Come join me in my happy dance! Last night I put the final stitches into Bygone Stitches A Quaker Christmas!!! I have enjoyed stitching this so much and am really going to miss not stitching on this beautiful piece. To be honest I cannot believe how fast this has stitched up as most of the time I've only stitched on it one evening a week with the odd weekly stitching marathon on it.
Bygone Stitches A Quaker Christmas
Coffee dyed 25 count Lugana
Carrie's Threads in Old World Red, Antique Gold & Frosty Pine
Started 7th April 2008
Finished 11th November 2008
Now that this is finished I'm going to concentrate stitching on Christmas ornaments and gifts for the next couple of weeks until Chris and I start our SAL.
Sunday evening I finally picked up Blackbird Designs Blessings and Kind Wishes after not stitching on it for the two previous Sundays. I am itching to get this finished and start the next one. Also dying to see the latest Loose Feathers as it's a keepsake box and pinkeep!
I finished the ornament for Clare's tree at her church but I am not 100% happy with the finishing.
Finally my DH and I had a walk to the memorial gardens on Sunday afternoon. It has been in much need of a revamp and finally the work got done this summer. There's still lots of planting to do but one thing I was delighted to see was a new memorial stone. The old one only had those who lost their lives in the Second world war on it so the new one is a welcome sight as it now has all those lost in the first and second world wars; including my Grandad's cousin who died at the age of 25 from wounds received fighting in the first world war in May 1917. He served with the East Yorkshire Regiment 12th Battallion and is laid to rest at Aubigny Communal Cemetary in France. It is quite humbling to see all the names of those who lost their lifes from such a small community as ours.
I hope everyone is having a good week. It's certainly been a wet and windy one up here. Don't forget there's still time to enter my second blogerversary draw in my previous post! And please go look at Chiloe's giveaway on her blog. To enter you must place a link in your blog to the giveaway:)
Hugs
47 comments:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! It's absolutely gorgeous :)
Great progess on your WIP too and I think the ornament tooks lovely.
It looks wonderful you must be so pleased
Congrats for so beautiful finish!
Merry christmas sampler charming and elegant:)
I like the christmas sampler. The pattern is very special. Congratulations with your finish.
Bye, Wendy
Happy dancing with ya!!Oh it looks fantastic!! I have decided that I am going to copy you and use the carries old worlde red as well!!
Well done on the ornie for Clare's tree, I am struggling to do ones for exchanges at the moment !!
Wow congratulations! It is beautiful!
Congratulations on finishing Quaker Christmas Sally, it's beautiful! :)
Congrats on a beautiful finish!
~~HAPPY DANCE~~HAPPY DANCE~~
Congrats on your beautiful finish!!
Great progress on Blessing & Kind Wishes. It's so pretty and so is your ornie:)
What a beautiful memorial!!
Gorgeous, Sally !! Congratulations :)
Congrats Sally! Beautiful! Makes me want to work on a sampler...
Woo hoo!! Congratulations - it looks fantastic!
Well done on your gorgeous QC finish, it's stunning!
Quaker looks fabulous, well done Sally.
Love the ornie for Clare's tree, it is going to be such a special tree.
A wonderful finish. Great progress on your WIP too.
Many, many happy congratulations on this beautiful finish Sally :)
It is lovely! Gorgeous! Stupendous!!
Congratulation! QC looks fantastic! I love your other WIP too.
Sally, QC is absolutelty gorgeous, Congrats!!
I was going to stitch up the angel ornie until I pulled the color for her dress, mine looks more grayish-blah then green, yucky color.
BBD looking good!!
OMGosh it's done! wow Sally, it's sooo lovely!!! congrats on the finish .. I'm definately happy dancing with ya!
what a lovely park and memorial :)
Congratulations, it is absolutely stunning
Congrats on your beautiful finish. Looks wonderful!!
Natasha
Quaker Christmas looks fantastic sally - well done. I love your ornament too, I'm still hoping to find time to stitch some ornaments
STUNNING STUNNING STUNNING STUNNING STUNNING - OH SALLY MANY CONGRATULATIONS THAT IS JUST SO SO BEAUTIFUL.
Well in case you hadn't guessed I rather like that one but then something about it took me from seeing the first few stitches. You have a really lovely finish so enjoy every step of your happy dancing.
Great stitching and congrats on your finish. It is very impressive and great stitching.
Congratulations, Sally!!!!
What a beautiful finish!
It's just perfect!
Congratulations! QC is gorgeous!
Absolutely stunning!! It looks beautiful - well done!!
Lynda.
Oh my what a beautiful gorgeous finish, I just love the red :-)) Great ornie too !
Take care
Fantastic finish on Quaker Christmas! It is splendid! I need to get started on my Blessings and Kind Wishes also.
All of your pieces are so wonderful and QC is just amazing, such great handiwork, congrats!
Congratulations on your finish!
Quaker Christmas is so beautiful! I love the colours.
Congrats!!! So very beautiful!!!!!! I will live vicarious through yours since I have too too many big projects going on but I do love yours!!!!!
Quaker Christmas is a SHOW PIECE...that is absolutely beautiful!!!!
You are so talented!
Happy blogoversary!
Congrats Sally! It is simply beautiful!!
wow hats some serious stitching! a Quaker christmas its lovely!
Well someone has been busy...lol!!
Quaker Christmas looks amazing well done and enjoy your HD!!
Also love the ornie you have stitched for Clare's tree
CONGRATS on finishing QC!!! It's stunning!
Fantastic QC finish Sally! Really love that red thread colour. Blessings and Kind Wishes is looking great too.
I´m joining you Sally for your happy dance for Quaker Christmas. It looks just stunning. And wishing you all the best for your second blogoversary.(??)
oh Sally! you deserve to dance, that is absolutely stunning, I have loved watching your progress on this, I so want this chart, I hope to ask Santa for it LOL
Lovely ornament too, and a great start on blessings and kindness, I have this one in my stash
Oooh, congratulations Sally, Quaker Christmas is absolutely gorgeous and finished it plenty of time for Christmas too. Bet you can't wait to have it framed now!
I never did join Loose Feathers this year, but saw a picture of the keepsake box and pinkeep yesterday, which I fell in love with and will be adding it to my Garden Party TP auto from Mary Kathryn this month.
Oh my goodness... your QC is BEAUTIFUL! Congrats on the finish!
QC is simply stunning! A big Congrats to you!
Wahootie! I've so enjoyed watching you work on this project! Congratulations!
That looks so AMAZING!!!! Congrats on a wonderful finish! It's a well-deserved Happy Dance!
I love your Quaker Christmas! It turned out beautiful!
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