... and the winners are....

.... now, I know that I said that I would give away one of these three designs:

But what the heck!  It is my last 12 Days of Christmas in Blogland Giveaway, so I am giving away all three patterns with charms to three lovely, stitchy winners.  So, here goes....

The first pattern, Santa

has been won by

Jo from Serendipitous Stitching

The second pattern,  Angel

has been won by 

Kimberly R

(Kimberly, you are so lucky, this is two of my giveaways you have won in a row!)

The third pattern, Christmas

has been won by 

Linda from Stitching with my furbabies

(and Linda, you, too, have won two of my giveaways - although not in a row)

Congratulations, ladies, I think that I might have all of your addresses but if I have lost them, I will email you.

Off to do Day 10 of UCJC stitching right now.

Hugs,    

UPDATE:  Heather from Heather's Stitching Story is having a wonderful giveaway of LHN and CCN charts.  You can check it out here.

UCJC Day 7 - yesterday's progress and X-stitching Xmas 2012 update

I have yet to take a photo of yesterday's UCJC Day 6 project - so I will update this post later today.

But I have started on today's project, which is a secret for an upcoming Love and Friendship Exchange - so there will be no pics of that project until the exchange is received.

I am, however, reposting my Believe series pics as part of X-stitching Xmas 2012 which is being hosted by Lady Kell of Kincavel Crosses.  So, here goes.....

X-Stitching Xmas 2012 - Progress pics, Saturday, January 7th:

 UCJC Day 4 Believe by The Sampler Girl X 3! All in different colourways using Cottage Garden Hand-dyed threads (the same ones I am using for my Mary Wigham sampler - I just love them)

This is a freebie design which can be found here.

These will all be finished as little hanging pillows for Christmas (I have bought the ribbons and such for finishing - just need to find some time to do the finishing now)

Update:  Here are some pics of the pretty ribbons and ricrac which I bought for finishing the Believe series:

Now, here is Day 6 of UCJC 2012 progress pics:

Houses Sampler

The Sampler Company (Brenda Keyes)

20 Count Blue Spruce Linen

DMC threads

Jo from Serendipitous Stitches is having a great Epiphany Giveaway and for one of the 7 items you are giving away you have to prove that you are a quilter.  So, here is some proof of my quilting "prowess":

That's all from me for today, going to the movies with DH to see "The adventures of Tintin" and then to have a bite to eat.

oh, one last thing, don't forget my Day 12 Giveaway, you need to comment on this post if you would like to enter.  It is also listed on my sidebar along with some other great giveaways.  

Plus Mary Joan is having a lovely giveaway, you can check it out here.

Happy Stitching,

Two winners announced...

Hello lovely bloggers,

Well, I have the winners of my Day 3 and Day 8 Giveaways for 12 Days of Christmas in Blogland to announce (Day 12 is still open until midnight on Sunday 8th January), but first I have a couple of other things to show you first:

1.  UCJC Day 5 start: New England Sampler by The Sampler Company (Brenda Keyes)

 I am sorry, I did not seem to be able to take a decent pic today despite my newish camera. The fabric is 28 count cream Lugana - which is a joy to stitch on.  I am going to really like working on this design this year.  I was sad to have to leave this little lady alone at the end of the day yesterday.  Here is a pic of what the design will look like one day:

This afternoon, imagine my surprise when the postman brought me this from Shirlee. I had forgotten that I had won a runners up prize in her Christmas giveaway.  See what she has so generously given me:

A gorgeous Christmas stocking to stitch.  I am so lucky, thank you, thank you, thank you, Shirlee.

Now, enough teasing - onto the winners:

Day 3 of 12 Days of Christmas in Blogland winner is:

Veronica

Your prize is the Angel kit - here is a reminder pic:

... and the winner of Day 8 of 12 Days of Christmas in Blogland is:

Kimberly R

Here is pic of what you have won:

Congratulations to both Veronica and Kimberly, if you could email me on KayeDeP@gmail.com with your snail mail addresses, I will post you your prizes.

Now, don't forget that my Day 12 Giveaway is still open until midnight, January 8th - you can comment on this post for a chance to win another great giveaway.

Well, off to do my laps now and then some more stitching on Day 6 of UCJC.

Hugs and love to all, 

Kaye xoxox

12 Days of Christmas in Blogland - Day 10 - A happy Dance

.... UCJC is going very well for me so far, I had a good start on January 1st and a great start and FINISH yesterday, January 2nd - so easy when you are on holidays like I am at the moment.  It is going to be trickier when I go back to work next Monday.

Anyway, here is Day One of UCJC:
A Brave New Year by Heartstring Samplery

A Brave New Year

Heartstring Samplery

Free design available here

25 count Lugana - tea-dyed

Olde Willow Creek Quaker Colours

... and a Happy Dance for UCJC Day Two:   (sorry, the pics don't quite do the colours justice)

Monday, JANUARY 2ND:Downton Abbey by The Sampler Girl COMPLETED - Monday, JAN 2ND 

Downton Abbey

Designer: The Sampler Girl

Free Design: available here

Stitched on 32 Count Belfast Linen

Using  Crescent Colours and Olde Willow Creek Samplery Quaker Colours

It is going to be another hot day here in Melbourne (3rd or 4th in a row - last night was unbearably hot) and tonight DS2 is having a birthday BBQ - about 30 young adults over (thank goodness they are all over 18 now so I don't have to worry about them drinking illegally).  This should be lots of fun as he has lovely young men and women as his friends, however hot spells like this in Melbourne are usually broken by a storm - which is what they are predicting for tonight!  Oh dear, hope that it doesn't rain in the house again!

Now, I am going to get out today's UCJC project - lovely!

Don't forget to check out my two giveaways and the other great giveaways listed on my sidebar.

Hugs, Kaye xoxox


Update:  Phew!  Really busy here getting ready for DS2's Birthday BBQ.  DS2 had to work all day and only got home at 4.45 - the BBQ starts at 6 - guess who has to do all of the work?  You guessed it - DH and I.  So, not much stitching getting done.  At least it seems to have cooled down a little, still hot but not 40 degrees - thank goodness.

K xoxox

Further update -- nearly midnight, the party has been a great success - all of the food was pronounced delicious by the young adults.  DH and I are exhausted from all of the BBQing and cleaning up.  But good news we did get a couple of hours of TV watching in - we are watching a new series "Homeland" - most intriguing - and I got some stitching done - yay!

Off to bed now, Good night,

Hugs, Kaye xoxox

12 Days of Christmas in Blogland, Day 9 - an ongoing post today

.... today's post will be an ongoing one, I think.  It is early morning here on what is promising to be a very hot day (40 degrees celsius) and I am just doing some quick blogging before I go on my early morning walk. Anyway, I have just found this great giveaway from Sarah at Craftymoo - she is de-stashing and has some wonderful items in her giveaway, you can check it out here.

Well, off to walk now, more later today .....

... home again, just watching Furio chasing a fly around the house - who needs Mortein when you have the might hunter Furio? ... and doing some blog stalking reading.

Someone asked me to show my progress on my Mary Wigham Sampler, so here goes:

... so, off to cut my fabric for UCJC Day Two's project... will show you a project pic from yesterday's project a bit later and then my DF, Marie is taking me out for a Japanese lunch as a very belated birthday present.

P.S. Don't forget to check out my two giveaways listed on my sidebar...
K xoxox

12 Days of Christmas in Blogland - Day 8, a second giveaway from me

Hello lovely bloggers,

I thought that I would like to have a second giveaway as part of my 12 Days... challenge.  So, please comment on this post only, if you would like to win the following prize:

A cute little notepad and a tube of udder hand cream - you can check out my post here to find out all about the wonderful udder cream.  (Now, this is actually my tube of udder cream but I will send the luck winner a brand new tube once the shop gets some back in stock).  I will draw the winner on January 6th.

It is very hot here in Melbourne this weekend - 35 degrees celsius yesterday, 40 degrees today and tomorrow and 37 on Tuesday!  Needless to say, the poor kittycats find this a bit hard going - here are some photos of Furio dealing with the heat:

 For some reason, Furio sometimes likes to sleep on the ledge at the top of our spiral staircase well, this is the view from above:

 ... and various views from below:

Today is the first day of UCJC - My first start is Brave New Year from Heartstring Samplery.  I began by tea-dyeing some cream Lugano 25 count fabric:

Sorry, it actually looks better in real life.  I am using Olde Willow Stitchery Hand-dyed Quaker Colour threads - so far it is looking really good - I will post a progress picture tomorrow.  If you would like to see a picture of my design, just check out my UCJC page.

DS1 has just made some sensational pizzas for dinner (he makes the dough from scratch) and now DH, DS2 and I are going to play a new board game with him, The Settlers of Catan.  DS1 is moving out into his own apartment (a share house) at the end of the month - I am going to miss him dreadfully but at the same time I am so excited for him.  It is time he has a place of his own.

Anyway, sorry for the longish post and for rambling a bit.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE,

Hugs, Kaye xoxox