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Sunday, 8 February 2009

Love is in the air

Well it is at my house! This is the gift I sent out for the Valentine exchange on HoE.
It went to live with Karen, who found this when she opened it.
'All you need is love' freebie by The Drawn Thread. Stitched on 28ct evenweave with DMC Floss. I enjoyed stitching this and I loved doing all the different stitches, most of them new to me.
I am really liking The Drawn Thread. They have lots of lovely freebies. below is the whole package, I had a hard time parting with the cute little bag!
This is what I received for the Valentine Exchange. This lovely piece is from Sandra in Barbados. I have hung this pretty in my bedroom, where else!
Sandra also made me this beautiful doily, after reading that I was trying to learn crochet. I hope I am this good one day!
Below is the whole package I received.
What a fab exchange.
This week I have been stitching a biscornu for an exchange, so no pics of that yet. Next week I want to stitch the L*K stamp for February and hopefully make a start on LHN 'Home of a needleworker too'. I won the LHN pattern in a giveaway Ashley had last year on her blog. When the chart arrived Ashley had also snuck in all the Crescent Colours flosses I need to stitch it, talk about generous! I am really looking forward to stitching it.
Well off now to do some ironing :-(
Then off to MIL & FIL's for dinner :-)
Happy Sunday,
Sadie x

14 comments:

Miss 376 said...

What a lovely exchange, lovely to be able to use new stitches too

htimcj said...

Those are lovely exchanges.
Heidi-ILCS

Debbie Jo said...

Very lovely exchanges.

xstitch.nl said...

Wonderful packages, both of them!! I love your Drawn Thread piece!

Carolyn NC said...

I love both your exchanges - just darling!

Rene la Frog said...

What a great exchange. The piece you stitched is just lovely.

Great package from your brother.

Nancy said...

Great exchange, both sending and receiving!!!

Gabi said...

Lovely exchanges, I love both of them.

Lou's addictions said...

oooh your exchange package is lovely. I love the little angel hanging ornie you got. I keep looking at charts like this and thinking that I could miss a week of study and just stitch (then my will power kicks just in time lol...)

Kelly said...

What a fabulous exchange!

staci said...

Wonderful Valentine exchanges! Yours was wrapped so sweetly and of course, the little cushion inside was gorgeous! And what a stunning doily you received, enjoy!

Sonda in OR said...

Very lovely exchanges! I hope to pull out that Drawn Thread one myself someday.

Meari said...

What a nice exchange, Sadie. You did a great job on your stitched piece!

APO (Bem-Trapilho) said...

everything very beautifuL! :)))