Just a little update ....

Hello all!

I'm back at the library to send off my end of course assignment for one of my Open university Courses so I thought I'd do a little up date!!  I forgot to take stitching photo updates but I'm having a big stitching session this weekend and with luck I can upload heaps of photos next week and with even more luck we might have the internet at home!!

This week has been Integration Week at the kiddies school and they have build bridges and with today being World Book Day they have gone dressed up!  Silly me forgot to take a photo of Mark before he went in but i managed to catch up with Conor there ....  Ryan is off sick :( ....  I shall get a photo of Mark later on!  He has gone as Harry Potter.

Ryan's Bridge

Mark and Katie's Bridge

Conor as a Penguin

Cara the Princess Pirate

Well I'm off again .... off to look at the baby shop next door to the library!  Knew I should have left Laura at home lol

Keep well and safe all

Love me
xxxxxxx

PS I'll be back ......

Finally finished ...

Good Evening bloggers, Hope you are all well and have lots of blogging done (unlike me lol)

Phew!!  I have finally finished Mark's Pirate stitch and Conor's Penguins much to the boys delight :-)

Happy Penguins for a Happy Conor

Pirates For Mark

I cannot believe I have finally got both pieces finished after them being WIP's for months!!  I picked up my Fairy Grandmother again this afternoon and it is so good to be stitching something for myself again .... mine all mine ha ha ha!!

After saying that I will have to stitch something for little Cara as all the other 6 kiddies have had a framed piece done for them but I might see what I have in my completed Folder and choose something for her from there.

Happy stitching all, I will post an updated photo of my Fairy Grandmother in the next day or so.

Last weeks stitching

Good Morning Bloggers,

I must say a huge thank you to you all for joining in the Giveaway (posted on my blog Thursday 5th Jan 2012) and to you all for re-posting on your on blogs.  A big thank you too to all the new followers my blog now has.  I am totally delighted!! :-)

The last week I have been busy stitching on the Charlie Bear SAL with Steph.  We are stitching him as and when we can Fridays to Sundays. He really is going to be a pleasure to stitch.  Here is a progress picture of last weekends SAL on my piece.  Take a look at Steph's progress on her blog stephies stitching

Charlie Bear Alphabet SAL at the end of 8 Jan 2012

I have spent most of my time stitching Marks Pirate for him.  I hope to finish the main picture by Tuesday.  I will carry on stitching this today and then put it away for the Charlie Bear SAL over the weekend.  The plan then will be to stitch more on Conor's Penguin to have a breakfrom the 'brown' of the boarder.  I am half way through the first Penguin.  The second Penguin is slightly smaller.  With luck and sheer stubbornness I hope to have both pieces near enough done by the next weekend!!  Fingers crossed lol (please excuse the quality of some of the photos, my camera is not my friend today)  

Marks Pirate picture as at 11.20am 12 Jan 2012

Conor's Penguin as 12 Jan 2012

I feel quite mean with the pieces I am stitching as the Horse picture for Katie was massive but I am stitching what they have chosen and they haven't complained!!  Link to Katie's Horse photo on blog

I must choose some thing for my wee darling Cara who is nearly 19 months old. I have the idea, like the other Children did, of letting her choose her own kit or chart from my stash but I do have the worry that she will just run off with the lot :-) ... Not such a good plan I don't think!! I will have to think of something nice for her.  My eldest son has been hinting at a Lion kit I brought home last Summer .... now can I squeeze another piece in :-P

Once I have finished the 2 pieces for the younger boys I will carry on with Fairy Grandmother for me and rotate between the HAED Fireside Fairytales and start HAED Universe In A Jar.  Once I have Fairy Grandmother completed I will work through a few of my WIP's or if I fancy a quick simple stitch I will do my WIP's.  So long as I have the boys pieces finished and my goal for both the HAED stitches complete by the end of the year I will be a happy bunny.  My stitching goals for 2012 blog page

Fairy Grandmother as 12 Jan 12

Looking forward to Craft Club again tomorrow morning!  Probably wont get much stitching done whilst there but we have a laugh and over dose on coffee lol

Hope you have enjoyed reading my post and I will catch up with you all very soon.

Happy Stitching and crafting everyone

Love me xxxxx

I seem to have started a Folly with myself!

I think after doing Katie's horses I have run out of steam to start and finish a project!

I started Alphabet Rhyme for me.

Alphabet Rhyme

I decided to stitch on yellow evenweave but as it got dark it was hard to see the holes in lamp light (mental note to self - get a daylight lamp!)  So I thought I might as well start Conor's penguins but battled with the same problem of  not being able to see.

Conor's penguin

Then I started Golf Chick but got bored!  I have stitched this design before and I am not really one for stitching the same thing over.

Golf Chick

I also have Peppermint Twist on the go, which is a Little House Needleworks ornie ...but I had to frog half the candy cane as I had stitched a row to far!  I didn't think I  could get away with saying someone took a chunk out of the cane, so I and will restitch!!

Peppermint Twist

I hope to have a productive week and get some things finished!

Happy Stitching all :-)