Easing in

Hi peeps :-)

Wishing you all the best for the coming year, may it be filled with happiness, love and joy.

I hope you all had a wonderful christmas, ours was very relaxed and chilled out this year, no huge parties hosted or attended, just quality time with family and friends. And food. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of food! LOL

Was Santa good to you? Did he fill your stocking with lots of stitchy goodness?

Santa AKA the hubs, bought me two books, Craft by Kirstie Allsopp and sew! by Cath Kidston. I have not picked out anything specific to make yet, but I have spent many a happy hour drooling over them contentedly.

He also gave me a bottle of my favourite perfume, a DVD, a(nother) book and a Toblerone, which may or may not have been eaten by 7pm on Christmas day!

Spoiled indeed, I must have been good this year!

I finished the stitching on a few more ornaments at the start of december, but I didn't get them made into actual, hang on the tree, ornaments. Oops. I also finished up an exchange ornament and my first charity square for LoveQuiltsUK. After that, I didn't pick up a needle until a couple of nights ago. No notion whatsoever.

Let's get to the pics shall we :-)

Every year my mum and I look through the ornament issue of JCS and rate/slate all the designs, it's great fun! Then mum picks out her favourite and I stitch it for her. This is the one she picked out for 2011.

I ran out of stitchy steam before I finished it though so mum didn't get her ornament this year. Awwwwww.

I know, I'm a terrible daughter, but on the bright side you'll get two ornaments this year mum :-) Love you! x x x x x x x x x

Also from the JCS christmas issue is Christmas Cat Tree by Brittercup Designs. I stitched this one for our tree, because this is where you can usually find our cat sat at christmas time.
Another one for the home tree is Joyeux Noel from L*K Tiny Tidings XV. I'm not sure if it might be too big for a tree ornament though so it could end up as a flatfold maybe!?!

Next up is my square for LoveQuiltsUK. This little guy is a Margaret Sherry design from CrossStitcher magazine. Isn't he adorable! (you can click on the picture for a better look if you want!)
I've just signed up for my next square :-) If you would like more info about LoveQuiltsUK and the wonderful work they do go here. They are always happy to have new stitchers and quilters to help out, and you can do as little or as much as you want.

Lastly here is the ornament I sent out for Marie P in the Christmas ornament exchange on HoE.
It's a cute little freebie from Sandy over at Stitchin' and Life in a Small Town.

Okay then, how about we leave it there for now. I haven't blogged for two months, better ease in gently, wouldn't want to overtax myself! LOL

Sadie x