The start of my christmas stitching

Here are 5 designs I've done from the world of cross stitching. They are about 2.5 by 2.5 inches and my plan is to turn them into card to give to friends. At the moment I'm working on a pollyanna pickering design from the same magazine.

Less then 3 weeks till the knitting and stitching show in London and I can't wait. 4 days, 10 workshops and lots of shopping :-)

Its been a while.....

since I said I was back.

First heres a pic of the photo cross stitch I did for a friend in March. Took me 4 weeks to finish, started really slow then was told it had to be finished in a week and a half with over half the cross stitch to go. As you can imagine a lot of late night were spent on it. Finished and framed it the night before we gave it to her for her birthday. The photo was in black and white, had it converted into a chart through someone on ebay. Used a box frame so the glass didnt touch the stitches.

Just finished stitching 2 christmas pics over the last few days, I'm planning on turning into cards. Getting a head start. Will try putting some pics up soon.

Also booked our tickets to this years knitting and stitching show in London {oct 7-10}. Going for 4 days this year and doing 10 workshops. Me and my sister went for 2 days last year and really enjoyed it and got lots of stuff. Really looking forward to it and already making a list of things to look out for :-)

I'm Back

Well it's been a very long time, and the reason..... facebook and a certain game called farmville. Which I have totally become addicted it but have made a lot of good friends from around the world playing it.

I've been well. Started going a new dentist in February and since then have had 3 teeth removed, 5 fillings and I'm in the middle of root canal...... not fun. But the good thing about recovering from teeth extraction is it helped me get back on track for losing weight. So far have lost 19 pounds yay. More to go, I'm hoping to lose a few more pounds before a weekend trip to wales at the end of June. We spead the second day horse riding round the Brecon beacons and I cant wait.

Hardly done anything crafty since before Christmas but have just started a new project, detail and piccys to follow :-)

Stitch in Time WIP

An update on stitch in time:The threads seem a lot brighter then what was shown on the picture. Not sure if its because I've got a pink hint coming through the waste canvas, but I'm liking it :-) I'm finding working with the bag easy, I tied up the handles so I wouldn't keep getting tangled, the bag is thin so there have been no problems getting the needles through and I was able to use a frame which always makes it faster.

Stitch in Time

This is my next project:The plan is to stitch the Margaret Sherry design onto the front of a small canvas bag, which I want to use for carrying my cross stitch bits around. That's why I pick the mice doing a cross stitch. I am going to use 18ct waste canvas to get the design onto the front of the bag. I wanted to use soluble canvas but could only find it in 14ct which would have been too big for the bag. I dyed the bag today using the a Dylon fabric dye power pink. So I'm ready to start stitching tomorrow.

Mini finish

Finished my little somebunny to love freebie yesterday. Haven't made it into a card yet. I decided to added beads as the eyes instead of just cross stitching them. The back stitching is in grey so I used grey beads from my stash to match. Also added little pink buttons.
I was informed by my boyfriend last night that on Tuesday it would be the last day before Christmas that he would be seeing a work friend, which I wanted to make a card for. So I picked out a Margaret Sherry penguin design to stitch. Problem I only had half the threads needed. Solution a trip to my local hobby craft this morning. I got my threads and also a heat it up tool for embossing :-) My excuse is it was needed for the card. This is the finished stitch: I already have different basic cards. Just had to measure and cut out a window:

I embossed Happy Christmas on to the front, using my new tool :-) and sliver heat it up powder, which ended up everywhere:

Double sided tape and a backing for inside and finished:
Its simple but I like it. Another Christmas card finished. And you may guess I like taking pictures :-)

The Past 2 Days

Since finishing In Harmony a couple of days ago I decided to do a few simple tiny stitches. I started and finished my first Christmas card of the season. Its an All our yesterdays card kit that came free in the world of cross stitching magazine. Thought I would make it, be nice to send it to someone.

The second start is another free kit from the world of cross stitching. A somebunny to love mini bunny. I thought it was cute. Will have to start slotting in the free kits that you always get with magazine, got a box full of them. Think I might turn this into a birthday card, its a friends little girl's birthday in January think this would be prefect in a pink or purple card for her.