Christmas Ornie SAL 2015

Hi lovely stitchers,

Please check out my new SAL blog - Christmas Ornie SAL 2015

It should be lots of fun.

If you want to play along, too, the info is all on the blog  (see what I did there, inveigling you into visiting the blog - lol!).

Off to work now, have a great day everyone,

hugs,

FNwF June update....

Well, Friday night was FNwF and I bet that everyone who took part had lots of fun with their projects.  I know that I certainly did as I had a Happy Dance when I finished this:

I was so pleased, I found the perfect buttons and framing/backing fabric in my stash.

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

Happy stitching, everyone, 

hugs, 

P.S. If you would like to join my new Christmas Ornie SAL for 2015 (the rest of, anyway), please check out this post and leave a comment there.

I have an idea!

A few year's ago, I used to take part in a Christmas Ornie SAL, run along much the same lines as Jo's Hallowe'en Ornie SAL is now.  I love this Hallowe'en Ornie SAL as it gives me some focus on stitching and finishing some Hallowe'en stitching and I used to love taking part in the Christmas one, too.

So, I would like to start a new Christmas Ornie SAL for the rest of 2015 and hopefully for 2016, too.

It would work like this:

 Each month we would stitch a Christmas Ornie on a theme.  For example, trees or santa or presents or snowmen or words, etc, with a free choice month thrown in here or there.

Now, as we still have over four months to Christmas, I do not think it is too late to start this year, with the aim of running it again in 2016.

There will be no check in post as such, just a post by the end of the month if you have a Christmas Ornie finished for that month.  You can opt in or out as you like.

If you join, you will be given sign up rights on the blog, so you just post when you are ready.

What do you all think?  Do you want to join in the fun?

I really only need one or two other people to get started (it would be a bit lonely on my own - lol!).

Just comment on this post and we will go from there.  

Also, if you do not have a blog but want to take part, I am happy to post on your behalf - just send me your pics and some commentary and that would work well - I am thinking of you Anna!

... and there may even by a prize or two given out randomly by me some months.

Come on. what more could you ask for?  lol!

Looking forward to some elves joining me,  and just to whet your appetite, here is a sweet little pillow which I plan to stuff tonight for FNwF.

hugs,

Small SALs June Update...

...  Hallowe'en Ornie SAL June update and Weekend Round Up.

So, first up, here is Haunted Love by T.A. Smith (Free design on Pumpkin Seed Stitchers Facebook group).  This fits into both the Smalls SAL and the Hallowe'en Ornie SAL (this month was a free choice).

Stitched on 28ct Almond linen using 310, WDW Fiesta (for the pumpkin - my go-to thread for pumpkins and moons in Halloween stitching) and GAST Oatmeal (for the ghosts).

I also had a Happy Dance for my third ombre cowl scarf - this one is for my friend, Shirley (who is a work colleague - she chose the colourway)

On Saturday night I made this "Almost Shepherdless Pie" from Rachel Khoo's Kitchen notebook - it was absolutely delicious!

Lastly, DS2 was down from Sydney for the weekend again (he lucked on a cheap airline ticket), so on Sunday afternoon we all went for a late lunch at Crabapple Kitchen in Hawthorn.  TraderVic and I both had the oh so delicious buttermilk pancakes with ricotta, maple syrup and bacon. (Sorry, no photo this time).

So, back to some stitching for me and to watch a bit of The Voice.

Love to you all and hugs, 

P.S. Visit these links if you want to visit the Smalls SAL or the Hallowe'en Ornie SAL.

IHSW June update...

... this is going to be a very quick update.  For IHSW, I made lemon/lime butter, stitched on some Secret Christmas stitching for a  couple of swaps, did the final finishing on an ornie for a different swap and finally got started on this month's Hallowe'en Ornie SAL.  Phew!  Quite busy, really.  Do you wanna see?

Gotta dash, late for work.  You can see what everyone else got up to for IHSW, here. 

hugs, 

Hunting and Gathering...

... at the Fairfield Farmer's Market.   (Sorry, the pic is a bit murky but it was a bit of a murky day, despite the blue sky you can see there).

 

We came home with this full basket of freshly grown and/or made produce.

Here it all is laid out:  fresh grain bread, authentic mediterranean dips, a lemon ricotta tart, Otway Prime beef patties (organic) and pine mushrooms.

We just added some fresh silverbeet from the garden and voila!

After the market we wandered around to DD's flat, which was just around the corner.  She is in a sharehouse with a Bevy of Boys, as I like to say.  They prove pretty handy as they have turned this 1960s kitchen cupboard from TraderVic's childhood into a pretty trendy little bar - he was so impressed!

Also, I spied in DD's room this, yes, you guessed it - Cinderella's glass slipper - it was a gift through work but DD is going to generously donate it to the Royal Children's Hospital for a raffle prize.  I am rather proud of her for thinking of doing that.

 Lastly, I will leave you with a rose from my garden - yes, they are still blooming even in the middle of winter!

Well, off to do lots of Sunday errands, 

Take care everyone and have a great day, 

hugs, 

FNSI_June Update

I managed to squeeze in a little bit of stitching for FNSI last night - in between starting work at 6 am, attending a funeral (the mother-in-law of a friend), coming home and doing some more work, going to the movies with friends (Jurassic World - it was okay but not as thrilling as I thought it would be) and then some stitching while staying up to wait for TraderVic to come home from the footy (the Mighty Tigers lost - bad luck!).

However, as it is still secret stitching for my Christmas in July swap, it is only another sneak peek.

Click FNSI to see what everyone else got up to last night.

Have a good weekend, now I need to think about what to stitch/sew/finish for IHSW!

hugs,