Lizzie is crowned and ...

Measure of a Year is back from the framers - Happy Dances all around.

First up, here is Measure of a Year all framed - it is actually lying on the bed in this pic as I have not yet decided where to hang it.

... and here is Lizzie in all her glory!

 Happy Dance all over the house!

     Isn't she gorgeous?  I am so thrilled with her.

The Queen's Sampler

Plum Street Samplers

28 ct Flax linen

Suggested DMC floss

She has been taken straight to the framers, so there will be one last update pic in a couple of weeks.

Hmm!  What Tudor design to concentrate on next for my Tudor Tuesday SAL is my big question now.

Off to bookclub shortly - where Emma Viskic , the author of this month's novel, Resurrection Bay, is coming along to talk to us - how cool is that?

Have a good evening, everyone, 

hugs, 

By the way, I really enjoyed the novel, so I am really looking forward to meeting the author.

Overseas Travel stitching.....

Travelling overseas can be a great time to get some stitching done - all that time waiting around airports, flying time, travelling on the bullet train in Taiwan, sitting watching the world go by in the early morning at a resort in Borneo, you get the picture!

So, on my recent trip, I took just one new stitching project with me - Measure of the Year by Prairie Schooler (you may remember that I stitched the Summer blocks last year for an exchange, you can read about it in this post.)

I started with this:   [oh my goodness, as I was just typing that I heard a Kookaburra laugh!  He was sitting in a tree just by my deck!]

                                    

Moved along a bit to this:

and accomplished this much by the end of the trip:

Unfortunately, though, it has languished by my stitching chair since our return as other projects have taken up my time - maybe a candidate for Friday Frolics this week?

Have a good day, today everyone, 

hugs, 

September Smalls SAL update....

Well, I have a couple of Smalls finishes to show you this month for my Smalls SAL, if you are not sure what I am talking about then please follow the link.

First up is "Chimney Disasters" by Sue Hillis Designs ....

Ta da!  Santa is all stuck down that chimney!

Such a fun design!

Next up is my Prairie Schooler finish, "Summer" from Book #138 "Measure of a year"

I am very pleased as to how this turned out, now I just need to work out how to best Finish it.

So, feeling pretty pleased with myself re my Smalls this month, please check out everyone else's Smalls update here.

Now, it is the inaugural (and probably only ever) Grand Final eve public holiday today - yay! - and it is both Friday Frolics and Friday Night with Friends - double yay! - so three days of stitching coming up - triple yay!

Have fun everyone, 

hugs,