'Naughty' finished.

I finally finished my Mill Hill Ormament 'Naughty' tonight. I really enjoyed stitching it.

Here it is finished....................

And here it is with 'Nice'

I also stitched on my Wizard for the ILCS UFO Tuesday. It is really coming along now . I am enjoying stitching on it again. This evening, I started 'Frosty' which is another Mill Hill Ornament. There's not enough done on it to warrant taking a picture.

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Mid Week Update

I have concentrated mainly on my Mill Hill ornament 'Naughty'. It is very close to being finished now. I just have the beading and a bit of backstitch to do.

Tuesday I worked on my Midnight Enchanter for UFO Tuesday. I didn't get as much as I would of liked done but every stich counts! I am enjoying working on this again.



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UFO Tuesday, Midnight Enchanter

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On my Yahoo group, I resurrected UFO (unfinished object) Tuesday. The idea being that you pull an unfinished, forgotten work out, and put some stitches into it even if it's only 10 minutes.
I pulled out Midnight Enchanter by Dimensions and put a good two hours into it. I have to say I really enjoyed stitching on it.

Celtic Summer update

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After several months, I finally have an update on her. I must be over three quarters of the way done on her now. The borders are fiddly with constant colour changes and beading but the skirt is now stitching up really fast. I was hoping to have her finished this year as I have sworn to myself that I am not to start anymore BAP's until I have finished at least two of the BAP's I have on the go. Needless to say I am very disapointed in myself this year as I haven't finished a single BAP! So when this one is finished and maybe the big dragon, then I will have the daunting task of what new big project to start lol.

I have also made good progress on the Mill Hill 'Naughty' ornament.

'Nice' finished

I finally finished my Mill Hill ornament 'Nice'. it wasn't through lack of not trying. Every time I sat down to stitch, something cropped up lol. I really love it. Now I need to get a good start on the 'Naughty' one. I absolutely adore the Mill Hill kits. I did this one aida and not the perforated paper and made it into a pillow ornament.

I have never really had a theme in my kitchen but I have a really nice sized kitchen come dining room and have decided to do a tea and coffee theme, mainly tea though. I love those one cup teapots that fits on top of a cup. I have one and use it all the time for my herbal teas. So I think the theme would be apt as I want to collect teapots. I have a couple of projects to do that are teapot themed which I hope to start in the near future after I have finished my ornaments.

Mill Hill 'Nice'.

I have not managed to do much stitching the past week but was able to stitch all afternoon today. I worked on my Mill Hill ornament 'Nice'. I love how it is coming along. I'm about three quarters done now. I got a lot of the beading done. I usually do the back stitching last but I could not resist back stitching the reindeer lol as he is so cute. I am hoping to have him finished at the end of the weekend.

Motivation back

I havent stitched in a good few weeks and got talking to Rene La Frog on messenger last night and she got me back to stitching. Its an ornament called 'Nice' from Mill Hill and hopefully it won't take too long to finish. Every year I say I am going to do Christmas stitching and every year I havent. So I am hoping to change that this year and do lots of ornaments. I've just ordered another Mill Hill kit, a snowman this time.

I have actually unpacked all (or most) of my stitching now and Colin has put some of my stitching up on the walls so there's now more motivation to stitch.

A finish and ILCS Birthday club part deux

I stitched this bookmark for Rene's daughter, Manda Panda. She has similar tastes to me so it was real easy for me to choose what to stitch for her. I hope she likes it!

Here are my gifts from Nancy J, Vicky L and Kim in Oz from the ILCS Birthday Club. Thank you so much ladies, I was truly spoilt!

This was from Vicky L, thank you so much, I love it all!

This was from Kim in Oz. Thank you so much......you sent me a DD chart that I did not have so thanks again!

Last but not least, this was from Nancy J! As you can see, she really spoilt me. She made me a beautiful bracelet and scissor keep (see below for close up). Thank you so much Nancy, I love them.

Summer Dragon update

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I finally have an update. I havent touched him for a while but spent two days stitching on him this week. I really want to start a new large project but I have promised myself that I will not until he is finished. Besides, I still have Celtic Summer on the go which I do on Thursdays and The Papillon SAL that I do on Sundays. All three projects haven't really been touched lately so I am trying to get back into the routine with them.

ILCS Birthday Club Presents

This is what I have received so far from the ILCS Birthday Club. I still have three more parcels to come which are on their way from Nancy, Kim and Vicky, which I will post pictures of when I receive them.

This one is from Ethel, she really spoiled me as you can see! The thread Heaven is welcome with open arms since Cols mum has mine lol. Lots of nice fabric and I always love to get socks!
Thank you for everything Ethel!



This one is from Meari. She sent me three Lizzie Kate charts, a handy measurer, a stitchy nail file, needles (very grateful for as I have run out and am using a nasty old needle from a magazine cover kit!) and Humour is a Virtue chart by Thea Dueck. Thank you so much Meari, I loved it all.




This one is from Shelley. I love the Dragon chart as it is very unusual! As you can see, she stitched me a lovely bookmark and it is so well stitched and finished. I love the fabric and buttons too, so thank you Shelley!



This one is from Melinda, thank you so much! I have already stitched the free piece that is the companion to this one, and am looking forward to stitching it. She also sent me the beads to go with it!



This one is from Debbie S, which was on my wish list. As you can see, she included the fabric to go with the charts. Thank you so much!



This one is from Rhonda. I want to start stitching all the charts in this book right now but it will have to wait lol. Thank you so much!



This one is from Debra H. I have not seen this design before but absolutely love it. Will definitely be stitching this one! Again, the needles couldnt have come at a bettter time!

Thank you ladies for making my Birthday extra special!

I also received 'Bewitching Cross Stitch' by Joan Elliott from my ex hubby, Ivan, which was on my Amazon wish list. Thank you hunny!