A Wish for You

I am so pleased to report that I did get A Wish for You finished this weekend although I did have a bit left to stitch when I went to bed on Saturday evening so I put the final few stitches into it yesterday afternoon. This one has been another lovely to stitch and I'm looking forward to starting Pink Hill Manor on Friday :)

Blackbird Designs Anniversaries of the Heart A Wish for You

36 count Rosewood linen

DMC and GAST

Started 12th March 2011

Finished 3rd April 2011

I have added my paternal grandparents names to this ( Ethel and John), the year they were married and in the top right hand corner the initials F, M and H are the initials of their 3 children. As I said in my previous post the B on the door is the initial of their surname.

I forgot to take a photo of Blue Ribbon Designs Stitched with Love but it is stitching up well and I'm stitching some of the wording. I am thinking that if I run out of time I can leave some of the flower rows off but I will see how it goes.

With me not being well last week I did spend quite a bit of time in an afternoon stitching and I finished Drawn Thread Spot of Winter. Here it is all ready to be made up into a mattress pin keep.

The Drawn Thread Spot of Winter

28 count ice blue evenweave

DMC & GAST

Started 27th March 2011

Finished 30th March 2011

I'm hoping to get it finished off in the next few days.

Of course I could not resist any longer and had to start Silver Creek Samplers Dandy Dreams and what a joy this is to stitch! I was planning on stitching all the verse first but I ran out of DMC 3860 so had to stitch other bits instead. I'm using Jayne's Attic COTM Lily of the Valley fabric.

My order from Anita arrived after I'd done my blog post last Wednesday so that cheered me up! I plan on making a start on the Prairie Schooler Daffodils chart for the SAL on NH sometime this week, even if I only stitch on it for an hour one evening until I get BRD Stitched with Love finished. I am so bad having so many projects on the go but at least they are all doable and not huge! Then on Thursday my order from Sew and So arrived:) This is for my SAL with Lisa of My Big Toe Designs A New Day. We feel this design is very apt for both of us and can hardly wait to start it. I've chosen 36 count flax linen but have yet to decide on threads. I don't want to buy the WDW as I don't use them and would rather use GAST so will be looking through my collection and seeing what I can use. The nice thing is I had pennies in my PP for all of this. Very naughtily my clicky finger got the better of me on Dany's blog and I bought Printemps des Lapins which is a sweet design!

Dear Barb had been stash sorting and came across a Shepherd's Bush kit that she decided she wouldn't stitch and as she knows I like long sampler she sent it to me along with the chart for Lucky which she has just finished. Thank you so much Barb {{{{hugs}}}} I think I might have to do a poll to see which SB I start for our SAL once I've finished Emmanuel's Song. And typing of ES it's our SAL evening this evening and I'm looking forward to picking it up. Barb is starting Sophie's Roses ( I think that's what it is called) and we are hoping Colleen will be back with us again:)

I have added a couple of charts to my for sale page, a San Man Originals and a Homespun Elegance if you'd like to have a look :)

Thankfully I am feeling condisderably better than I was last Monday although not feeling 100%. I will admit to feeling scared even though I know what it is and by Tuesday evening I had a mild headache which I've had on and off since. However it has not stopped me stitching. Poor Abi started with a headache on Wednesday and by the time she got home from school she couldn't stand the brightness so Thursday she was in bed nearly all day in the dark. By Friday she was starting to feel better and by Sunday she decided she'd play on the Wii with Jess who surprised me by coming home yesterday for Mother's Day. Her headache started to come back so she's been to the doctors today and she's given her an anti-inflammatory so we'll see how it goes.

As I said yesterday was Mother's Day here in the UK. Abi brought me breakfast in bed although I had actually got up and was in the bathroom getting washed when she told me to go back to bed! I received lovely cards from both her and Jess as well as a Bouffle mug from Abi and a box of chocolates from Jess:) It was lovely having both my girls at home:)

I really must get myself sorted and try and get back on the Wii Fit this week. I just did not feel like it at all last week but I have to make the effort this week.

I am a bit behind on blog reading and commenting at the moment but will make the effort to catch up tomorrow. I foresee more enabling as I visit you all!!! Lol!

Have a wonderful week everyone. It's really dull and rather chilly up here today which was a bit of a shock to the system this morning after the warmer days we've been having!

Hugs

Sally

xxx