A Finish!

I haven't stitched in goodness knows how long and last night I picked up a small Mill Hill kit and then completed it today. It's called Plaid Pumkin. It supposed to be a brooch but I made it into an ornament instead by hot glueing some ribbon to the back.

Finished cross stitches

Completed  cross stitch and beading

Cut out

 Assembled and finished :)

Colin went into town today and came back with a couple of colouring books which were going cheap in The Works :)

September Already

I can't believe how quick the year has gone by! September already. The summer here has been rather a wash out. Apparently we had the heaviest amount of rainfall in August since records began :(

I have changed the name of my blog to reflect me and the things I love to do which is all sorts of crafts. Cross stitching is taking a back seat at the moment as I can't see to do it until I sort out some new glasses as my eyesight has changed.........guess its an age thing lol.

I have recently taken up adult colouring. It really does help with anxiety and is very therapeutic.

Colin and I are still drumming. It's our only form of socialising and we still enjoy it.

Small Update

All my stash and WIP's are in the loft since I lost my stitching mojo but I did manage to find a small kit in a drawer.

Its not a brilliant photo but you get the idea.

My progress so far. 

I am enjoying stitching on it even though it is aida and navy aida at that. Colin is going to get all my stash down from the loft soon.

My bookmark arrived from sewandso today. Not sure when I am going to start it yet. Hmmm, do I have two projects on the go or finish Count the Stars first?

It's Been A Long Time

It has been a very long time since I have blogged yet alone done any cross stitch. Unfortunately I had a traumatic event in my life.............my wonderful son Chris, committed suicide. I am slowly picking up the pieces in my life, one has too for my other children and grandchildren.

I have had a strong urge to cross stitch again and to be honest, I can't be bothered to sort through my stash so I have ordered a bookmark kit from Sewandso. Hopefully it will arrive by Wednesday so I can start it.

I am still drumming, it's the only thing that keeps me sane lol.

A Finish :)

Yup a finish :)

OK, so I had another break from stitching due to losing my mojo again.  I think I may be on top of it this time around. My tastes have changed and a lot of my WIPs come UFO's do not appeal to me right now.

First up is my finish.

It is a bookmark by Vervaco. The kit is very good quality. I love how it turned out.

Second up is my current project.

It is Winter Robin by Anchor.  I have been concentrating more on the background. I am liking it so far.

A Long Time!

I hadn't realised that it was last July that I last updated. Mind you, this is mostly due to me losing my stitching mojo. I have recently started stitching again and I hope it is for good.

To help me back into stitching I bought a bookmark kit by Vervaco called Winter Landscape with Robin. Here is my progress so far.

I have also stitched on my Spirit HAED.

This one is painfully slow to stitch on due to the confetti stitching.

Natures Vision Update

I will be so glad when this is finished, but I think it is going to be a while yet.

Here is a before photo:

And how it looks now:

I am not getting as much stitching time as I would like still, hence why I feel this one is going at a snails pace :(

I would like to thank everyone who has voted in my poll. I will leave it open for a while longer but it looks like it will be Spirit that I will be focusing on.

I have really good news and that after nearly a year of being unemployed, my partner Colin has finally got a job. He will be a bus driver for Stagecoach. We are both overjoyed about this.

Please Vote in My Poll.

Please help me. I am overwhelmed by my HAED's and I need to just concentrate on one but I can not make up my mind which one it should be.

Please vote for the one you like best and think I should stitch on.

Thank you!

Natures Vision and Steampunk.

Here is a before photo on Natures Vision:

And how it looks now:

I have stopped stitching it on the lap frame as it was slowing me down too much. My plan is to only stitch on this and nothing else until it is finished

Colin and I joined the local Steampunk Society and last Saturday we did our first outing with them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk for anyone who does not know what Steampunk is. Needless to say, we are Victorian orientated................think Around the World in 80 days, Extraordinary League of Gentleman etc.

We all rode the Typhoon Simulator!

We had great fun. Much pleasure was had on our excursion with tea and beer!

I was wearing a full skirt with full wedding cake style petticoat. This photo shows how lovely the skirt is from the back.

Update

I did not manage to get much stitching done this week but every stitch counts right?

ATW SAL

This is going slower than I thought it would :-(

Oriental Lady

I work on this one when I am looking after my grandchildren.

Drumming

Saturday we drummed a double header. First of was a wedding in Herstmonceux Castle.

Me on the left and and my friend Jules on the right.

A group photo.

Theres a castle there yonder lol.

The second gig was The Norsemens Biker Rally.

This is me with my friend Lin. We were best friends at school and then we lost touch. She recently joined Section 5 with her son and it is like we are still back at school together lol. Double trouble or what :-)