Here is my stitching/crafting pie for October.....

Okay, what is a Stitching Pie, I hear you ask?

Well, I am "stealing" yet another great idea from my dear Stitchy and Bloggy friend, Jo, from Serendipitous Stitching. Each month she includes a pie graph of which projects she has been stitching on - showing how much time, proportionally, has been spent on each one in that month.

I really like this idea, so I am copying it, thank you Jo, I hope that you don't mind, so here we go for October 2018 .....

Altogether I stitched for 7.8% of the month.  This is less than last month which was 10.3%, but I did have a few days this month when I did not stitch at all! October has been a busy month for me, what with 60th birthday celebrations, lots happening with the house (I spent a lot of time this month getting quotes for blinds, etc.) plus work has been quite busy, too.  So, I suppose all of that explains my lower figure this month.

So, what has all this stitching been?  Let's take a look, taking it from the top....

Peas and Qs by The Cricket Collection

Surprised Santa from More Bah Humbug by Sue Hillis Designs, 

Hangover Santa from Bah Humbug by Sue Hillis Designs

Alice by Aury TM

Christmas Goose by Stacy Nash

(if you think this looks familiar, I did stitch this about five years ago - check it out here - but I love the pattern so much that I am stitching it again as I think that I gave the first one away).

Frosty Hopes

Elephant Baby Sampler

Xmas Trees (on the right) from Nordic Holiday, by Prairie Schooler (Book #191)

Pumpkin Man from the Boo Man booklet from Prairie Schooler.

Partridge in a Pear Tree from Nordic Holiday , by Prairie Schooler (Book #191)

Broken Ornament from More Bah Humbug by Sue Hillis Designs

So, in all, still a busy month of stitching for me, I think.

Thanks for visiting, 

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Don't you love it?

When the power of the WWW is used for good?  I was just doing some web browsing (my first chance for days as I have been so busy with my freelance publishing work and with being sick and with my infected tooth - lol!) and via one of my FB groups, I found a new designer to me (all of you probably already know of her, I am probs just behind the times - double lol!) and a new supplier of the most gorgeous hand-dyed and hand-painted fabrics.

Do you want to see who/what I am talking about?

Well, the designer is AuryTM and while I cannot find a website for her, she does have a FB page and, of course, 123 Stitch, ABC Stitch Therapy and Stitch and Frog , to name just a few, all stock her designs.

This is the design which caught my eye on the FB group.

But I also really love this one.

These cover two of my stitching passions - Christmas and Hallowe'en!

The lady who finished the Christmas design on FB, stitched it on gorgeous hand-dyed fabric from Sunny#Dyes from a new-to-me fabric supplier, Youthful Hands Needlecrafts.  

Here is a sample of the stunning fabrics from their website.

Oh dear, I know where some of my hard-earned freelance money is going to go once my cheque arrives! lol!

hugs, 

P.S. I can promise you that I am in no way affiliated with any of the online shops or the designer mentioned here - I have posted about them because I am so delighted by my new online finds.