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Sunday, 15 November 2009
Natalia's Sew Blue





I heard from Natalia in Australia that she has now finished Sew Blue. She stitched it 1*2 on 40ct creme linen using Dinky Dyes Pacific Ocean 93, Ningloo 54 and Choco Latte 31 and finished it as a pretty pinkeep. Both your interpretations of Sew Blue and Sew Red are wonderful Natalia and thank you for allowing me to post your pictures on my blog. These patterns are still free but now only available as part of Sew Noel package *here* or click the CHARTS link on the sidebar.

The AVAS Blanc Optique silk thread I am awaiting on for Sew Winter has still not arrived and I have now ordered an HDF white silk thread as a backup in case the AVAS has gone missing. As soon as either threads arrives I will stitch Sew Winter as quickly as possible. In the meantime I will stitch up the model for Sew in Love for an early release.

No stitching at all this weekend as Georgia came for a sleepover last night and we spent yesterday afternoon playing with my punches, old Christmas/birthday cards and a blank sheet of paper and some glue to produce collages. We also tried some origami where we made two types of swan. I had forgotten how much I like origami so I think I will look to buying some proper origami paper as the photocopy paper I was using was a bit thick to make really neat folds.

Thanks for visiting
Take care

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Tuesday, 11 November 2008
For Georgia


Yesterday I got out my pieces that I thought were ready for finishing and realised that none of them had the date on and that I still needed to put Georgia's name on the back of hers. So I finished the stitching and then put Georgia's ornament together. Just look at those cute little silver ice skates! I have resorted to taking photos under my Ottlite now so I apologise for the poor quality.

After putting the year on the back of Tom's ornament, this is also ready for finishing today and, hopefully, I will be able to show you a picture tomorrow. I part finished the HOE Christmas exchange piece but what light there was yesterday rapidly disappeared and as I had to prepare for dinner, I gave up and will have another go today but, suffice it to say, I want to keep it! Even Ken said to stitch another for the exchange as he liked it too. Of course you will have to wait to see this until my partner receives it but it shouldn't be too long as I will be mailing this out very soon and it does not have too far to travel.

I feel much better today as the sun has made an appearance. OK it's not a hot summer's day but at least it's much lighter! 

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Take care

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Monday, 13 October 2008
No Monday morning blues!

The weekend has flown past at an amazing speed but at least I don't have the Monday morning blues. The sun is out and no work! My daughter Nicola and her family have returned home after a two week break in Turkey so it will be great to catch up with her this week and Kirby has gone to Amsterdam on a tour of the textiles museums. Ken started on a new site this week too so I am 'home alone'. The laundry is done and the house is clean, so the rest of my day is free. 

Not much on the stitching side over the weekend although I did stitch the "Ice Princess" from The Gift of Stitching (December 2007). I'm not too keen on the 'eyes' so I may substitute tiny black beads here. I did change the ornaments hanging from the antlers as the pattern calls for queen stitches but I preferred to put beads there instead. I tried using Swaroski 4mm crystals but they were too big and I didn't have any smaller ones in the right colours. I love the silver ice skates though! This is going to be made into an ornament for Georgia, the youngest of my grandchildren, although I am not exactly sure which finish I will use for it yet. This afternoon I want to stitch JBW Designs French Country Reindeer so I must decide which fabric and floss to use for this although I am thinking red on white will look good.

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