It's beginning to look a lot like.......

...HALLOWEEN

I have been stitching away in my spare time this week and I have some more autumn/halloween finishes to share with you all today.

First up is the tiny little pumpkin freebie from Elizabeths Designs. I chose not to stitch the word 'pumpkin' underneath. I think it will make a lovely scissor fob.

'Pumpkin' by Elizabeths Designs

25ct white evenweave

DMC floss

My next finish seems to be a very popular design, I've seen this popping up on loads of blogs. I can see why, it's such fun and a quick stitch too :-) I think this will be a little pin pillow, and I might distress the fabric a little too.

'Boo Tyme' freebie from Plain and Fancy Merchant

28ct light mocha evenweave

WDW and DMC floss

I stitched part of the banner from the top of Prairie Schoolers 'When Witches Go Riding' for my next spooky finish. I think this would look great as a little flat ornament with some ribbon or cording or both!

'When Witches Go Riding' by Prairie Schooler

28ct white evenweave

WDW & DMC floss

Lastly is a Lizzie*Kate freebie I had lurking in my patterns folder.

'Spooky Patch' by Lizzie*Kate

28ct white evenweave

DMC floss

I am not sure if I will buy the suggested spider charm for the web block on the top right. I'm not sure if it looks okay without it. This will be made into a pinkeep, I'm going to used black ribbon for the edging and then multicoloured pins to match the colours in the design, maybe some beads too.

So, that's what I've been up to stitchy wise for the past few days. I bought a lovely little oblong basket from the charity shop last week for 25p and I want to fill it with all my halloween stitches and have it on display in the living room. Looks like I am going to have to have a finishing day next week to get some of these finished fully and into the basket. I promise to take pics :-)

Next up on the stitchy front is some exchange stitching, so that will have to remain a mystery for now :-) After that I have 'Spooky Row' by Bent Creek all kitted up and ready to stitch :-)

I'm looking forward to that one!

Next week is going to be a busy one, I'm helping out at the kids school on Monday and then I have a friends kids (3yr old and 7 month old) three times during the week while my friend has driving lessons. I also have my weekly Brownies where I am a trainee leader. And just to top it all off my son Cameron will be celebrating his 7th birthday a week on Sunday! So there will be presents to shop for and wrap (and hide!), birthday cake to make and plans for a secret, extra special day out to arrange.

I think that by the time Sunday night rolls around I will be needing a glass of wine! And possibly some chocolate too :-)

I just wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone for the lovely comments about the glass pieces I made last weekend which I showed in my last post. I think that it is wonderful that people take the time to comment on the posts I write, I love to read what you have to say and I'm always excited when I see that there are new comments. Is that just me? Barbara, I will try to remember to bring them with me on Tuesday so you can see them in the flesh :-)

Oh well, I have spent much longer on this post than I had intended. Oops! I'd better clear the decks before the kids arrive home from school.

Happy stitching,

Sadie x