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Tuesday 19 March 2024

Almost Easter .

 Well Easter is rolling in very soon. I thought I would get ready early for Easter , but no ! it as been so dull and none stop rain for weeks now 'with a tiny bit of sun .

Very depressing , if I want to stitch I cant see to stitch , it's so dull .

So I am now doing some useful things , like sorting  I have given bags of goodies away , that I know I will never stitch  and others will to the girls from my old club they love it. I have also found loads of stitching I never got to finish , which I love and will be stitching . I am so enjoying the sorting . I am going to meet up very soon with some ladies who knit for charity , so I have sorted out loads of toy patterns . They do some beautiful work for charity . I also found a load unfinished smalls that I need to put together.

So looks like Spring will be so busy for me . 

This week I have been working on this  cute one. I always pick up my WIPS at the start of the year, and put a few more stitches into them . There is no rush to finish them , they will be left to my many GGC in the future .


I am also stitching Easter cards that I can't show you at the moment.
   More flowers from Hubby , trouble is he now has hay fever .



So now I will leave you with the signs of Spring and very wet garden we seem to have rain every day now. Flowers love it but we are wanting and waiting for dry days . Enjoy your week.












Sunday 10 March 2024

Where did that week go ?

 Hello my friends ,

I can not get over how quick my week went . We have been a little busy but it's flew by. 

We went out for our Anniversary , but not to far because it was heavy rain all day we got so wet when we left the car to go and have lunch , and when we came out another rain storm . So we were happy to get back home. 

Sadly we also went to a funeral  on Thursday a lovely lady who passed away. 

It was an upbeat funeral a happy one not to sad. 

I really have not had much stitching time this week, I have been stitching a few Easter cards , but cannot show you yet , and I put a few stitches on a UFO .

I don't need this one yet but I thought I would put a few stitches in this week .

I need to dig deep into my next box now for this week.

 


Bumblebee  Bourdon by DMC




A lovely card for Mothers day , my daughter said look it's got a reel of thread on it bless her .
So will leave you with a few of my Spring flowers 















More rain its very heavy and dull .
Maybe it will be sunny again soon .
Enjoy your week sweet friends .

Sunday 3 March 2024

MARCH.

 Here we are another new month , I do like March it's like a new start taking us into Spring , lots of surprizes in the garden with plants and bulbs trying to break out.

February was very wet and the rain is still coming down , and its getting a little colder this week , but you know Spring is almost here.

This week really rushed by so quick , and it's been so dark for stitching I have to wait untill night time so I can put my lights on to see my stitching , so roll on Spring.We have had far to much rain , and today we have sunshine after a white frost this morning .

Tomorrow is our Anniversary  .  I never count years anymore , we just enjoy life to the fullest . But in just a few years time it will be a a letter  or card from the King .

So today is sunny with cloud and very peaceful outside apart from chirping little birds ,we love to watch them . 

So this week I have been stitching on this beauty .

Garden Interlude by Lanarte .

 


 I wanted to stay with this one , but I have a boxful to go through but will pick it up again very soon 
 
 
               Just put the last piece in  about 10 mins ago  , I am getting faster .   
                Hubby could not believe how fast  I was  .  
              I always put the outside edge in first  then it's easy .      



A gift from Hubby 


                                                

Our Spring bush ,we brought it last year ,
Not sure where to plant it yet .


And here is a photo of us from our hols last year some friends took the photo and put them on mugs we have one each , what a beautiful thought .

 





Saturday 24 February 2024

Sunshine after a week of rain.

 Another week of rain and a little sunshine , but the garden keeps throwing flowers out , but then the rain  will damaged them so you can't win .

 We have been out alot this week I love going out for lunch when we get a free day, which is not so often , so we make the most of it , when the weather is bad and it's so dull you can't  do very much inside .  

Well it was so funny this week , my hubby gave me a lift to my friends It was raining so I was getting out of the car slipped on a big clump of grass and fell out of the car , when I was falling I thought oh no this will be the hospital  for me , but I got up and could not feel anything , not a mark on me , hubby said you must be Super woman , apart from feeling silly and looking around to see if anyone was looking , but happy to say no one was around because it was a nasty day. So anyway I am still here thank goodness.  Hubby was laughing after and said you should think of being a stunt woman  for films !

Anyway back to stitching .

My finish for Manuela and Martina's Stick 6 2024 No 3 Favorite designer , now this was hard because I have to many designers  that I love , but I dipped my hand into a bag and this one came out . Sweet Rose by LHN .

I have just found this frame so will frame it tomorrow . Only I just pushed it in and the size looks ok .


 I still have to frame it yet so it sits flat .


 


  One of my friends birthdays this month  so  I made her Peacock book mark she loves them .

   Added it to a card and added a ribbon  .



Just finished a scafe I had lots of wool left over from the summer jacket which needed  pressing .  It's a very light fluffy wool and goes great with a sundress .

                    I have just started this new Puzzle below .


                                  Flowers still fighting the rain .


The grass is like a bog , and I just had a warning of loads more rain coming in.

 So hoping I won't get webbed feet . Enjoy your week all.

            

                          

 




Saturday 17 February 2024

The Birds are back singing.

 Hope you all had a week of happiness and love .

I have enjoyed my week , but would have loved some dry weather so I can get outside  more , there are signs of life every where with bulbs breaking out but the rain is so heavy they get bashed about . I have still been busy sorting out my craft stock. I am almost done  inside then I need to clean out the outside craft room . I have been strong and have given loads away , now I need to do this each year , and not buy to much only if I just have to buy it , if you know what I mean .

Well I had a busy week , I did get out into the garden when we had a moment of no rain . I planted some summer bulbs .

But the best part of this week ,was hearing the sweet song of the black bird  , they are now singing every morning I just love hearing them it warms my heart.

Oh I have found so many charts that I forgot about so can't wait to kit them up.

I have dug into my WIPS  again this week and brought out  another one for my girls  in the family , but so much back stitch . I must try and get them finished before the end of the year . 

I went out with my friend to hit the charity shops and found two beautiful goodies that came home with me , but I did give away a few things  from my house , I didn't want any more .

Ok this is what I worked on this week .

 DMC Gifts of friendship Sarah Kay .

 


                    Almost finished the back stitch on the small girl.

                          A few more stitches on the bigger one , then more back stitch.

  This week I felt like doing a puzzle , my friend gave  me this one for Christmas .




                     This is what I brought at the charity shop .
                   A sweet pea holder I will put fresh sweet peas in once they come out.
             Cost just £2 a bargain  
 



I fell in love with this water colour , only £3,99 the frame would have cost me over £3O.OO , I looked up the painter and most of her work this size was about £110 pounds . So always worth a look around I seem to find some lovely things 





Cards for Valentine we had a job to find any we left it to late , the middle one was from my lovely friend Nancy  thank you..


When we did go out hubby brought me some bulbs . 
I will get more next time I love them and have them  everywhere  now , they even flower in the cold weather , but hard to find in the shops  so will look for more 
Next week.
 

Well dear friends I will close now , enjoy your weekend .




Saturday 10 February 2024

Dull weather.

 I really hope Spring is not to far away , flowers are already blooming around , but they are saying snow is on the way , I do hope they are wrong .

Well my craft room sorting is going well almost done , but I have had to be strong . I have two large bags to give to my cross stitch friends , who use to come to my club I no longer run , 20 years was a long time and once I got covid that was it , it turned out to be long covid , but I am feeling much better now but do get a little brain fog , so each year I will  do the same , I have found lots of charts I must do and lots of kits I must finish. 

 I have also been cutting down branches with my hubby and filling up the garden bin ,  also I started another puzzle  and almost finished my knitting item. I can never sit with out something in my hands . A little bit of sunshine would be nice after lots of really dark dull days. Would you believe it the sun just came out and no snow to be seen , maybe they got the weather wrong this time we will see .

So first up is a little chart I started sometime ago and must finish this for two of my GGDs who will soon be moving into a new house , so thought it would be great on their bedroom wall. I love this saying.

                                  Design Works  ' Don't Look Back .

            


I still have to fill parts out and lots of back stitch .

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                                  Next is a birthday card I sent to Erna .

                                        Hope you had a lovely day.


Well the garden wants to bloom after all the rain , I have flowers popping up every where at last .

These snow drops are all over the garden they are the tall ones the small ones are not coming up again .

 





So again I can say , my winter blues are now going away now I can see signs of Spring .





  



Saturday 3 February 2024

FEBRUARY.

Yes February is here ,

We are getting slowly to spring thank goodness . I feel much better  now but I have been playing catch up with everything , housework and gardening , and before I was ill I started clearing out all my junk from my craft room and I am almost done ! then you find some lovely charts and kits you just have to do . It's never ending then I fill up a bag for some of my friends who are stitcher's from my old club .  Then I go back to the bag and think oh no I like that one , it's so hard to down size your stock , then I get strong and say no it's got to go , and I go to bed and think well I  could stitch it , it would be nice for one of the GGC , so it comes back out the bag ! 

I don't think I have any will power at all. So I will have to live with a full room. but saying that I do have two full bags to give away so it's  not to bad , I need to do this every year now , then in the summer I have my craft room outside to sort ! no wonder I can't stitch !  Anyway moving on I did put a few stitches in another WIP 

Winter Stamp by Vervaco

      Almost there lots more back stitching and a few more stitches.

     I have been stitching lots of cards , the last few weeks easy to pick up and down  just have to finish them . I did stitch this one for my lovely friend Carol for her Birthday last month.  I know she loves blue.

 


                             I also did this lovely puzzle  Garden in bloom .


                                       This was a delight to do.


              Lovely hubby brought home more flowers to cheer me up .



So that's it for now , I will dig out another WIP for next week and finish off my craft room , Oh I did start a scarf with my left over fluffy  wool from my  summer cardigan from last year .I will show you next time . Have a fun weekend .