Finished!

After a minor disaster, I got up to answer the door without putting the lid on my highlighter pen, you can see where this is going, I came back to discover the highlighter had fell on the fabric. I'm sure if you look closely you might still see a slight pink blob which I am hoping won't be visible once it is framed. I scrubbed and scrubbed and eventually got the highlighter off my white stitches. There was a lot of muttering I'm surprised you didn't hear me. I nearly threw it out in utter annoyance at myself.

Anyway I stitched and stitched with the help of ISHW I have finally finished Vervaco's Temptation.



I have to say I'm really pleased with it. Didn't like some of the thread it seemed to keep knotting, driving me mad. I enjoyed stitching this. I did have a couple of wobbles where I hated it but got through them especially with the lovely comments I have received whilst stitching it.

I will take her to the framers after I have washed and ironed her, again.

Stitching might be a bit scarce this week as we are going on holiday the week after next and I need to sort out the clothes we are going to take with us and have a few household jobs to catch up on. If I do manage to do some stitching it will be on LHN's Simple Joys which I am taking on holiday with me.

Until next time, happy stitching

Lesleyanne xxx

New Addition and Progress

I would like you to meet Lily, our new addition to the family. She is seven months old and a little cutie. We have only had her since Friday so she is still settling in but seems to be doing well.





I have been working on Temptation. It has been two weeks since you have seen her and I have to say I am pleased with my progress although my mojo seems to be a bit intermittent. I am hoping that another two weeks will see her finished, fingers crossed.



Until next time, happy stitching

Lesleyanne

More Progress!

After a slow start stitching wise on Temptation I sat down on Friday morning to watch the Royal Wedding and I stitched my little heart out whilst watching a lovely event.



I am really quite pleased with my progress but must apologise for not ironing it before taking a picture I hope you will forgive me. I am looking forward to spending tomorrow, bank holiday Monday, stitching for most of the day with any luck. I have been playing taxi driver today so haven't got as much done as I would have liked.

I would like to thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and leaving me comments. I really do appreciate them.

Hope you all have a lovely week.

Until next time, happy stitching

Lesleyanne xxx

Happy

Primitive Betty Easter Freebie
Stitched on Cream 14ct Aida
Using DMC Threads
Stitched on 21st April 2011

I stitched this Primitive Betty Freebie (http://primitivebettys.blogspot.com/2011/03/easter-freebie.html) on Thursday. I have yet to make it up, hopefully as a pillow, when the mood takes me. Finishing mood doesn't happy often lol.

I hope everyone is having a lovely Easter and those who can have lots of lovely chocolate.

I have also been working on Vervaco Temptation. Heres this weeks progress.

A close up of the area I have been working on white on cream doesn't show up very well.




Hope everyone is enjoying the lovely weather. It has been gorgeous here. I have been out in the garden pruning a couple of shrubs and I have planted some cosmos seeds, my first time, fingers crossed they grow.

Until next time, happy stitching

Lesleyanne xxx

Progress!

I have been working on Vervaco Temptation this week and I am pleased with my progress - still a long way to go but getting there. This weekend was International Hermit and Stitch Weekend again and I worked on LHN's Simple Joys. I am REALLY pleased with my progress on this. I normally try to stay in on a Sunday but decided that as I am on holiday next week I would stitch on Saturday as well, the ironing can wait until during the week lol - priorities. This is a great stitch and am loving it. Thank you to all those that leave me comments - I do appreciate them and they quite often make me giggle, especially when you justify my new starts for me. Until next time happy stitching Lesleyanne xxx

TUSAL

This is my ort jar as of today. I have squashed it down a bit so it looks like a birds nest, not the brightest idea I have had. Mainly blues and browns in there at the moment from my LHN and Vervaco's Temptation.

Speaking of Temptation. Here she is as of today. You can see where the lowest point of the chart will be so still a fair way to go. I am hoping probably by the end of May or possibly April will see her finished, fingers crossed.



Happy Mother's Day to those of us celebrating today. Hope you have all had a lovey day.

Until next time, happy stitching

Lesleyanne xxx

Progress!

I am really pleased with my progress this week on Vervaco Temptation. It started with IHSW (International Hermit and Stitch Weekend) and I managed to stitch on it most evenings which hasn't happened much just lately and I'm not sure why.

I do seem to spend a lot of time thinking about trying to decide how I want to stitch, one at a time, one at a time with a seperate project at the weekend etc etc. I'm sure it would just be better to stitch. I also spend too much time on Facebook and looking at peoples' blogs.

Until next time, happy stitching

Lesleyanne xxx

House Built!

My LHN House that is. I have stitched on this an hour on Wednesday as part of my SAL with Sally and Lisa. A bit on Thursday, a bit on Friday, a bit on Saturdya and finally finished the brickwork today on Sunday. On Wednesday I shall work on the window frames lol and perhaps even the door. It's got to be a bit drafty at the moment.



I did get slightly sidetracked this week as a new magazine came out and I decided I wanted to have a go. It is called the Art of Knitting. I haven't knitted in about twenty years so needed a bit of a refresher. I didn't get far enough to show anything. I really need to practice my casting on lol.

I did stitch on Temptation's Vervaco this week and have nearly finished her back and will be soon stitching the shawl. My clever mum managed to take a piece of thread to a shop that sells DMC thread that I am nearly out of and managed to match it up for me. Little does she know I have another one lol. I daren't carry on in case I do run out although I might not it's a bit 50/50.

Heres my progress picture.



Thank you for all your answers to my questions. I decided to carry on with the hoops for now and hope that my stitches go back to normal after I washed and ironed it when it is finished. I have also decided to keep my threads on bobbins as I really don't feel like unwinding them as much as I detest winding them on lol.

I can't believe that I have got 103 followers. I am going to have a another giveaway later in the year to celebrate my blogaversary and my followers. I would like to thank you all for following my ramblings and a special thanks to those who leave comments they really do make day.

Until next time, happy stitching.

Lesleyanne xxx

Thank You / Questions / Progress!

There's a lot to get in this week.

Firstly, thank you to KarenV and Jennifer for their tutorials on a couple of finishing ideas I hope to try out sometime this year. Both emailed me with notes which I really really appreciate. Thank you ladies.

I would also like to thank Nia for my lovely stitching buddy below. Nia sent me this gorgeous doll who now resides next to my daylight lamp watching over me while I stitch and some ribbon which I forgot to take a photo of. Thank you Nia, you really shouldn't have but it was very much appreciated.



I wondered how fellow stitchers held their stitching. Do you use hoops, frames or q-snaps. I have noticed on my Vervaco piece that some of my stitches look flat I am thinking probably because they have been held between the two hoops. I am wondering if it would be better to use q-snaps - any advice you could give would be very much appreciated. I sit at the end of my sofa so couldn't use a floor standing frame. I also wondered how you stored your thread. I have been using bobbins but have quite a lot to still wind on and am really not that keen so again any ideas would be much appreciated. Many thanks.

Talking of my Vervaco - here she is as of today. I couldn't put her down yesterday, hence the reason my post is later than normal lol. My excuse is that it was International Hermit and Stitch day and I wanted as much progress as possible while I was in the zone.



Wednesday it was SAL time again with Sally and Lisa. It was hard to put Belle away again although I am not sure about the colour of her dress - it looks mucky to me lol even though I am using the colours called for.



I have also picked up my At Home with Jane Austen stitching from the framers but will show that next week.

Until next time, happy stitching

Lesleyanne xxx

Finally!

I have finished the curtain. This seemed to take forever to finish and my mojo took a bit of a dip whilst stitching it - not sure why but at least now I can get back to the main part of stitching lol.



I had a new start this week - it certainly saved my sanity lol. My SAL with Sally and Lisa, LHN Be Merry Belle Pepper. I enjoyed every moment of stitching this and found it really hard to put away on Wednesday evening.



A shorter post from me this week lol. Thank you to everyone who visits and takes the time to comment I really do appreciate it.

Until next time, happy stitching

Lesleyanne xxx

More Progress!

Firstly, I would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who left me a comment on my previous post. You really made my day with your kindness about my mistake in my stitching. Stitchers really are the best!

This is my progress on Vervaco Temptation. I haven't done as much as I would have liked since I managed to get a virus and although I still managed to go to work, typical, in the evenings I didn't really feel much like stitching but did force myself here and there. Hopefully the antibiotics the Doctor gave me will kick in and I will feel more myself and stitching. Anyway heres my progress, I have been stitching the curtain.



Until next time, happy stitching

Lesleyanne xxx

Progress / Giveaway

This is my progress as of today of Vervaco's Temptation. I really pleased with how this is stitching up. I have had a couple of visits from the frog otherwise I think I might have got a bit more done.



Once I have finished getting the dinner ready I shall carry on with her.

When I offered my giveaway I forgot to post a closing date. Please forgive it is my First giveaway hopefully I will remember next time lol. Anyway I will keep my giveaway open for another week making the closing date 16 January 2011. If you want to enter please leave a comment on the giveaway post only - two posts down.

My ort jar would like to thank everyone for their lovely comments on its appearance. It seems to have won a reprieve lol.

Good luck to all those enjoying the different challenges across various blogs. I am loving watching your progress and find them very ummmm enabling. I trying not to look too closely as I have got enough to stitch already lol.

Until next time, happy stitching.

Lesleyanne xxx