The zipper pull charm was included in a gift from my friend Elizabeth.
See you soon xx
The zipper pull charm was included in a gift from my friend Elizabeth.
See you soon xx
Christmastime Mystery stitch along, which was a free pdf pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop last year.
So happy that my finishing pile is starting to dwindle, still a few things to go though.
See you soon xx
This past weekend we had a little break away to celebrate Hannah May's 15th birthday. It was just what we all needed, although the weather was pretty rubbish.
After a cancelled flight Thursday evening, and an overnight stay in Napier, we were up at silly o'clock to catch our flight to Auckland.
We arrived to discover that trains into the city weren't running due to an electrical issue but eventually they started up again, so we finally made it to our motel mid morning so we could check in and drop our bags off.
We spent the rest of the day at Sylvia Park shopping centre as the rain was bucketing down on and off again.
Over Easter weekend I started three new projects and I am thoroughly enjoying each one.
First up, my birthday start was This Happy Morning by Plum Street Samplers and I've chosen to stitch the dark version. I'm using the recommended threads and Black Swan linen by Fox & Rabbit.
Next up was the 2022 Collector's Heart by Heart in Hand, I love these sweet little pillow designs. Fabric and buttons included in the kit.
I received some lovely crafty birthday gifts from a couple of my friends - cute fabrics for project bags and DMC threads.
Patterns of my wish list from Misty at Luminous Fiber Arts.
More pretty fabrics, dishcloth cotton and yarn for making handwarmers, and a small Nurge stitching hoop. My friends at work have gone crazy for Nurge hoops and we all stocked up from our local sewing shop so are currently waiting for the next order to come in.
One of my friends also made me this gorgeous project bag - the stitched piece is by Cosford Rise Stitchery.
I have a small container that is slowly getting filled with finished stitched pieces as over the past few months I have had very little time at my sewing machine. This often happens over the summer months. I hope to start working on these and get myself up to date with a few things.
Good Friday it rained here most of the day and once I'd completed a few chores around the house, I pulled out some pieces, some finishing supplies and popped on some floss tube and managed to get these three little projects done. They were all stitched during 2022.
First up, Cannot Count My Day Complete, which is part of a free pattern by Lori Holt and can be found here:
Letters to Santa, which was a mystery stitch along by the Fat Quarter Shop.
Stitched on 32 count chalkboard linen with the recommended Weeks or DMC threads:
I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend, we thoroughly enjoyed our four day break.
The weather was pretty good, although we did light the fire one evening for the first time this autumn. We spent time with family, celebrated my birthday, which fell on Easter Sunday this year, worked on some projects at home, and looked after Diesel after his operation last week, and generally enjoyed being around home. Hannah is now on school holidays for the next two weeks.
Of course we enjoyed some Easter treats!
New books bought with birthday money - Nicky Pellegrino is one of my favourite NZ authors.
I'm looking forward to reading Pip Cameron's new book, filled with lovely recipes and stories about life on a high country farm in the South Island.