Happy Daaaannnceeee!

I am so thrilled, Cornflower finally arrived at my LNS and I was able to finish the "L" and half an "I" on "Liberty Lane"  Yay and Double Yay!

I so loved stitching on this piece.  So much so, that I would love to share the joy.  So, if you would like a chance to stitch "Liberty Lane" by Country Cottage Needlework, just comment on this post telling me that you would like to stitch it and I will send one of you the pattern.  I will keep this open until next Friday, 13th June.  (You do not have to be a follower, although it would be nice if you became one if you are not already and I will post worldwide).

Anyway, do you want to see some pics?

hugs,

"....iberty Lane" and a cute bunny

Well, even though I stitched as fast as I could, the thread won and I ran out of Cornflower a letter and a half before the end! Everything else is stitched, now I just need to wait for my LNS to get some more thread in (it is on order).

So, yesterday, I decided to stitch this little bunny from The Little Stitcher. It is a freebie which you can find on her blog here.

I like him so much, I am going to stitch a friend for him on the train on the way to work this morning!

I hope that you all had a very happy Easter,

hugs,

Quick progress post on Liberty Lane...

I am going great guns on Liberty Lane....

Here is where I was up to on Sunday night:

.... and here is where I am up to now:

I really love the bunting.

Have a good day, 

hugs, 

Crafty update.....

On Saturday morning I picked up this quilt which I had professionally quilted and bound through Somerset Patchwork and Quilting (luckily for me this shop is situated in the suburb where my Dad lives - lucky hey?)


Now there is a bit of a story to this quilt - I started it over 10 years ago for a friend's 60th birthday.  But somehow the birthday came and went (I did give her a lovely present of a beautiful tray) and the quilt was never quite finished.  The years came and went and finally, finally, finally I got my act together and took it to be professionally quilted, as I said.  My original plan was to hand quilt it all myself but life got busy, it was a daunting proposition as the quilt is a very, very large square quilt and I sort of lost interest in patchwork and quilting and fell in love all over again with cross stitch.  

But anywhere, here it is....  Voila!

The centre toile square.

Detail of the quilting and the back (a green toile pattern).

Now I just have to hemstitch the binding to the back (oooh, I hope it doesn't take me another 10 years!)

As well as the thrill of picking up the quilt, I managed to get lots of stitching on Liberty Lane done this weekend.

Here is where I was up to on Friday.

... and where I was up to when I went to bed last night....

I am having a bit of a race with myself as I am not sure that I have enough of the GAST thread (the blue and red) left to finish the stitching (I have ordered more but it may not come in before Easter).  Somehow I feel if I stitch fast enough I will beat the thread and it will not run out - silly aren't I?

I also made another batch of Italian cookies - these go down a treat with my lot!

So join me for some morning tea later today?  (it is 7.15 am here on Monday morning and I am getting ready for work (or at least I should be!!!!)

Have a good day everyone,

hugs,

White Night...Holiday Post #3 - Singapore #3 + Awesome Giveaway.

Oh my goodness!  I am onto my third post about my holiday and I am only on Day 2 - not sure any of us will last the distance as we were away for a month!!!!! lol!

My second visit to Raffles was for the Welcome Dinner for the conference delegates and their partners. We had all been told to wear white and what a sight that was - 500 or 600 people partying together at the beautiful white Raffles all wearing white.  It was just like being in a movie, really!

Being greeted by the doorman.

Having a Singapore Sling.

The party....

These girls were helping hand out the dress ups for the fun photo (next pic). Aren't they beautiful?

Having fun playing dress ups!

It was a memorable night, I can tell you.

Now, just to finish, I am blazing along with Liberty Lane!

Lastly, the wonderful Nancy at the Victorian Motto Shoppe is having a customised Sampler Chart Giveaway, you can enter here.  Tell Nancy I sent you, please.

hugs, 

Singapore Sling....Holiday Post #2 - Singapore #2

Well, after sampling the delights of the Infinity Pool, it was time to spend some quality time at the famous Raffles hotel.

I was lucky enough to go there twice!

The first time was for High Tea at the famous Tiffin Room.  It was part of the Partners program so whilst TraderVic was attending sessions, I was living it up with some new friends.

Notice how my dress matches the flowers - all planned of course (not!) - lol!

I just had to have my photo taken at the Writers Bar!

On our way out we saw these wedding cars - decorated with ribbons and flowers and so on.

This post has got so long and I haven't even told you about my second trip to Raffles, next time I promise.

Now, just to finish, here is my latest progress on Liberty Lane.

hugs,