Another week bites the dust!

Well my hubby was working today so I got up early and did some stitching while watching tapes of this weeks American Idol. I didn;t agree on the ones who got sent home and from this weeks performances my favourites were Casey and Crystal.

As this is the final day of February these are my last two freebie designs. They are just something a little fun that I made up myself. I am now really anxious to get started on something new, so I have looked out my fabric and thread and tomorrow I will be starting on the My Little Heart SAL from Sylvia's blog. The chart for March is another cutie and was posted today so I need to get a move on and catch up.

I also want to say thank you to anyone who takes the time to read my blog and especially those who leave me a comment. None of my family or non-stitchy friends blog so I really appreciate all the people who are now regularly following my blog and leaving comments. The only problem that I am having with blogging is that I am finding too many wonderful new blogs to read and it is eating in to my stitching time...lol.

Michelle is having a Mystery Stitchy Giveaway so please pop over say hello and have a go.

http://stitchcraftplace.blogspot.com/

I hope I am not going to have the Monday blues tomorrow and the first of March will bring us some nice dry weather, roll on the spring. Hugs!

Finished this one off today. I added the cording as an after-thought so it doesn't look to great at the bottom but it is a lesson for the next time. It has been a long time since I have stitched so many pieces in the one month. I know none of them are very big but believe me they are a lot of stitching finishes for me. I have really enjoyed my february freebie challenge and it has introduced me to a lot of new designers.

While out shopping yesterday I decided to have a browse at the stitching magazines. I very rarely buy one these days but when I saw this mag which has a very appropriate name I just had to have it. It contains the most stunning projects including embroidery, patchwork, stumpwork and cross-stitch. It makes someone like me wish I could do all these other beautiful crafts but I can only cross-stitch. I haven't had a chance yet to sit down and study the charts in detail but if possible one day I would like to attempt to make the Etui. Happy Stitching. Hugs!

Getting the hang of it!

As you know finishing isn;t really my strong point but I have started to get the hang of it and I have found my last few finishes not too stressful. Sorry this little pillow is the one that I can;t find the link to the freebie chart from. I am still hopeful someone out there will recognise it. (Thanks to Mylene we now have the link to this design and some lovely other ones at
http://ancsanaplo.blogspot.com/search/label/free%20chart)

This was the first freebie design that I stitched this month. The chart is from The Sampler Girl. I loved how the design fitted perfectly on a nice piece of banding.

This freebie can be found at http://cargaudlabrico.canalblog.com/archives/2009/01/index.html . The chart suggests that you stitch the whole piece with the one colour of thread but I wanted to define the birds. I think it turned out okay.

Two of my mindess cancelled today so I only had one child I had to drop off at school so I now have a free afternoon. I really need to go catch up with some emails and then get off here and stitch but I start browsing blogs and all those great overseas online stitchy shops looking at all that great stash that I so want to have. I just need to find an extra job to pay for it all...lol. Hugs!

Oh no more Snow!

Couldn't believe my eyes when I woke up to more snow this morning. Thankfully two of my mindess didn;t attend so it meant that I didn;t have to walk back and forth to school and nursery today. My new little mindee is settling in really well, he wanted to stay at pick up time so that is a good sign that he is happy here.
I have been stitching up a storm the past few days and I have made two of my freebie designs into small pillows and finished stitching my final piece that I posted a picture of in my last post. I am now really looking forward to starting something new. I really like the My Little Heart SAL that I have seen posted on quite a few blogs so I may try and play catch up with that one.
Happy Stitching, Hugs!

Someone needs Time Out...

Okay, come on own up, who needs time out in the naughty chair. Here at Tinytots you have to sit for a minute for each year of your age, so I am guessing some people may be there for a while...LOL! I was so good last night. I stitched for over an hour while watching the amazing ski cross and on returning from a tea break I noticed that someone , yes you know who you are, had sent that little green pesk to hop all over my stitching. The rest of my night was spent rip, rip, ripping, so I am now as green as the frog. For future reference names will be noted and persistant time outers will have all stash removed.

Another one done!

Yay! Another one done. I really enjoyed stitching this freebie design as it was quite a quick stitch for a slow stitcher like me. You can;t really see the colours great in the photo but I used Six Sweet Strands Black Licorice and Grape Jelly. Now, I can't post the link for this one as the one on my chart just doesn't work and as I have printed off so many freebie charts this month I can't remember where I found it. Please let me know if anyone recognises it , thanks.

This will probably be my final february freebie design as there is only one week left and I would like to try and finish off all the free charts that I have stitched this month. I am hoping to sit down tonight and get it finished while watching some of the Winter Olympics. I was soooo disappointed when the two British curling teams got beat yesterday but it sure was something that we got a gold medal in the womens skelton.
I have a new little 22 month old boy starting tomorrow. Hopefully he will settle in well and won;t take long to get used to our routine. He is a big Thomas the Tank, digger and tractor fan, so I will have to see if I can find any charts to stitch for him. Fingers crossed his first week goes well.
Mmmmmm dinner is nearly ready, I can smell the yummy roast chicken wafting through from the kitchen..lol. Guess I better go eat. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Hugs!

Latest freebie finishes

This cute little dolly was a fun stitch. It is a free download on this site http://www.tezukuritown.com/lesson/sew/index.html .

I love this little biscornu it was so tiny and cute when I put it together. I need to look out for some more like this as they would look really great displayed in a little basket.

http://lenkasdesigns.blogspot.com/

As I mentioned in a previous post finishing is a big pain too me but a lot of glue, a little patience , just a few bad words and I am quite happy with how this pillow turned out. The pretty freebie chart can be found at http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/main/18669910/379891642

I found this pillow finish using felt and blanket stitch on another blog and thought I would give it a try. The finishing isn;t perfect but it was quite a quick finish so I will definately be trying it again.

I am looking forward to getting back to stitching tonight, no more finishing for a while. For any new readers to my blog I decided that in February I would stick to stitching freebie designs There are so many fabulous free charts out there and it is also a great way to discover designers that are new too you. You can get lost in the freebie gallery for days...lol.

http://freebiegallery.blogspot.com

Happy stitching, hugs.