Lizzie Kate Finishes

I had two Lizzie Kate finishes in December 2020.

The first one was Cat Lessons for People which I stitched for my friend's 50th birthday.  She reintroduced me to cross stitching so I thought it was appropriate to stitch her something and she loves cats.  I have been meaning to stitch her something for quite a few years.

The second finish was the Spirit of Christmas mystery SAL that I started in 2018 and finished it on 27 December 2020.

 Happy stitching

Lesleyanne x

Mini The Possibilites Eveelution Rainbow

I started this project on 1 January 2019 for my eldest son with the aim of finishing it for his graduation.  I finished page one in May 2019.  I didn't finish page two until May 2020 and page three on August 2020. I finsihed page four on 1 January 2021, page five on 7 February 2021, Page six on 17 March 2021, page seven on 23 April 2021,page 8 on 15 May 2021.  May son received his BA Hons in Fine Art in July 2021 but luckily for me he is working towards his Masters so I am hopefully going to get it finished by the time he graduates in December 2022 (that is the plan!).

I finished page nine on 28 September 2021.

 This is the whole project as it stands at the moment.

I will be back with more of what I have been stitching in the next week or two.

Happy Stitching

Lesleyanne

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

Stepping back into the land of blogging!

 I know it has been a while and a lot has happened since I last posted but as this came up in my Facebook memories as being four years ago! I thought I would share it on my blog with the hope that perhaps I can upload every couple of months.

This is my last finished Heaven and Earth Design - Mini Ariadne. She was framed four years ago and I am really pleased with her but so sad that I haven't finished any others.  I have quite a few wips and some new starts since I last posted but I will show them next time.

Since I last posted I have been made redundant but was lucky enough to get another job after about six months of looking.  It is a full time job and cuts into my stitching time quite a bit but I try to get some done mostly at the weekends and sometimes in the evenings once or twice a week.  

My eldest son graduated this year and my youngest son is Assistant Head Chef at Zizzis.  I am so very proud of the young men they have become.

I will be back soon with an update and to show you my new wip.

Happy stitching

Lesleyanne

Page 3 of Hope Finished

On 4th April I finished page 3 of Hope by Melanie Delon.  My stitching mojo is still intermittent at best but I am hoping it is back, fingers crossed.

I am going back to page 2 now as for the HAED Challenge I had to start a completely new page.

Hopefully I will be back soon with another update.

Keep Stitching




Lesleyanne

Hope - Melanie Delon

I am sorry I haven't been blogging but my stitching mojo has been missing for most of the year.  I have just finished the first page on Hope which is a HAED design with the artwork by Melanie Delon.  I started this design on 3rd January 2016 and finished the page on 6th December 2016.

I hope to be back with another page update soon.

Keep stitching


Lesleyanne

I am sorry I haven't been around but my blogging bug seems to have gone missing but I wanted to post my latest finish as you were all here when I started it.

I finished Mini Ariadne today, 2nd January 2016.  I am really pleased with how she has turned out and will miss stitching her.  I think I started stitching here in March 2013.

I am hoping to start my next HAED in the next few days.

Happy Stitching

Lesleyanne

Mini Ariadne Update

I am sorry I have not been back sooner but my blogging mojo seems to have done a runner.  I am stitching albeit not as much as I used to but am hoping soon my stitching mojo will come back properly.

I want to thank you all for your kind words on my last post. They really mean the world to me, thank you.

Since January 2015 I have been stitching on Mini Ariadne but have only managed to finish two pages so far.

I hope to be back next week with some progress on Colours of Spring, Paine Free Crafts chart, as I am stitching it as part of the Quest to finish a UFO on Facebook.

Lesleyanne

Heartbroken

I have been meaning to post for a couple of months now but unfortunately my blogging mojo seems to have taken an extended break.

I lost both my stitching mojo and blocking mojo last year but have been stitching recently so will be back to show off my stitching soon.

I am heartbroken as yesterday, 10 February, my darling mother passed away and I will never see her again and just cannot believe it.  She has been ill but we thought we had much longer with her but it seems not.

I am sorry to post such a sad post and will be back shortly with more about my stitching.

Hugs

Lesleyanne

Birthday Gift!

I had another birthday last week and received two parcels from fellow stitchers.  A BIG THANK YOU to Michelle and Sally.  I love both of your gifts and thank you for them and your friendship.

Firstly, in no particular order, a beautiful pillow from Sally.

From Michelle I have received a lovely pattern and some gorgeous fabric.

I had a lovely couple days off and went shopping with my Mum and Sister.  

My stitching mojo seems to be on a bit of a holiday although I did get a bit done yesterday until I coloured all the blocks in on my tablet by mistake and that put me off a bit as it means I have got to work out which stitches I need to do.

Thank you again to both Michelle and Sally for my gifts.  

Until next time, when I hope to have some stitching to show you, happy stitching.

Love Lesleyanne