Merry Christmas 2018 xx

Merry Christmas dear friends,

I hope you have a fun filled Christmas with lots of love and laughter.

Thank you for your friendship this year, and for stopping by here, all your comments really mean a lot to me and I look forward to sharing my stitching with you during 2019.

Take care, and safe travels too if you are going to be out and about. All the best for the festive season and I hope that Santa is very kind to you!

Pineberry Lane, new fabric and latest reads

This little design by Pineberry Lane was quick stitch one night last week.  I have stitched this design before with red thread and this time I went with DMC 501 on natural belfast linen.

This ornament will be soon making it's way to Australia as it's for a friend's little grand daughter.

On my travels earlier in the month I picked up some new Christmas fabrics and I already have plans for these!

The fabrics were purchased at Spotlight and Cottage Flair. The whimsical Alice in Wonderland will make a great knitting project bag.

A couple of newly released books arrived in at my local library and both of these I enjoyed.

Read any good books lately? 

See you soon xx

Noel Birds

This little ornament had been in my stitching bag half stitched for several months so it was time for a finish.

Noel Birds  by Homespun Elegance from the 2014 Just Cross Stitch Ornaments magazine.
I trimmed it with some Lady Dot Creates Chianti pom pom trim.

See you soon xx

Chalkboard Ornaments

I absolutely loved stitching these chalkboard ornaments by Hands on Design. I had originally intended to stitch the whole series this year but the rest will have to wait for 2019 now :)

I mostly used the recommended threads, substituting Chalk gentle art sampler thread with DMC 3685, on 32ct black belfast linen.

See you soon xx

Two finishes to share!

First up today, is my latest santasunday# finish, Merry Merry by Country Cottage Needleworks.

Another for the 2018 collection, this one is for my niece Zoe.  This is the second time I've stitched this lovely design now, I love recycling my patterns!  Finished into a small pillow using some of the Lady Dot Creates small pom pom trim in Sizzle, my favourite Christmas red colour.

I recently completely finished another stitchery too. I stitched this late last year but didn't get time to sew it into a pillow.

This is a Gail Pan design and is from her Simply Christmas Book 2017 (No.5).  The thread I used was Earl Grey by Cottage Garden Threads.

See you soon x

Catching up on #santasundayxs - 3 finishes

Here are three more recent finishes from #santasundayxs, a stitchalong on Instagram. 

Very Merry by Lizzie Kate

2017 Just Cross Stitch Ornaments magazine, trimmed with Ladydot Creates Barndoor Chenille

Noel Nostalique by Fleurs de Lin

Winter Sheep by Little House Needleworks

I love this sheepie design - I've stitched this one several times since it first came out.

Thank you so much for visiting and kind words!  See you soon xx

Merry Little Stitches

I couldn't resist buying this chart when it came out, late last year I think - Merry Little Stitches by Pineberry Lane. 

I purchase all my charts by Pineberry Lane as e-patterns directly from Pineberry Lane. Instant gratification! 

These little stitches were my #santasundayxs project during July.

Finished as simple flat ornaments with cording made out of the same coloured DMC used in the pattern, 355 & 822. In the above photo you can see the fabric I chose for the backing, one of the lovely pieces I picked up on my recent shopping trip.

See you soon xx

Two Finishes to Share

The end of another week has rolled around again and this week we've been treated to some winter sun - frosty and chilly to start the day but then a day of sunshine. 

Great for the second week of the school holidays, which Hannah has been enjoying to wind down after a full on term of school and extra activities. She's spent time with my niece, friends and been into work with me a few days. Glenn and I haven't had any time off work over this school break, we're saving our leave for a bit later in the year for our annual family holiday, more about that another time!

Anyways, I'm certainly on a roll with Christmas ornaments, with this one stitched and finished last week.  I love the colours in this, and it's reminded me how much I'm going to miss not having any new Lizzie Kate's Christmas designs this year. 

This little design is from Lizzie Kate's # 171 Seasons chart.

I used some Lynette Anderson fabric for the backing and this will be travelling off  to a special friend later in the year.

I recently finished my latest socks and they were just waiting for a wash and the blocking.

All the details:

Pattern: Drippity Drop Socks by Kay F Jones
Yarn: Hollyhock by Knitcola 
Needle Size: 2.25mm
Size: M

It was certainly interesting seeing how this yarn knitted up!  I do love this pattern and will be knitting this design again soon.

See you soon xx