Getting ready for a Christmas Ornie Finishing Frenzy....

Just a quick post today (Update: which has somehow taken me two days to get posted - go figure!)

I am getting ready for doing some FFOing on some of the many, many, many Christmas ornies I have stitched but not fully finished over the past few years. So, after a quick trip down to Darn Cheap Fabrics in Heidelberg, I am ready to go!

Here are all of the goodies: pellon, pins, glue sticks and trims.

White pom pom trim, red and green ricrac and some more of the lovely pearl beaded ribbon that I have used successfully before.

... and, of course, I had to buy some more red pompom trim.

Then I found this gorgeous green trim with varying sizes of green beads on it - this could work on some projects, I thought.

I bought five wheels of pins for finishing as well, although I do wish that there were more green and gold ones in a multi-coloured wheel.

 Lastly I found this white, pleated with tiny seed pearls trim - not sure how I will use it yet but I think it will work on something.

After all that trim shopping, I rewarded myself with a chicken caesar salad and a poppy and onion bagel - yum - for lunch.

hugs, 

P.S. Yesterday I had bit of a marathon stitching day for Friday Frolics, click here to check out what WIP I picked to stitch on.

FNwF June update ...

.... how did you all go last night if you took part in FNwF?

I am very pleased with myself - I was most productive!

First of all I experimented with a new-to-me finishing style, on three sweet little Christmas stitcheries which I posted about here. I made them into little cylinder ornaments.  I am extremely pleased with how they have turned out.

After I finished these, I managed to find some time to knit some more on the scarf I am making for my dear friend and colleague, Shirley.

I am about two-thirds of the way through it, so it should be finished soon.

During the week, it was DD's birthday so TraderVic and I took her to see The Lion King - oh it was fabulous, such a spectacle!  Well worth seeing.

Unfortunately, you are not allowed to take photos during the show, so I can only show you the curtain.  But the costumes, the puppetry and the scenery were just amazing!

... and just to finish off, today I had lunch with my dear friend, Lisa at this cute cafe, just perfect with an open fire.

Lisa had these corn fritters.

Whilst I had roti with pumpkin, falafel and spinach.

Anyway, time to stitch and do some more blog reading....

If you want to see what everyone else did for FNwF, click on this link here.

Happy stitching, everyone, 

hugs,  

P.S. Just a reminder to comment on this post, if you would like to enter the draw for the Travelling Pattern:

Cats on a hot tiled roof.... .... and my TUSAL report ...

... this morning I went out the front to get the newspapers and when I turned around I saw the cats on a hot tiled roof - Furio and Milo!


Who me? On the roof?

Who or what is Furio stalking?

Milo, of course!

Aha! Cornered him!

Nope, just tricking you. Not interested at all!

... dear, sweet Nobu left for sunnier climes up north, to be rejoined with his true owners, the newlyweds.

Here is a pic of him with Furio, they have both taken over my stitching chair and Nobu has even taken up the craft! lol!

Now, I must show you the delicious lunch I had when I was out with my daughter - it is fried cauliflower with dips, a poached egg and some yummy flatbread.  Yum! Yum!

 ... and lastly, here is my TUSAL report, this is actually two months' worth as I forgot to take out January's Orts before I put them all together. Silly me!

The pile on the left is train/plane stitching whilst the one on the right is home stitching. 

Anyway, my stitching calls me, see you all again,

hugs,