Easter Weekend

Hello all

Good morning! What are you all up to?

Today the kiddies are off to their fathers until 5pm on Wednesday!! Oh I will miss them! Easter just wont be the same:-(

I plan to get lots of stitching done but I just can't decide what to stitch first lol

I had set my mind on Summer Fairy all weekend then thought I would do some of my  HAED Fireside Fairytales as I stitched on that last night :-)

Then I thought I could do some of my SAL from Margaret Sherry blog!

Decisions Decisions Decisions ha ha

Now I realise I should just spend the Easter Holidays in the naughty corner for having so much on the go ha ha ha

I'll let up know what I do ... probably a bit of everything :-)

Love me
xxxxx

A Gift Finish and Exchange goodies

Hello all,

Yes its the very early hours of the morning here ... crazy me for still being up but I was just about to go to bed when I realised I had better update my blog because I wont have a chance until the night time hen the kids have finished using the computers.  In the evenings even I they are not on the computer I prefer to stitch lol

So whilst I have the 'big boy' on my knee (lol) I shall show off my latest finish which is a teacher gift from one of my children.  I cant say who as that will give the game away as I know some of the teachers do have a look on my blog!!!

So here is the gift stitching ...

With love from Tatty Teddy

In the center of the heart I have put the teachers name and the child's name.  I will say I just love it.

I hate the backstitching on Tatty teddy so I just made my own up as I went along lol!

Also, as promised a week or so ago here is a photo of what I received in the Margaret Sherry SAL Spring Exchange

The beautiful Exchange parcel I received

Well folks, that's me, off to bed as I have a busy day tomorrow and with luck lots of stitching too!!!

Bye for now
Love me
xxxxx

A Weekend Finish

Good Monday Morning bloggers

I hope you all had a great weekend.  My 5 younger kiddies were with their father so I promised Conor I would stitch his Karate Dog or his Yellow belt which he gain last September !  

Wow I didn't realise it was months ago that he gained his yellow grading .... where have the months gone!  As the saying goes 'Time flies when your having fun' lol

So here is the fruits of my weekend ....

Karate Dog
Designed by Margaret Sherry
Stitched by me
For Conor's yellow belt grading
in Karate

I am delighted with myself that I managed to get this piece done over the weekend.  I am thinking of getting it framed with his certificate :-)  I think that will look really good so I will get his red karate Dog framed the same way too.  It will soon be time or his Orange grading so I think I will make a start on that Karate dog sooner rather than later!!

Next 'job' is to get another teacher stitching done this week.  

On Saturday the 5 little kiddies are with their father again until Wednesday evening so I plan to get as much done on Cara's Summer Fairy as I can whilst I'll have nearly 5 days to get stitching done.  Then they hare home Wednesday evening, Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning then back with their father on the Saturday afternoon until Sunday Evening ... Whilst the kiddies are away mummy shall play lol!! 

I just hope they don't come home as hungry as they did yesterday .... they raided my cupboards and fridge within minutes of being home lol!  They were like little whirl-winds coming through the door!!  

Have a great day all

Bye for now

Love me

xxxxx

Forever Friends Stitching and Exchange

Hi there all,

I hope you are all well :-)

Tuesday evening and yesterday I had a wonderful stitching session and finished off the Forever Friends stitching.

One piece for school gifts finished ... just another 5 to go lol.

I have no study to do until after Easter so I hope to get loads of stitching done :-)

Forever Friend teacher gift

I think I will make this into a hanger rather than frame it. Probably safer for the children taking them into school on the school bus lol

I can show off my Margaret Sherry Exchange parcel that I sent to my partner :-)

Easter Chick Hanger
Design by Margaret Sherry

Extra goodies sent with my stitched piece

I will get a photo up of what I received :-)

The next piece I am going to get done is Conor's karate dog which I will start in a little while.  Threads, chart, needle and fabric all at the ready!!

Have a great day all

Love me
xxxxx

ISHW (Hermit) stitching weekend update

Hello all

Wow its been nearly a week since I posted on my blog ... oh bloggy I missed you lol ;-)

How are you all?  I hope everyone is fit and healthy and full of mischief ... I am haha!

I spent the weekend stitching on and off as it was a Bank Holiday weekend here because of St. Patrick's Day.  I did most of my stitching Sunday evening and some last night.

I also did about 400 stitches on HAED Fireside Fairytales as I was really in the mood to stitch some on there but it was all black stitches!  I must work away on it to get away from the browns and blacks to start on the lovely detailed colour stitches.

This is for a teacher at the end of the school year to say 'thank you'!

Forever Friends Stitching

The boys put in their orders for what they would liked stitched.  Much debate went into what they chose for me to stitch so with luck all the teachers will be delighted!

My stitching is known at the school so I think I will have to keep a very high standard lol!!

Well Cara want 'her puter' lol ....  erm Cara it is my puter lol

Have a great day all

Love me

xxxx

Oh Wow!!

Hello Bloggers!

I just could not wait to show off this photo!!

It is a little fuzzy as its taken from the proof photo.  

I cannot wait to get the BIG photo that I have ordered so I can add it to my ever growing framed photos on the walls of the kiddies!!

Front Katie
Left (redhead) Conor
Back Ryan
Right Mark

Conor was star of the week last week at school and he brought home the Star Of The Week Cup

Conor 'Star of the Week'
So proud of you Conor
xxxxx

I received the threads I need to do Conor's Karate Dog so I must make a start on that before he goes in for his next grading ... I know ... I know ... I've said that a million time now already lol!!  If I don't start it asap I owe Conor a weeks supply of Chocolate lol!!!

With the weather we are having I might just be starting in for a while!!  Too cold for me outside lol 

Happy blogging , I'm off to bed now ... hope its been warmed up by now ;-)

Lots of stitching to do tomorrow as all jobs and things have already been one for the week .... P L A Y time lol!!

Bye for now

Love me

xxxxxx

TUSAL and Summer Fairy

Good Afternoon all

I hope you all had a great weekend!  I sent it reading, stitching and watching TV!!

Here is my TUSAL update!  getting loads of nice shades in there now :-)

TUSAL as at 11 March 2013

Yes you can see snow in the back ground!!!  Snow in March ... What a shock we got when we woke up this morning :-O

Here's an update of Cara's Summer Fairy.  I think she is looking good but the fabric has gone a little out of shape and I'm not happy with the way some of the stitches are sitting.  

Summer Fairy 11 march 2013

Well time to brave the snow and go and collect the kiddies from the bus stop!!

I think later on I will start on the teacher stitching so I don't end up in a big mad panic like last year lol

The school here end on the last week day of June for either 8 or 9 weeks depending on when the first Monday in September falls!!  End of June will soon be here!!

Have a great evening all.

Love me xxxxx