Monday, June 26, 2017

Sunshine and stitching.

With the glorious summer sunshine and long evenings, I haven't been stitching as much as I usually would do. I have been enjoying the company of number one son who is home for a while, so we have been enjoying the time together sitting outside on the patio and just talking.... it's wonderful. Once the mosquitoes begin to descend then we head indoors and I pick up my needle! Here's what I have been working on this past week...


....a free card kit form the world of Cross Stitching magazine...


.....which came with a printed card, and looks really pretty....


....a perfect card for so many different occasions. 

This was another design that I used my Stitching Log to record the thread colours that were in the kit....of course, I forgot to pick it up and put it in the picture! For anyone that would like a free copy of the Stitching Log, click here to read about it and download your very own copy.

The Lakeside Needlecrafts free SAL....


....I still haven't decided what to do with blocks three and four....block six is a stack of teacups.....


I'm planning to get out some old cross stitch magazines to find some Durene Jones designs that would fit into the blocks instead of the lettering designs that are on the chart, but I may end up  doing the design as Durene has intended :) This was a fun SAL, and the details can be found here

I seem to be having some trouble with the emails from my blog. I try to respond to everyone who leaves a comment unless you are a 'no reply' blogger, but many of the emails seem to come back as un-deliverable. So if you haven't had a reply from me, I do apologize and just want everyone to know that I do appreciate that you spend a few minutes to leave me a comment. Hopefully I can get this sorted out.

Until next time....happy stitching!

Rhona

Monday, June 19, 2017

Framed!

It's amazing what you can do when you have a deadline to work to! I finished and framed the MS kitties in time for my friends leaving party.....



......a simple black frame and a double mat in black and white made the colours of the design really pop.....



....and best of all, my friend loved it!

So once the kitties were completed, I went back to the Lakeside Needlecraft's Tea and Cakes SAL...


Blocks 3 and 4 are lettering designs and I wasn't sure how I felt about them so I might see if I can find some other Durene Jones designs that are suitable to stitch in the empty blocks.


If you'd like to join in with this adorable SAL, you can find the free charts by clicking here. (go on....you know you want to!)

Hee hee, it's lovely to be an enabler!!! :)

Until next time...happy stitching!

Rhona

Monday, June 12, 2017

Sooooo close to having a finish!

I would have had a finish to show you today, but I was bit distracted by the ice-hockey final last night and didn't get an awful lot of stitching done, but you can see just how close I am to doing a little happy dance......



 ....just a bit more of the mug outline to stitch....


...and some back stitching on the stripes and dots on the mug...


...and the outlining of the hearts!

It really shouldn't take too long to do, so I have my dancing shoes on, all ready for the happy dance to take place later today :)

Until next time...happy stitching! (and dancing, if you're at that point with your stitching!)

Rhona



Monday, June 5, 2017

Cats and cake!


Cats and cake ....what a wonderful combination! The cats I'm talking about are the cute Margaret Sherry kitties...


I've managed to get a bit more of them done, although not as much as I would have liked but it's all my fault! I normally watch tv while I stitch and tend to 'listen' to a film or show.....I'm sure many of you do the same thing.  But at the moment I have been watching the ice hockey and you really can't just listen to that on the tv.....it's something you have to watch....especially when your team is in the finals :) So my stitching has been confined to the short breaks between periods.

The back stitching is bringing these delightful kitties to life.....


And since the kitties have to be completed before the end of this month, the Tea and cakes SAL has been put to the side, but I did manage to add part of the next cake as I just couldn't resist....you know how it is!  :)


This stitch along is such fun and you can find the free SAL design here, the designer is Durene Jones who has an etsy store where you can find lots of her wonderful designs and Lakeside Needlecraft's web page can be found here.  My apologies if your credit card gets used after looking at these links :)

So here's to more cats and cake....and ice hockey!

Until next time .....happy stitching!

Rhona