Framed

I found the perfect frame for BBD 'Their Song' whilst I was shopping this morning. The frame was only £6, bargain! I finished this last September, so it's about time it was framed :-)

It was kinda hard to get decent pictures. It's really sunny here today so lots of glare. Don't forget you can click on the pics to GO LARGE :-)

I'm super chuffed :-) This is the biggest piece I have framed myself. It took me about an hour to get it all laced properly onto the mount board and you know I didn't swear once ;-D
I want to hang this in the living room but only after we get rid of the horrible 70's wallpaper, that might not happen for a few months so for now it is sitting on the windowsill. Don't worry, it's not in the sun.

I really haven't been doing very much stitching lately, too busy with kids on holiday, friends visiting, cake eating and gardening. I started this about 3 weeks ago, it's a BBD freebie. I'm stitching it with HDF silk floss BeGrimed on 32ct linen called 'Enchantment' from Silkweaver.

I have a few little birthday stitches coming up and a couple of exchanges too and DH's grandma has asked me to make her some more bookmarks, she gives them as presents to her friends and she likes them as they are easy to slip in an envelope with a card or letter. So, looks like I will be a busy little stitcher for the rest of April. I had fun yesterday spending some of my birthday money on stitchy stash. I got some fantastic bargains :-) Hopefully there will be pics next week, if I don't get arrested for harassing the postman ;-O

It was interesting to read all the responses to the post I wrote here , as well as the comments left on that post I also received several emails. It seems that many have had similar things happen, which is a shame, it takes so little time to write a simple email saying thank you. It would be sad though, if anyone let one bad experience put them off ever participating in a swap or exchange again. Because for the vast majority of the time everything goes smoothly. Following my post I did received an email from the person I sent to, thanking me for the pillow. I am happy that she liked it and that she took the time to reply and I think we can draw a line under it now.

This year my daughter Caitlin and I are taking part in Race for Life. This is a yearly fundraising event held by Cancer Research UK at venues all over the UK. We are taking part in the 5k event held in Edinburgh on June 13th. You can find out more here and if you are able, you can sponsor us here. Thank you.

Hope you have a fantastic weekend,

Sadie x

We have a winner

Congratulations to.........

Branlaadee

I just need your postal address and it will be on it's way to you shortly :-)

I had a wonderful birthday yesterday and a fantastic time last week when my best friend was visiting :-)

I'll have to change my profile now that I am a year older.

Off now to eat more birthday cake :-D

Have a great day,

Sadie x

Pin pillows

I took part in the pin pillow exchange that BeckySC organised. Here is the beautiful pillow I received from Georgie.
It's lovely isn't it! Thank you so much Georgie :-) The design is by Blackbird Designs and is from one of the Loose Feather series. I love the colours.

Below is the pin pillow I stitched for my exchange partner. Unfortunatly the person I stitched for didn't deem it necessary to acknowledge receipt or say thank you. It took several emails from Becky before she said oh yes it's here. She thought I had sent it as a RAK through a group we both belong to. No thank you on the group either. It takes so little time to send an email or leave a blog comment. And as the saying goes, manners cost nothing. If I am going to spend my time and effort making something for someone I would like to think that it is not a wasted effort. I see that she has posted to the group we belong to several times in the past couple of weeks so it's not like she hasn't been online either. I guess I don't know what is going on in her life right now and that I should just be thankful it arrived. I'm interested to know if this has ever happened to you before.

Well after a couple of days of nonstop rain the sun has finally made an appearance so I'm off to sit in the garden and stitch.

Hope you have a lovely, stitchy day.

Sadie x

Friend time

Busy, busy this week. My best friend and her husband and kids are here for the whole week :-)
They used to live just a few doors down from me but now they live a six hour drive away.
So, I'll be busy spending as much time with them as possible before they go next weekend.
Happy stitching
Sadie x

Cherry finish giveaway

I finished it :-)'Cherry Sampler' by Sisters & Best Friends

32ct creme brulee linen from HDF

Called for GAST floss

Finished size 4 1/4" x 7 1/2"

This will now go into my 'to be framed' pile. I would love to stitch the other three designs in the fruit sampler series and have them all framed and hanging together in my hall. That is what I see in my head anyway :-)

There were no takers for a trade for this chart but lots of people said they loved the design so lets have a giveaway :-) If you would like to be the new owner of this very gently used chart then please leave a comment on this post only, making sure I have a way to contact you if you are the lucky winner.
A winner will be drawn on my birthday, april 13th, if i'm not too busy eating cake.
Good luck!
Sadie x