'd ask you all if you have any recommendations of online stores for supplies. I normally use Sew and so but I'm wondering if I'm missing any better places for stashing?<br />
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I was saddened to hear the news of Cathey's passing. My thoughts and prayers are with her family especially little Junior. <br />
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Double update on Motherly Devotion and Thimble Fairy:<br />
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Motherly Devotion as it was:<br />
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So close to being finished all the cross stitch...it's giving me goosebumps. Don't you just love that feeling of nearing the finish of a massive project. It's certainly a thrill for me. I think that the back stitch will take a bit of time too. Looking good for being finished before Christmas. She'll look great with my Joan Elliot Father Christmas. There's only the dove on the right to finish and another dove at the top and the halos.<br />
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I have also finished as far as I can on thimble fairy until I sort out getting some more Kreinik thread to finish the thimble and add the needles on.<br />
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It's hard at the moment to concentrate on keeping to the rotations at the moment with all these looking so close to finishing. But it is such a thrill at the same time to get back round to them wondering if this will be the time it comes together.<br />
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Hubby has been organising the loft, mainly because its his man cave. However it means I now have an area for my stash that I don't have space for under the bed etc. He's even cleared a bookcase for me so I now have all my magazines and books organised. Hopefully should make finding things a bit easier. <br />
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I have made some more progress on the memory angels and they are now dressed tidied and have wings. Next job faces and hair and then they will just need a few embellishments to finish them off.</div>
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My folks came to visit and dropped of some more from Grandma's stash as they get through sorting things.</div>
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A lovely tin full of fabric. I can't wait to think of some lovely things to stitch. Probably some more cards and mini's they were grandma's favourite things to stitch and I've been enjoying getting some cards and little finishes sneaked in little spaces of time.<br />
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Keep stitching...XXXStitching (Emma)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10246410323906196210noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066037648132577950.post-62836998897194484042013-10-03T20:55:00.002+01:002013-10-03T20:55:51.119+01:00Angel face, In arms of an Angel update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Last Sunday we had a family walk along to a car boot sale, it was a decent hike but a gorgeous day for it. We passed some houses on the sea front , this one was up for sale ( out of our league) and as we always do hubby and I started a good daydream natter about what we'd do if it was ours etc obviously a craft room comes up.</div>
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One of the things we agreed we loved was the turret room on the front there. Now as we walk further hubby says oh that one has a craft room. Same type house and you could see a sewing machine and baskets on shelves organising stash I imagine Cue sad sulky face all the way home. </div>
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I want a craft turret.</div>
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Anyhow I've finished a rotation on In the arms of an Angel</div>
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Oh my she has a face. One over one for the face and baby was a bit hard work but after getting a sharper needle and an hour in I got the rhythm. Especially made tricky as some of the tones are very similar to the fabric.</div>
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Totally worth it though. Can't wait to get back round to stitch on this again.</div>
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I had a right craft twitch the other day, but I don't drive and have any close craft shops. I did however find some marabou trim for the Christmas memory Angel, which gave me a little fix.</div>
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I normally use Sew and so for my craft supplies online but not seeming that they are as good prices before. Anyone got any recommendations?</div>
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I am fairly addicted to mini kits at the moment. Nice to fit a couple stitches in here and there on them and watch them quickly grow. So another finish poppy a free kit from world of cross stitching magazine.</div>
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So all in all a nice eventful stitching week.</div>
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