What I did....

....when I wasn't blogging. Grab a cuppa this is a looooooooooooooooong post :-)



First up is the biggest of all the finishes and a big happy dance for me :-) 'Autumn Row' by Bent Creek. Please excuse the creases, I wanted to get pictures before the sun disappeared, so didn't iron first.

Close up pics too.


I really enjoyed stitching this one and I have a frame already so next year I will be able to hang this, and spooky row too, for all to see :-) Many thanks once again to Cath for the generous loan of the chart x

Can you guess who this is for? Yep, you got it. Wasn't really that hard to work out was it! This one is for my wonderful little brother, Gavin. He is a joiner (carpenter) and this year he has really helped us out with work on our house, work that we would not have been able to have done had he not done it. We are so grateful for all his help and hard work, he really is a star.

Lizzie Kate, 'A Brother' Snippet. Stitched on 28ct light mocha evenweave with DMC floss.

I've placed a ruler in the next picture so you can see just how tiny my next finish is.Just under 2" tall. This tiny beauty is for my DH Stuart, who is the most amazing man. I changed the year from the one charted. This is a design by the wonderful Tanya over at The Sampler Girl, and is called 'Merry Christmas, My Love'. Stitched over one (what was I thinking!) on 32ct cream evenweave with DMC floss.

Three bookmarks for DH's grandma to give as gifts to friends. All were stitched with DMC on 2" wide, gold edged, 18ct aida banding.

My favourite is the middle one. All patterns taken from the book '500 Flower & Animal Cross Stitch Designs' by Julie Hasler.

I picked out this next design with a particular person in mind, but I took so long to finish it that the season has now past. I was going to stitch something else but I have now decided to just finish it and send it. It wouldn't bother me to receive something 'out of season' and I'm sure it won't bother the recipient either. Hopefully :-) Such pretty colours. Stitched with DMC on 28ct white linen.

The design is called 'Autumn Leaves' and is by Jodi Watson. The pattern is available for free on Cyberstitchers. I did change some of the colours as I felt they were too bright and didn't fit with the rest of the colours. I have kept a note of the changes I made (somewhere!?) if anyone wants to know what I used, email me and I'll hunt them out.

One of the LHN ornament series next. This is ornament number five, 'Winter Sheep'. Again, please forgive the creased fabric.

Stitched with DMC on 28ct bayleaf jobelan. This one is staying here with me and will hopefully be on the tree this year :-)

Another one that is staying here with us :-) This is 'French Country Star' by JBW Designs from this years JCS Ornament issue.

I didn't fancy the over one stitching after already stitching DH's ornament over one, so this is over 2 on 28ct white evenweave, with CC Apple Fritter. I couldn't stand it not being symmetrical, so I made it the same on each side :-) OCD much! LOL

Another one destined to remain here with us :-) and my favourite :-D you all know how much I love Prairie Schooler!

This is 'Blue Crescent Santa' By Prairie Schooler (booklet 53) stitched on 28ct black evenweave with DMC floss. I'm thinking a blue/white cording for this one. Yum!

So, as you can see I have been very busy stitching up a storm, and now I need to get busy finishing up a storm!

Well done to all who have made it to the end of this post, maybe I'll have commemorative badges made :-) LOL

Sadie x