Christmas Typography

Christmas Typography by Pine Mountain Designs was a Jolly July 2020 start and I finished it last week.

 

I used the recommended DMC threads and white linen.

Some of the Pine Mountain designs can be purchased from the Fat Quarter Shop as PDFs, yay, so you can start stitching straight away!

See you soon xx

Mistletoe Lane Part 3

This month I've been trying to get some of the projects I started in July finished, three are done, yay! I'm working on the finishing of these so will share pics soon.  

Last night I finished Part 3 on Mistletoe Lane, I'm aiming to have this finished by the end of the month too.

My fabric is a lighter grey colour but it's so hard to get good photos in the winter day light.  Spring is on its way though. 

I hope you have a good week friends.

See you soon xx

Mistletoe Lane Mystery SAL

When it was announced there was going to be a mystery stitchalong held throughout Jolly July by the Fat Quarter Shop, I couldn't resist signing up.

For the Mistletoe Lane project, I'm using some grey Belfast linen I found in my stash and the recommended DMCs.

Here's Part 1:

Last night I finished Part 2:

I've now started Part 3, so I'm a bit behind as the final part gets released this Friday.  It's been a really fun project to stitch.

See you soon x

Jolly July 2020

There's only a few more days left in July and I'm finally getting a Jolly July update done!  Jolly July is a month long stitch along organised by Kimberly of the Fat Quarter Shop and Priscilla and Chelsea, from Stitching with the Housewives.  

I had some big plans this month but I only ended up stitching on the following projects as well as some progress on Kringles. I'm definitely going to do a rerun during August.

First up, Christmas Typograph by Pine Mountain Designs. The funny thing about this one is that when I spotted that Kimberly was going to stitch this design it reminded me that I'd had the chart in my stash for many years. Of course I then couldn't find it so I was so pleased to be able to purchase a PDF chart for it from here. 

I'm using the recommended DMC threads on white linen. I've left out the third row of the pattern for now as I'm going to adjust the "white Christmas" line to something else.

Moving along with Be Merry & Bright, this is such a lovely design.

Jolly St Nick and Rudolph by Stitching with the Housewives, which I'm stitching on 32 count chalkboard linen.

I've purchased several of the ornament charts by Priscilla and Chelsea as well.  I absolutely love to be able to buy PDF charts and get them sent directly to your email. Especially with the current situation with world wide postage and shipping, orders from overseas can take several months to arrive here in New Zealand, depending on the country they are coming from. 

See you soon x

How about a Catch Up -Stitching & Knitting

It's been awhile since I shared any crafty photos so here goes:

A couple of the lovely Be Well freebies that have been generously shared with stitchers around the world, this one is by Cathy of Hands on Designs. It can be found here:

I used DMC threads and white linen .

Lizzie Kate's Be Kind found here:

I used most of the recommended threads and a piece of lilac coloured linen.

My cousin had her baby earlier in the month, a little boy, so I have been knitting several little items for the baby:

My new #merrymondayxs project

Another block completed on the Jack Frost's Tree Farm series, three blocks to go now.

I have been participating in #fqsjollyjuly but haven't made a lot of progress on my chosen projects. I think I'll do a repeat in August so I can get a few things completed. I'll be back soon with an update!

See you soon x

A Week in Christchurch

Back in late September 2019, Hannah and I started planning a trip to Christchurch in the South Island with a group dancers, parents and Hannah's dance teacher, to attend Dance Days, a week of dancing workshops for BDO Dance (British Dance Organisation) to be held in the second week of the NZ July school holidays. Fast forward six months, we really didn't know if it wasn't going to go ahead until it definitely confirmed in early June.  

We had an absolute blast, even though there were restrictions for parents entering the school, the yearly concert being cancelled and the girls having to stay for the full day, 8.30am to 5.30pm.  It was a week filled with lots of chilly days, laughter, fun, sight seeing, good coffee, shopping and visiting op shops, making new friends (me), cooking meals and washing dishes, so many dishes as we self catered all the meals for the group.

We flew from Palmerston North airport late afternoon Saturday 11th July and arrived in Christchurch to the most gorgeous sunset.

Sunday was a free day for everyone and the sun was out so we took a long walk around Hagley Park then onto the Westfield Riccarton Mall for the rest of the day.

On Monday Hannah started her week of ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical and contemporary dance workshops. Early starts and long days but she had a wonderful time, so much learning and experience for her. All the girls did so well, looking after each other and encouraging one another.

I was able to easy fill my time before cooking duties started, lol, each day.The weather earlier in the week was great, a lot colder than home but the sun was out. Later in the week the sky clouded over and we had a fair bit of rain but mostly at night.

I've never been to Christchurch before so I was eager to see as much as I can.

One of the days we took a trip up the Gondola, what an experience.

Lyttleton Harbour

Looking back over the city

Of course, the city is a lot quieter without any tourists around but there are still many people out and about.

Work being done on the new Christchurch Convention Centre.

We absolutely loved the Riverside Market and went back here several times during the week.

One night we all went out for dessert, oh yum

Soon the week had passed by and it was time to head home. We flew back into Palmerston North late Saturday afternoon, the flight back was only 1 hour 15 minutes.  A fabulous week and Hannah is already looking forward to Dance Days 2021!