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I told you last time that I had finished Season of Love, well I finally got round to taking a pic.

Season of Love by Country Cottage Needleworks

(in the 2010 JCS ornament preview issue)

32ct cream evenweave

WDW and DMC floss

I made a start on some of the designs I had kitted up. Well I made a bit more than a start, I have finished one of them :-)

Frosty Flakes by Little House Needleworks

28ct tobacco evenweave

CC and DMC floss

This little guy is my favourite of all the ornament designs released so far, I could not put it down.

How can you resist a face like that!

Cute!

Next up is my progress on LHN's ABC123.


I think it looks a bit like a halloween design as it stands.

You can't tell in the picture but the fabric has a wonderful mottled look to it and is a much warmer tone that the gray it looks like in the picture. I coffee dyed the fabric at the start of the week and I'm really pleased with the result. I will aim to get much better pictures the next time I update.


Lastly here is a pic of something I can't get enough of at the minute.



Thank goodness I have children, because if I didn't have to set a good example, and cook healthy, well balanced meals I would be eating these for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks!

Peanuts and chocolate go together so well!
Every once in a while I make this super yummy, ice cream sauce. Serve it, still warm, over vanilla, toffee or chocolate ice cream or all three for a real gut buster!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Sauce by Nigella Lawson

175 ml double cream
100g milk chocolate, chopped
100g smooth peanut butter
3 tbsp golden syrup


Put it all in a pan over a medium heat. Stir occasionally. Ready in about 2 minutes.
Pour over ice cream whilst still warm and for an little extra sprinkle over some crushed salted peanuts.

Oh my. I am so making this at the weekend.

Happy stitching,
Sadie x

Drumroll please

It's time to draw a winner for the 6" q snap cover I made last week. Here are all the names in the bowl.
And the lucky winner is........

Congratulations Kathy :-) Please email me your postal address and I'll get it out to you this week. (My email is in my profile).

Thank you to everyone for the lovely comments about my Simple Joys finish, they are greatly appreciated. And I would also like to say hello to all my followers, old and new, I have noticed that the number has grown this past week. Please don't be shy and say hello or leave a comment if you want to. I don't bite, promise :-)

Today I finished up the stitching on Season of Love, no pic yet. I have also kitted up my next four projects.

They are :

LHN 'ABC123'

LHN 'Frosty Flakes'

LHN 'Trustworthy & True'

L*K Halloween Flip It

That should keep me busy for a while :-) I'm not sure yet if I will stitch them one at a time or if I will make a start on all of them. I will just play it by ear I think.

The weatherman got it wrong and so far there has been no let up in the rain :-( my garden is loving it but I really would like the sun to come back!

Oh well, time to think about feeding the family.

Have a great week,

Sadie x

Simple Joys

It's finished.

Simple Joys by Little House Needleworks

32ct ivory jobelan

CC and WDW floss

I have loved stitching this design and it was extra fun stitching it as a SAL with Danielle. This is another one for the awaiting framing pile but I am putting it at the top :-)

Don't forget to enter my q snap cover giveaway, I'll be drawing a winner tomorrow :-)

Well that's all for now folks, hope your weekend was a good one.

Happy stitching,

Sadie x

Nearly there

I didn't manage to fit in a nap yesterday :-( so when it came time to sit down and do some stitching I was not able to do very much. I think if I had not been so tired I would have pushed on and finished Simple Joys last night. I am hoping to be able to finish it tonight or tomorrow at the very latest. I have really enjoyed stitching this.
Have a great weekend
Sadie x

Landscaping

I made a start on the flowers last night, still need to backstitch the windows. I am stitching this as a SAL with Danielle, check out her piece too :-) it looks great.
I am so tired today, I stayed up too late watching rubbish on the T.V.
Do you ever do that? I'm paying for it today though, I can feel a headache already and it's only 9am :-(
Fingers crossed that a wee afternoon nap works magic.
Have a great weekend,
Sadie x

Construction

Last night I finished up the stitching on the walls of the house, now I just need to add in some backstitching on the windows and the house is done :-) I am looking forward to stitching the flowers tonight.
A couple of weeks ago I got an email from Christina asking if she could please have my mailing address as she had a chart from my wishlist that she would like to pass on :-D what a lovely thing to do. Well it arrived last week, here is a pic.

Thank you Christina :-) I like all the designs but my favourite is the cat.

Stitchers are the best!

Don't forget to enter my q snap cover giveaway.
Enjoy the rest of your week

Sadie x

Snappy dressers

Last night I made some q snap covers.
Here they are on my 8 and 6 inch frames. I followed this tutorial for a bit and then I went my own way. I wasn't happy with the raw edges showing so I came up with a different way to join the ends. I chose this bright, cheerful christmas fabric from my stash. I love it!
No progress on Simple Joys last night but I did do a tiny bit of stitching on Season of Love, we now have the start of a little gingerbread boy :-)

So, how would you like have one of my q snap covers? I made 2 of the 6" covers but I only need one so I'm giving the other one away. To be clear, the prize is for a q snap cover to fit a 6" frame, made in the same fabric as the ones above, you have to provide your own q snaps :-)

To enter, leave a comment. That's it :-)

I'll draw a winner on Monday 19th July.

Have a great week,

Sadie x

Giveaway is now closed

Green fingers

Earlier this year I was at the garden centre and they had some potato plants on sale. I bought two, planted them in buckets, earthed them up and watered them on dry days. Yesterday was harvest time :-) this is what I got.
And I can tell you, they were delicious!
To further prove that I do indeed have green fingers lets look at exhibit B.

Last night I stitched the big green hill on the right, and the red flowers at the top.

See, definatly green fingers! ;-D

Have a great day,

Sadie x

Invisible walls

Last nights progress on Simple Joys. As you can see we now have a roof and windows and a door, all held up by invisible walls :-)
I'm not sure about the purple chimneys. I'll have to live with it for a while but I may rip them out and restitch them the same colour as the rest of the roof.
Next up will be the huge pile of grass on the right of the design :-)
Have a great week,
Sadie x

Christmas in July

Today has been filled with Christmas stitching so far.

Joyous Heart by Homespun Elegance

32ct Ivory jobelan

my own HDF conversion

Red seed beads

Here is a shockingly bad picture of the Mill Hill piece I stitched.

'Gifts Galore' Holiday Pin by Mill Hill

Finished as an ornament

This picture shows just how many beads there are on this tiny little ornament, and it is a much better representation of the colours too. I really enjoyed making it and the perforated paper was not the nightmare I had imagined it to be at all. I think I might be hooked :-) I have been browsing the Mill Hill website and have made several additions to my wishlist ;-D

I finished it as an ornament rather than a pin as I think it will look lovely on the tree at christmas.
Lastly here is my newest Christmas start, it is from this years JCS Christmas ornament preview issue.

Season of Love by Country Cottage Needleworks

32ct Ivory jobelan

DMC & WDW floss

Well, it's back to stitching on Simple Joys for the evening :-) I'll be back tomorrow with an update on it.

Happy stitching,

Sadie x

Christmas is coming

Not too much progress to show today, last night DH and I watched Saw VI on DVD. Not one for the faint hearted, and it was kinda hard to concentrate on my stitching. I loved it though :-)
I've also started some Christmas in July stitching, I've already finished a little Mill Hill beaded tree kit and I'm now working on Joyous Heart by Homespun Elegance. I've switched from the called for floss to HDF silks. It's stitching like a dream :-) I'll have pics of them later.
Hope your weekend is filled with stitches,
Sadie x

No more frogs

I think all your kind words from yesterday did the trick and I had no more trouble from the frogs yesterday.
Add in a couple of child/husband free hours and I made a good amount of progress :-) I'm really enjoying stitching this.
Have a great weekend
Sadie x

Third time lucky

Here is my progress pic of Simple Joys by LHN.
I started stitching the red diamond border from the top, when I got to the bottom corner I discovered I had made a mistake right at the top and so it all had to come out. I started to restitch it and got about a third of the way down when I realised I had made the same mistake again! So out it came again. Like the post title says, it was third time lucky and hopefully I will not have to frog the red part of the border again! Keep your fingers crossed for me :-)
Sadie x

Blackbird

I started this BBD freebie a few months ago. It fell by the wayside as I was busy with exchange and birthday stitching. I picked it back up last week and finished it up a couple of days ago.

BBD freebie pattern (can't find the link so you'll have to go a searchin)

32ct Belfast linen called Enchantment from Silkweaver

HDF BeGrimed silk floss

This one will go into the awaiting framing pile. It was quite nice to just be working with one colour, but I am ready to have a bit more colour back in my stitching now, so here is the floss toss for my newest start.

I'm stitching 'Simple joys' by LHN and I am doing this as a SAL with Danielle. I'm using the called for WDW and CC floss and 32ct ivory jobelan. Here is my progress so far.

I'm going to try and post a little update every day, we'll see how that goes!
Off now to get in some stitches before I fall asleep sitting here at the computer :-)
Sadie x