Little Floral Needlebook and Tricks or Treats!

It is a horrible day up here today after the gorgeous sunshine we had yesterday so thought I'd do a blog update then maybe sit and stitch once I've polished the living room floor :) Please excuse the state of this post. I am having terrible problems with blogger today. It seems they have a problem with their new blog editor and uploading photos so suggest reverting back to the old editor to upload photos, which I did, but now my writing is all over the place!!! I hope they fix it soon as it's a right pain! It was working fine when I did my last post!

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my last post. Louise and Ousman loved their gift and Louise said they would treasure it :)

I've had a couple of finishes this week. That is the beauty of stitching smalls and it's something I really want to do more of next year if I can. The first one is a gift for Heather as it was her birthday yesterday. I wasn't sure she'd receive it in time as I was still making it up late-ish on Wednesday afternoon but DH popped it to the PO for me and, low and behold, it did arrive on the day :) I heard from Heather and she loves it :)

Cherished Stitches Little Floral Needlebook ( Gift of Stitching magazine)

32 count linen

DMC

Started 22nd September 2010

Finished 29th September 2010

Stitched for Heather.

I did not have the linen threads for this so stitched it in normal DMC and I love the way it turned out. It was a little fiddly to make up but I would definitely do another:)

Next finish is another Halloween ornament from this years JCS Halloween ornament issue. I absolutely love the colours in this one. This is also my first finish for Becky's Pumpkin Challenge 2010! I'm hoping it'll be the first of a few as I have really got a bee in my bonnet about having plenty of ornaments on my black tree and also having a nice Autumnal display :) It seems now the more I stitch the more I want to stitch!

Val's Stuff Tricks or Treats

WDW 30 count fabric

DMC

Started 28th September 2010

Finished 29th September 2010

I went to my local arts and crafts shop to get some purple ribbon to edge this with but saw this brilliant orange and purple cording so had to have some of that as well!! I love how it goes so well with this ornament :)

I did make a small start on my SB needleroll for September but it's not worth showing. I'll finish it this month and hopefully make a start on another! I chose the Schoolhouse Roll for September and will, hopefully, do the Happy Pumpkin one for this month!

My only other stitching to show is my progress on my SAL with Barb from Monday evening. Of course it's The Sampler Girl Jane Austen Sampler Stocking. I LOVE how this is coming along. There is still loads to stitch yet as it's huge but I'll soon be at those gorgeous sheep!

 

And speaking of JA and The Sampler here is a piccie of the start of my JA/ The Sampler Girl wall :) This is at the side of my staircase and I hope to have more up there as I stitch each piece I have :)

I had a lovely trade with Elisa this week. She wanted to buy or trade my EEF Love Letters and she had one of the LHN ornament charts on her for sale/ trade list so we traded and it arrived on Wednesday. Thank you for trading Elisa and I hope you enjoy stitching the EEF :)

I also had these lovelies from Lesleyanne :) She emailed me to say she'd been looking at my wish list and had some charts that she'd stitched that she wanted to send me and these arrived yesterday:) Thank you so much Lesleyanne; I love them and hope to stitch them soon. I think Lisa and I are going to do a SAL of Travelling Stitcher after the LHN December SAL so I'm looking forward to that. Does anyone know of a DMC conversion for this? has anyone stitched it in DMC if they've had the chart passed onto them? As I promised I will stitch a little something up for you:)

Finally a piccie for Ellen of where I have my Chatelaine pieces hung. As you can see there is a space for Autumn Dusk when I eventually get that one stitched lol!

Thank you to the 5 ladies who have signed up for my PIF. I will be emailing you if I need your address :) I need one more; any takers???? If not I will pick someone at random to receive the 6th one :) ETA Thank you Barb for being my 6th victim lol!

And if you've stuck with me this far thank you :) As always I truly appreciate your comments so do please leave me one if you have the time :)

Take care everyone.

Hugs

Sally

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