Sunday, 6 May 2012

Round Robin / Gifts

I think I have been teasing you for long enough.  Here is my piece for the Round Robin.  I am sure many of you will recognise it.  I am stitching Lizzie Kate's 6 Fat Snowmen.  I have stitched the first one and plan on stitching the bird house next week before it goes on it's travels.  I will stitch the last one when it returns.  I have really enjoyed stitching on it this week and look forward to stitching on the other pieces that will come my way.


It was the lovely Michelle's birthday this week and I decided to send her a little gift to wish her a happy birthday and thank her for her friendship.  I stitched this design in January from the JCS Magazine and backed it with the fabric in the background.  I am pleased to say Michelle loved it despite my very bad finishing.  This piece just didn't finish very well despite however many times I unpicked and stitched it again. 


Talking of gifts I was very lucky to receive a gift from Elaine.  She sent me the lovely spring pillow and threads you see below as I had lent her one of my charts.  Thank you Elaine I love my spring pillow and the threads.


That's all from me this week I am off to start my new HAED Ariadne.

Until next time, happy stitching

Lesleyanne xxx

28 comments:

Angela said...

I love your RR choice! Can't wait to stitch on it :) Lovely pillow for Michelle's Bday and a sweet little pillow from Elaine! I'll email you tomorrow :)

blue star stitcher said...

I love the little pillow you made for Michelle, and it looking homemade just adds extra charm to it.

Julie said...

Fat Men will be a great RR.
super gift you sent to Michelle, it looks lovely.

Patty C. said...

Love your snowman :)

Jane said...

Lovely stitching Lesleyanne, love those snowmen charts and your gift from Lainey, well of course it's a bunny, so gorgeous!!
xxx

BeckySC said...

Im loving your snowman :) Lovely gift sent and received :)

Dani - tkdchick said...

You've picked a great design for your RR!!!

What a lovely little gift sent and received!

lesli said...

Oh I love love love the RR piece! Those fat men are one of my faves :) How does the RR work, do you all share the piece when you're done or is it a gift for someone you all know?
Lovely gift for Michelle! That fabby for the backing is such a great accent to your beautiful stitching of the birds!
Adorable gift from Elaine! The Spring piece is so cute!
Go, go, go, Ariadne! I can't wait!

Mouse said...

love your RR and really nice gift for Michelle too :) and cute thank you from Elaine as well :)
love mouse xxxxx

Anonymous said...

Your snowman is so cute! Love your gifts.

Unknown said...

I really like that Lizzie/Kate project, it looks like a very fun stitch.

Good luck with Your new Head!!

Hugs Yvon.

butterfly said...

Love your R/R , snow men are great fun to stitch.
Lovely gifts given and sent, HUGS.

Lainey said...

Love your RR choice Lesleyanne. The pillow for Michelle is really pretty.
Glad you liked your bunny treat.

Lainey said...

Love your RR choice Lesleyanne. The pillow for Michelle is really pretty.
Glad you liked your bunny treat.

Daffycat said...

Oh, your RR piece is fun. Everyone should love stitching on it.

You stitched a really pretty design to gift Michelle with. That backing fabric is perfect for it too!

Chris said...

I love that snowman. It looks great.
What a sweet small for Michelle and the sweet stitch from Lainey!
Have a great week!

Carol said...

Such a cute RR--I know your friends will be really happy to contribute a block to it, Lesleyanne. And your little gift to Michelle is so sweet--love the fabric you've chosen for the back...

Have fun on your new HAED :)

Linda said...

I love the 6 Fat Men. What a great RR piece. Your pillow looks just fine. Homemade is the best.

Linda

Christina said...

6 fat snowmen is such a fun piece. I even thought about buying the charts and using individual snowmen for Christmas ornies.
Your pillow for Michelle is lovely. I'm sure she was thrilled with it.
I saw the sweet pillow Lainey stitched for you over on her blog - very nice!

♥ Nia said...

I love love love 6 fat man :) I have everything to stitch them.. except time :p LOL Hope to start someday soon ;)
Lovely gifts :D
Hugs&smiles to you

Melissa said...

The Think Spring gift is adorable! And what a nice gift you made. The fabric looks great with it :)

Michelle said...

I loved my gift its wonderful thank you. Can't wait to make a start on our RR xx

Penny said...

Who can resist 6 Fat Snowmen? So cute. :) You stitched a lovely gift for Michelle! And what nice goodies from Elaine too! :)

Anne said...

Very sweet fatman!! I love snowmen!! What a lovely gift you made for Michelle! And lovely sweet pillow Lainey made for you!!

Ewa said...

Don't say your finishing is bad! I think it looks great! And it's a lot better than anything I could've done!

Denise said...

super job on Fat Snowmen and good choice for a RR. Love it! Great gifts sent and recieved
Happy Stitching
Denise

Mylene said...

Very cute design you've chosen for your RR. Lovely gift you've made for Michelle and a cute cute gift from Elaine!

Solstitches said...

Perfect RR choice. Love the Fat Snowmen :)
The pillow you stitched for Michelle is lovely and what a pretty gift from Elaine.
Margaret