Life Events

In the time that I have been away from blogging I turned 50.  I had a small party with family and asked a cake maker if she could make me a cross stitch cake and this is what she made me.  I didn't really want to cut it up but it tasted as good as it looked!

We also had a new addition to the family.  A little girl born to my nephew and his wife called Daisy-Mai Patricia-Anne and I made her the ornament below from Little House Needleworks for her first christmas (a tradition of mine).  I am pleased to say it was well received by Mum and Dad and Daisy of course.
 

In my next post I will post some of the wips I have been working on.

Happy stitching

Lesleyanne

Merry Christmas and a Finish!

I have been stitching like a mad woman and have finally finished my first Heaven and Earth Designs chart. To say I am thrilled would be an understatement. I loved stitching this piece apart from page 2 where I had a little wobble and vowed never to stitch on it again. But I put my big girl pants on and filled all the silly little squares I had left, lesson learnt, and soon got into the swing of it. So without further ado my I present Mini Be Good for Goodness Sake, artwork by Dona Gelsinger, chart by Heaven and Earth Designs. I stitched it on 18ct magic guide aida using 2 threads over one square.

I was also very honoured to be asked to stitch a square on Sally's 50th Birthday quilt. I hope Sally doesn't mind but I have borrowed her picture of the completed quilt and my square. Lainey and Mouse organised this lovely surprise for Sally with Mouse making up the quilt. Thank you both for asking me to take part. I stitched Littlehouse Needleworks Joy and Peace which I thought was very appropriate given Sally's love of sheep.

I would like to end this rather long post by wishing all my readers a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. I really do appreciate you taking the time out to visit my blog and leave me a comment. They really make my day. Love Lesleyanne xxx

Round Robin Return / Friday Finishing Frenzy

My Round Robin has returned home.  It looks gorgeous and I want to thank Angela, Elisa, Lisa and Michelle SO very much for stitching on my robin and for letting me stitch on theirs.  I really enjoyed my first Round Robin.  Thank you girls for making it such an enjoyable round robin.  I still have to finish the last block and then will get it framed.

Lizzie Kate 6 Fat Snowmen

I have also had another finishing frenzy.  The first one is Little House Needleworks Cardinal Winter that I stitched earlier in the year.  I stitched it on 28ct mushroom evenweave using the recommended DMC threads except for 712 which I swapped for White.  It is badly finished as a flat hanging ornament.

Little House Needleworks Cardinal Winter

I also finished Lizzie Kate's Snowman 10 again which I finished earlier in the year.  It is stitched on 14ct blue marble aida using the recommended DMC threads.  Again I finished this as a flat ornament and I think it looks great and turned out much better than Cardinal Winter.

Lizzie Kate Snowman 10 

I also finished another stitched piece but can't show that as it is a gift for someone who reads my blog.

I have been making good progress on my Heaven and Earth Design Mini Be Good but will show a picture of that next week as I am hoping to continue with it after writing my Christmas cards and wrapping some presents.  I have managed about six hundred stitches which doesn't seem a lot but I am pleased with it as the page is rather daunting as it contain a lot of confetti stitches.

Until next time, happy stitching

Love Lesleyanne

A FINISH / TUSAL / IHSW

I forgot to sign up for IHSW but participated anyway.  I managed to finish my ornament, Little House Needleworks Cardinal Winter.

It is also time to show my TUSAL jar and this is what it looks like as of today.  I am a bit late with my photo though.

Unfortunately my stitching and commenting mojo went during the week after the sad news of my Uncle's death so I apologise if I haven't commented on your blog post.  I did read most of them but didn't really feel like commenting.  I have tried catching up since.  He was my mum's last living sibling so as you can imagine she is very devastated as she has lost both of her "baby" brothers in a very short time.

I have received two lovely RAKs this week which really made my day.  From Lesli I received HAED QS Midnight Tender which is one of my favourites as I love the colours.

The owner of Heaven and Earth Designs also sent me Mini Rose Angel, a chart that was on my wish list, as she has been sending as Freebie Fairy to a lot of ladies on Facebook.

I look forward to stitching both of these charts and feel very lucky indeed to have received them.  Thank you both.

It is the summer holidays now for my two boys and the sun has finally put in an appearance and we have had lovely weather the last couple of days, long may it continue.

I am off now to stitch on Ariadne, which I am finding very hard to put down.

Until next time, happy stitching

Love Lesleyanne

New Start / First Finish!

I have my first finish of 2012, Little House Needleworks' Winter Band Sampler. I really enjoyed stitching this. I stitched it on 14ct Beige Marble Aida and the recommended DMC threads.



My new start was started on New Year's Day. A little tradition I seem to have. I just can't help myself. It is a design by http://pauchok.okis.ru/. It is a free design. There is a lot of white on white at the moment.



This is my progress as of Friday. About three quarter of the first page of nine.




Until next time, happy stitching

Lesleyanne xxx