Monday Update.

It does not look like I have stitched much this last week, but I have lol.

First up is The Great Escape designed by Abi Gurden. I started this when the SAL first started then I had my stitching funk last year. I restarted it using different colours:

Not the greatest of pictures as the flash has white washed the colours a bit. The fabric is a light blue. I enjoy doing the speciality stitches.

Next up is Green Man Cernunnos. I managed to do 1200 stitches this week and I am pleased about that.

Once the Celtic symbol is done, the rest of this page should go a lot quicker.

Exchange

We had a Bookmark Exchange on my ILCS group. This is what I sent to my partner Lyn N.

I have stitched this particular design twice now.

Easter Weekend.

I have spent all of the Easter weekend in my PJ's just chillaxing , stitching and baking, knitting and crocheting lol.

I made a big choclate Easter cake:

I make all my own bread and mostly use a bread machine but today I felt like making some bread cooked in the oven:

This one is just a basic farmhouse white, but I do love to play around with recipes. I am going to make some baguettes during the week and a cheese and onion loaf.

Not sure what I am going to be stitching on this week other than Spirit HAED. Guess you will have to wait till my next blog update to find out lol.

CITA Part Five Finished!

When it comes to reading my updates, my blog is rather like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get, (as said Forrest Gump lol ).

I really wanted to spend this week exclusively on Green Man, but I had a massive urge to stitch on Castles in the Air.

Here is a before picture:

Here is a now picture:

A close up view of one of the areas just worked on.:

I love doing speciality stitches, the more intricate, the better!

Well until next time my lovely people!

Love and stitches one and all!

Monday Update

The last week seems to have  flown by!

First of Midnight Enchanter:

I put some more stitches in at the top, the mauve Kreinik but concentrated more down the bottom. There is still a sizeable chunk left to do then the back stitching and couching, but hopefully not too many more weeks now until he is finished.

Apart from my two HAEDS, (ones just a Storykeep, besides, two types of stitching, HAEDS 1 over 1 and normal BAP 2 over 2 , thats my logic for starting a new project lol), after ME is finished I won't have any current BAP's on the go, so I am looking forward to starting something new. Not sure what though. Maybe Circe the Sorceress or a Lavender and Lace Design or even a Patricia Allison Dragon, the ones with all the Kreinik and blending. I am digressing, back to the updates.

Spirit Storykeep by HAED stitched 1 over 1.

Looking much better now that the top of the ladies head is showing. Lots of Kreinik in the 'whitish' areas. It is quite a pain to use on 1 over 1 stitching, trying to get it to lay nice and flat and not look bulky.

RAK'd by Nancy M

This morning I received a RAK from Nancy M . She had read on my blog that I needed to order some navy aida for my son's wolf that I will be stitching him and offered to send me some seeing she had some to give away. Nancy also sent me some other goodies as well...............thank you so much Nancy, I really appreciate it!

I love Cross Stitch Bookmark Exchange

This morning I also received my bookmark from Lyn N.

Thank you so much Lyn, I love it!

Section 5

Our local hospice, St Michaels, asked if we would drum at their charity fund raiser on Saturday, which we did and had a great time as always.

Me on the right in the topper and Colin is the one with the red face lol.

Colin.

Getting ready to play.

Evalina's Oldest UFO Challenge

I am a couple of days late posting this as I have been very busy and hardly got to the computer all weekend.

I did not get as much done as I would of liked but every stitch done is progress I guess lol.

Monday Update

This morning my new HAED chart arrived:

It will probably be several months before I even start kitting it up. I was going to do it over 2 on 32ct but the size of it would be ridiculous so 1 over 1 it is then.

Green Man Cernunnos.

I have got quite a few stitches in there now. I am fully aware that hardly anybody is going to like this piece, but it is for Colin.

A Green Man is a sculpture, drawing, or other representation of a face surrounded by or made from leaves. Branches or vines may sprout from the nose, mouth, nostrils or other parts of the face and these shoots may bear flowers or fruit. Commonly used as a decorative architectural ornament, Green Men are frequently found on carvings in churches and other buildings (both secular and ecclesiastical). "The Green Man" is also a popular name for English public houses and various interpretations of the name appear on inn signs, which sometimes show a full figure rather than just the head.

The Green Man motif has many variations. Found in many cultures around the world, the Green Man is often related to natural vegetative deities springing up in different cultures throughout the ages. Primarily it is interpreted as a symbol of rebirth, or "renaissance," representing the cycle of growth each spring. Some^[1] [2] speculate that the mythology of the Green Man developed independently in the traditions of separate ancient cultures and evolved into the wide variety of examples found throughout history.

This is work the full design looks like:

Summer Sampler Finished!

Summer Sampler by The Prairie Schooler.

Stitched on 32ct Jobelan 'Mystic' by Polstitches.

I am really happy how this has turned out!

Thank you so much Lynette for lending me the chart, very much appreciated!

I am now going to try and finish up Midnight Enchanter next.

March Tusal

This months TUSAL seems to have come around quick!

Lots of different colours in the jar!

Lots of Updates.

I forgot to update my blog last week so this entry is rather picture heavy.

I finished my bookmark for the exchange in my ILCS group. I will post a picture once my partner Lyn has received it.

First up, Midnight Enchanter:

A close up of the area I am working on:

Slowly but surely it is getting there lol.

Next up Summer Sampler:

This is nearly finished and it would of been finished except I didn't have one of the colours to do some of the alphabet but I am going to pick it up in town tomorrow, if I remember!

Next up Dragon's Lair:

I am stitching on this here and there but will devote more time to it when Midnight Enchanter is finished.

Last but not least my HAED, Spirit:

It is starting to look better now that the design is beginning to take shape. I am giving it a rest this week and stitching on my other HAED, The Green Man.

Yesterday was Mother's Day here in the UK and I got very spoilt.

I did have four boxes of chocolates but I ate one yesterday lol.

It is official now that Colin is being made redundant at the end of April, we thought it was May but they moved it forward a month. Can't say I am looking forward to it but hopefully, somewhere down the line he can find another job.

HAED SAL

I wanted to join a HAED SAL on Blogger but the two I have come across are full as you can only have up to a 100 people posting per blog. So, I started a SAL Blog and we have quite a few members now.

If anyone would like to join, just click the HAED SAL tab at the top of my blog which will take you to the SAL blog page, and on the right hand side bar is the info on how to contact me to be added to the blog.

Mystic Stitch stitchers are also welcome to join.

Updated Post.
If your not currently stitching a HAED or Mystic Stitch or do not want to join the SAL, we would love you to follow the blog and encourage all the participants in their magnificent work. Thank you!

Weekly Update

Last Saturday was my groups virtual stitch in on ILCS. I managed to get quite a bit done as well as over the week.

First up is Summer Sampler:

Hopefully this will be finished within a couple of weeks.

Next up Dragons Lair:

I did the back stitching on the dragon which took me longer than I thought it would. The back stitch lines on the chart are not that clear. I have another three of these to do as well as the main dragon.

Last but not least my Spirit Storykeep by HAED:

I just can not seem to take a decent picture of it, this photo just does not do it justice.

I also started Lynns bookmark for the ILCS bookmark exchange as well as a Geisha bookmark for myself.