Two parcels today

Yup, I got two parcels today. One was my Fabric of the Month and Floss of the Month clubs from Polstitches.

The other was a RAK from Emily in NC................thank you so much Emily I really appreciate it. I just love the red dragon. There are some more charts too but they are underneath the dragon in a booklet.

March LK Stamp

I finished this on Sunday. I just need to get it finished off properly which I will do during the week. I am really enjoying doing these.
I started another Barbara Ana design called Stitch or Die. It's a bigger piece so will take a while to do.

February Seasonal Shelf

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This is my seasonal shelf so far. It is Valentines themed. I made the calender myself and it flips over for each month. The picture is of him indoors and the twins taken May Bank Holiday last year at The Green Man Festival.

I think it is fun doing a seasonal shelf as it gives me a good excuse to have lots of little finishes lol. Also I like the idea of looking round for things for it.

Celtic Summer Update

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This is what she looks like so far. I haven't really done much on her lately but should have her finished this year with a bit of luck!

I also framed my snowman tonight with the help of him indoors and it is now siting on my seasonal shelf. The picture is a little blurry due to the flash light bouncing off the glass.

New start.

Today I ordered a few threads I need for projects, mainly DMC variegated and a Kreinik that I found that I did have after I ordered it lol. I hate that when it happens!

I must be really ill as I did something today that I never do...............I kitted up some small projects so they are all ready to stitch hehehe. I bagged them all up neatly including the chart.

I started the March Lizzy Kate Stamp after spending a couple of hours back stitching on Summer Dragon. Its on Sand cashel linen. I didn't want to be predictable and do it on green just because it is to do with Paddys day.

Don't Bug Me finished

This is the one I threw across the room yesterday. I picked it back up today, frogged it and restitched it and then finished it lol.

I am very pleased how it turned out. It will go in my craft room when him indoors eventually does the room out for me lol.

Rene's fecking frogs again! ;p

Yup, I'm majorly stressed out. I've been working on a Barbara Ana piece and have miscounted to the point where most of what I have done, will have to be frogged! I am so annoyed with myself as I hardly ever go wrong to such a major degree. A few stitches here and there maybe, but this just sucks. Needless to say it went on holiday curtesy of being thrown across the room! Whats fecking me off even more about it, is it's the second time I've started it.........I didn't like the orignal fabric colour I picked out so started it on a new colour.............bah, humbugs and Rene's fecking frogs lol.

Two finishes and other stuff!

The weekend was really good for me where stitching is concerned. First of all I finished Seaside Sampler by The Sweetheart Tree.

Today, I finished it off into a needleroll. I am rather pleased with the result. I used silver ribbon just to give it the extra sparkle.

I then had a small finish which is Janlynns Somebunny To Love which is a small ornament kit.

And it does not stop there lol. I got my sewing machine out today and finished off the February Lizzie Kate Stamp properly.

And while I was on a roll, I also finished off Pansies Please by Just Nan which I finished stitching last year. I made it into a bell pull.

So as you can see, I did rather well over the weekend and I must say, I am quite pleased with myself! lol.

We finally got some proper snow! We are quite snowed in where we are and him indoors got sent home from work!

The bottom picture is of Lupi and we are having to force him to go outside to do his thing lol. He dids his paws in and sits down so I have to push him out the door with my foot lol.

Lizzie Kate Finish

This is the February Lizzie Kate stamp. It's my first design of hers and I really enjoyed stitching it. I have ordered buttons for the flowers and have the perfect fabric for it for the backing. I just need to get some apt ribbon for it which I am hoping to get tomorrow when I go into town. Hopefully I will be able to finish it off properly by the weekend.

Weekend roundup

I had a good stitching weekend. I did a few more sections on my Sweetheart Tree sampler. I'm just over halfway through it now.

Whilst I was going through things in my bedroom, I came across a bag of charts that I had totally forgotten about. I won a bulk lot of of e-bay and there was several Lizzie Kate ones in there. I have never stitched any of hers and Rene rather persuaded me to start this one seeing she is also stitching the set lol. This one is a February one that she bought out a couple of years ago. I have to be honest and say I am really enjoying it and have the intention of stitching them all. I have to try and find some tiny buttons to finish it off though as the charts were used when I won them. I am stitching it in regular DMC and didnt have the called for fabric so I am stitching it on pale rose linen which I thought was apt for Valentines day. I really do feel like Rene and I are on a role reversal lol. This is the second start for me in a week and Rene's been working on her BAP Feathers!

On my group I Love Cross Stitch, there has been talk of needle minders. I used to have a ceramic one and accidentally broke it. Rene made this one for me last year. The piccy is a bit blurry where it is small and was hard to take a clear piccy in close up. I do not attach it to my stitching like some people do. I just have it by my while I'm stitching which works very well for me.

I did get a few stitches in Summer Dragon but not enough to take a picture. I also stitched on a UFO last Tuesday as well. So all in all a good stitching week for me.