GIVEAWAY Little House Needleworks and Country Cottage Needleworks Charts ...

Give-away

I hope you enjoy this Giveaway!!

I will be away from my blog a little over the next week as I have lots of things to do and arrange and sort out.

Plus the stitching I am doing I cant show you as its for an exchange so I thought a lovely Giveaway of lovely charts would be lovely!!  So Id say its all lovely lol :-)

To enter my Little House Needleworks and Country Cottage Needleworks Giveaway all you need to do is:-


1) Be a follower or new follower of my blog ... New or already following

2) post the give-away and link to my blog on your own blog

3) Leave a comment on this post so I know you wish to enter


Easy!!

The draw for the winner will take place on 12th February 2013

Good Luck everyone

Pirates Life - Country Cottage Needleworks
Thread Gathering - Little House Needleworks
Snow In Love - Little House Needleworks
Pie Menu - Country Cottage Needleworks
Sheep In Meadow - Country Cottage Needleworks
M'Ladys Strawberries - Little House Needleworks

Coming up later .... EXCITING!!!!

Is A Giveaway of 

Little House Needleworks 

and 

Country Cottage Needleworks 

charts ...

I will put the Giveaway up when I can get on a computer ... using Kindle Fire HD is tricky as I keep touching the wrong things and it takes me ages lol

Kids on Computers at the moment and since they are not well I cant kick them off lol.... Ryan has now joined the Sick People Pile!!  Ahhh thats 3 off school now and Cara has had an iffy belly all night so she is not too happy!

I am stitching away at an exchange so I wont have any stitching to show you until I'm allowed too once the person I'm sending to has received my parcel SO I thought I would do a giveaway instead lol!!

It shall be on later on this evening ... about 9pm or 10pm UK time So watch this space :-)

Bye for now

Love me xxxx

GIVEAWAY!!!!

As promised here is a LHN and CCN chart GIVEAWAY

County Cottage Needleworks

Summer at the Shore

Little House Needleworks


Home of the Needleworker (too!)
All Is Calm
Gingerbread Trio
Peppermint Twist
Joy to the World

RULES TO GIVEAWAY

1) Must be a follower of my blog ... if you are not a follower then click to follow and you can enter the giveaway

2) Leave a comment so I know that you are interested in being entered for the giveaway

3) Post a link on your blog to my giveaway ... in other words spread the news!

Thank you all

Good Luck .... I will announce the winner on 15th January 2012

Love Heather xxxx

Catch Up Time

Hello followers,

Hope I find you all well and crafting away.  It has been such a long time since I blogged but I am back.

My stitchy bug seemed to have ran off for a good few months but it is back and catching up will all I missed out on :-)

I have actually finished the page on my Heaven and Earth design Fireside Fairytales so I am delighted with myself.  I aim to get at least half way down the second page by he New Year .... start 2012 with a bang lol

I have stitched a few Christmas presents but I wont be able to show them until after Christmas .... don't want any surprises spoiling.  Also completed is a Birthday present for my friend Gail.  Her birthday is tomorrow so I will post a photo in the morning or once she has opened her gift!  I love it and think I will be stitching a few more for me and other friends.

Page 1 of HAED completed
and page 2 started

In between Fireside Fairytales I have started Lavender and Lace Fairy Grandmother which is to Me from Me as my Christmas present!!  I have had this chart in my stash for a very long time and wished to stitch it as a reminder of my lovely Grandma xxxx  I have made a little start but hey its a start ha ha ha!!

Chart Picture of L & L Fairy Grandmother

My little start on Fairy Grandmother.
This part is the top of her wing

Next on my list of new starts is Pirate's Life by CCN for kids.  This is for my son Mark.  I promised way back in September that I would start it and because of a few mishaps and 'road bumps' in my personal life I never got it started.  This is what i got done yesterday but I have done more this evening so will post an upto date photo tomorrow.

Chart Picture of what I am stitching for Mark
A Pirates Life

Stitching as at 22 Nov 11

I think for the moment this is all!

I will say that I am glad to be back once and for all and that my 'road bumps' can either go away and give me peace or be ignored!!

Bye for now, Happy Stitching and keep safe and well as the weather gets colder.

New stitching start required and WIP'S

I have hardly done a stitch since finishing Thread Gathering so I think I will have to get a new start on my hoop.  I actually managed to do some on Conor's Penguin that I promised him but that's about it so I think its time to get back into the swing of things and get that needle smoking again.  This is my next project and I think it suits me down to the ground since I seem to be travelling backwards and forwards to mum and dads at the moment!!  I am in their house until tomorrow morning so I think I will make a start on this piece tonight!  I also need to start (according to the world of Mark my son) Pirate's Life by Country Cottage Needleworks for him! lol

A project to start for me
Traveling Stitcher by Little House Needleworks

This is one of my projects to start
Pirate's Life by Country Cottage Needleworks

None stitching news is that my 3 year old (4 tomorrow) is starting school on Monday and she is so looking forward to going and making new friends.  As I said I am in mum and dads at the moment but myself, eldest daughter Laura, eldest son James and my dad are all travelling back to my house tomorrow.  We are booked on the early flight so will be home in time for presents and cake :-)

Finishes, Exchanges and New Start

After 2 finishes over the last week or so I have started Thread Gathering which is a chart by Little House Needleworks.  I am totally enjoying this design and cannot wait to get back to stitching it later on this afternoon.

'Thread Gathering' by LHN
Crescent threads being used :-)

I am really pleased with myself after having very few finishes over the last weeks that I have now finished another Ornie by LHN and Liberty Lane.

Silent Night was a dream to stitch as I loved the fabric.  A lovely relaxing stitch for the Friday night SAL

'Silent Night' by LHN
Stitched on 30 count Tin Roof linen by Weeks Works
DMC and Crescent Threads used

Ok I did cheat a little with Liberty Lane because I have only stitched the row of houses and trees but I really like the look of the design like this.  Shhhh dont tell anyone I cheated! :-) 

Liberty Lane by CCN
Stitched with Sampler threads and DMC

I have joined a Halloween exchange so will have to get stitching for that.  I have also completed a Autumn bag exchange ... sorry no photos yet as I will have to wait for my partner to receive and open the Autumn Bag Exchange before showing it off.

Happy Stitching to you all

Take care and be good!!

:-D

Update of stitching from the last 4 weeks

Hello everyone!

Here is my stitching progress from the last 4 weeks.  I was busy getting ready for my holiday to mum and dads in England.  Whilst there I was quite busy and when I did start to stitch it wasn't long before I was off doing something else!  Now I am back home I have got myself into the swing of stitching and will start making regular updates to my blog again.  Looking forward to getting 'back to normal' :-)
(not sure normal would be a word used for me!!)


This is Sweet Treats by Country Cottage.  There are 6 designs in total which will be stitched on the same fabric then a boarder stitched around them all.  These charts use only Crescent Threads which is a sweet treat for me as I love the Crescent threads!  I am really looking forward to getting stuck into another one.  I still need to stitch the buttons on as each design has its own special little buttons.

Sweet Treats by Country Cottage Designs

Joy to the World a Little House Needleworks Ornie is now complete.  I stitched this during a Friday Night SAL.  I now have to decide what one to start this Friday.  I have plenty to choose from so I am totally spoilt for choice!

LHN Ornie Joy To The World

This piece is Liberty Lane by Country Cottage Needleworks.  Liberty Lane is another SAL which is done on a Saturday night.  I am a little behind Lucie but that was because I was 'annoying' my family in England at the time. lol :-)  I hope to be back on track and ready to start another Saturday SAL in a week or so!

Liberty Lane by CCN

Last, what a lovely surprise in the post from my friend Jenny.  I love surprises in the post and my ornie really cheered me up!  It is now hanging around my 'fireplace' with the rest of my ornies and mix of stitched goodies.

Thank you Jenny xxx

I think this is all I have for now.  I hope to have lots more to show you over the coming weeks.  I have lots of new charts to start and I am re-starting my HAED.  Now there are no RR's at all I can decide what I am stitching during the week then have Friday, Saturday and Sunday joining in the SALs.  

Happy Stitching everyone and keep safe and well.

xxxxxx

The last two weeks stitching and SAL's

I didn't really get much done, more like hold my stitching whilst watching Wimbledon!

I started M'Ladys Strawberries by Little House Needleworks on the first day of Wimbledon but spent too much time watching the TV!!  I stitched for a day and then really hated the fabric so I started again ... fabric looks so much better now.  I hope I get this finished this week as there is not that much left to do.

I stitched this lovely Lizzie Kate design for my sister... I think this suits here very well!

I have also started some SAL's with Lucie and Ruth.  

Friday nights SAL is an Ornie from Little House Needleworks, I chose to do Joy To the World.

Saturday nights SAL is Liberty lane by Country Cottage Needleworks.  I am loving this one already and I have only done a little bit ...

Now maybe now the Tennis is no longer on I might get a little bit more done ... well once I have packed and got myself ready to invade my mums house for 3 and 1/2 weeks!!!  Whoop!  Cannot wait as I have not seen them for a very long time!

Happy Stitching everyone!

My Weekend Stitching

I decided to start The Sampler Lady.  My wonderful friend Jan bought this chart for me, such a wonderful lady!  I started last night and I am pleased with my progress.

Today I plan to stitch for as long as possible (in other words - for as long as the kiddies let me) and make good head way into this design then later on or tomorrow maybe carry on with a WIP before they become a UFO!

My mum e-mailed me asking if I had any ideas for what I would like for my birthday (the big 4-0 in July!!).  I love gifts that I can keep, use over again or 'see forever'.  My brain is yelling "Stash stash stash" so I might do a lovely long wish list for Little House Needleworks and Country Cottage Needleworks charts and Crescent threads and let mum decide what she gets.  That way I still get a surprise too!

Well back to The Sampler Lady ...

More lovely stash

I think I now have enough stash to keep me out of mischief for an hour or two!

I am really looking forward to stitching these 3 charts.  Two of them are Little House needleworks, 'The Sampler Lady' and 'Deck the Halls'.  The third chart is by County Cottages Needleworks 'Summer Retreat'

I just love the Crescent threads and I now have 4 more colours to add to my slow growing collection!