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Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Sew Blue by Cindy


Photo by Cindy


Sew Blue is a freebie from iStitch Designs. The above was stitched by Cindy of Chronicles of a Cross Stitching Hockey Fanatic on Wichelt 32ct antique white linen with Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk threads in Blue Heaven and Indigo together with Glisten Gloss Metallic #SP01. Thank you Cindy for allowing me to post your picture of your lovely finish here. 

Sew Blue is still available for free (with a purchase) *here* or by clicking on the CHARTS button on the sidebar - there are other free charts available too.

There is a wonderful giveaway for two gift certificates over on Victoria Motto Sampler Shoppe *here*  - the draw is on June 30!

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Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Sew Blue pincushion and floss tag



Carol from Just Carol has kindly allowed me to showcase her version of Sew Blue. Stitched on 40ct flax Belfast linen with Babbling Brook Belle Soie Silk, Carol finished Sew Blue as a mattress pincushion. She also stitched part of the design which she finished as a matching floss tag. There are some more pictures of Carol's stunning finishes over on her blog. Thank you Carol for allowing me to show this here.

Sew Blue is still available free (with any purchase) *here* or by clicking on the CHARTS button on the sidebar.

I finished stitching my Travelling Stitcher SAL last night and will post a picture tomorrow. This afternoon I will start stitching up the model for Sew ABC - the latest iStitch design.

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Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Sew Blue pinkeep




Wendy Jo sent me a picture of her Sew Blue pinkeep that she stitched for Nancy (no blog) for the Friends Through Threads group. This was Wendy Jo's first attempt at stitching on 40ct linen (although you would never guess) with GAST Dungarees. Beautifully stitched and finished Wendy Jo - thank you for allowing me to post this picture. Sew Blue chart is still available for free *here* with the purchase of any chart.

I made a start on my miniature knitting last night and, after two false starts (the pattern was not as clear as it might be), I have knitted 3 'lots' of the 4 pattern row. Not many I know but this really is teeny; I will post a photo shortly. I have also been stitching on Alphabets à ... and have only the large letter C to go and it will be finished. I will be sad to finish this one as I am really enjoying it so I will now look for something in the same ilk for my next piece.

It's raining, yet again. I am so ready for some sunshine!

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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.

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Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The Sisterhood visits the UK!



I am honoured to join the Sisterhood! Sara emailed me last week to say that she had pulled my name out and today this lovely chart arrived here. I am sure most of you know about the Sisterhood but for those of you who don't this is her journey:

Harmien in the Netherlands (November 3, 2007)
She sent it to Lili in France (June 17, 2007)
Who sent it to Barbara in Malaysia (June 25, 2007)
Who sent it to Tessa in Australia (July 16, 2007)
Who sent it to Lizzy in the North Carolina, US (February 26, 2008)
Who sent it to Barbara in the Netherlands (March 11, 2008)
Who sent it to Sarah (no blog) in Ohio, US (April 11, 2008)
Who sent it to Anna in Pennsylvania, US (May 28, 2008)
Who sent it to Wendy in Ontario, Canada (July 4, 2008)
Who sent it to Sue in Michigan, US (August 2, 2008)
Who sent it to Jennifer in Pennsylvania, US (September 2, 2008)
Who sent it to CJ in Texas, US, (October 25, 2008)
Who sent it to Claire in Nova Scotia, Canada (January 20, 2009)
Who sent it to Kathy in Arizona, US (February 18, 2009)
Who sent it to Carol in Indiana, US (March 15, 2009)
Who sent it to Carolyn in California, US (May 20, 2009)
Who sent it to Sharon in Oklahoma, US (August 8, 2009)
Who sent it to Jill in Minnesota, US (August 19, 2009)
Who sent it to Sara in North Carolina, US (September, 2009)
Who sent it to CarolR (me) in Kent, United Kingdom (October 27, 2009)
Who sent it to ???????

Despite it's worldly travels, the chart is in great condition and I will take a working copy so it stays in such shape. Each member of the Sisterhood has signed and dated it and left a comment. I hope I can live up to the honour of being a member of such an elite group!

Don't forget to visit my 'Charts blog' - (there's a direct link button on my sidebar) - Sew Red, Sew Blue and Sew Autumn charts are still freebies but there is a small charge for Sew Noel.

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Thursday, 15 October 2009
The Tale of the Tortoise


Yesterday evening it turned quite chilly and I noticed that Tommy had settled himself right down into the flower bed. This morning - no Tommy just a pile of soil! Yes once again he had buried himself down into the dirt so Ken gently moved the soil to get him up. As you can see he was really dirty so he gave him a wash down and put him into the patch of sunshine to dry off. He is now wandering around the garden again. This evening he will go into his box for his long Winter's sleep. Goodnight my little friend - see you in the Spring!




Those of you who are members of Facebook will know the 'laying down' game where people find the most peculiar places to lay down and be photographed. This is my lovely daughter-in-law, AnnMarie, joining in the fun! This 3-wheeler motorbike was left in her works car-park so she took the opportunity (whilst the owner wasn't around) to lay down. My son altered the registration plate to read 'Annie'!

Sorry there are no stitching pictures today but I am working hard on Sew Noel which, being on 55ct fabric, is taking a while to stitch so please be patient. The reaction to these little sampler charts have been overwhelming and, in future, I will have to make a small charge for any new charts, although I will be releasing an occasional freebie. As you can well understand it takes a lot of time designing, charting and stitching the model and, since posting these, I have sent out nearly 800 of Sew Red, Sew Blue and Sew Autumn which, as you can imagine, takes up a lot of time too! These 3 charts are still available at no cost. There is a Sew Winter, Sew Spring and Sew Summer in the pipeline which will be the same size as Sew Autumn for those of you wishing to make a bellpull or to stitch all four seasons on one piece of fabric. I am setting up a separate blog to keep all the charts in one place and there will be a link from this blog. I hope you all understand and continue to visit.

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Sunday, 20 September 2009
Sew Blue is here! *EDITED*

(Picture is clickable for a close-up view)

I was going to wait until tomorrow to post as the gloomy weather has prevented me from taking a better picture but poor Angela (no blog) tells me she has been 'hanging around my blog just to see if I'd put up my new pattern'. So, without further ado, here it is! I actually finished stitching it on Friday but decided at the last minute to hem-stitch it. It is stitched 1*2 on 40ct Edinburgh flax linen with HDF Magpie Tears 2349 and the hemstitching with DMC 3033.




Valie has been checking the chart for errors, and yes we did find some minor ones which have now been corrected. She has used a white cotton thread from Cartier-Bresson (which unfortunately is no longer available) on 36ct steel blue Gander linen. She finished as a beautiful pinkeep backed with Yuwa fabric from Alsace and a sumptuous dark brown velvet ribbon.

This pattern is available as a freebie and all you need to do is leave a comment (on this post only) saying you would like a copy and leaving an email address. I am getting requests without an address so I am unable to send out.

Sew Red is still available and thank you again for your interest and kind comments on this chart.

There will be more charts in the future but for now I need to stitch some Christmas ornaments, put a few stitches into Beatrix Potter and start BAM VII with Valie. I have the chart, the fabric and thread but even before this I have an overdue birthday gift to finish. I wonder however I found the time to work?

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EDITED: I am still getting requests with no email addresses and private profiles. Can Marie from France and Gail get in touch please.

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Thursday, 17 September 2009
Sew Blue - sneak preview!
Just to tease - here is a sneak preview of Sew Blue! It is stitched on 40ct flax linen with HDF Magpie Tears 2349. The charting is done - the stitching of the model is now well under way so the chart release could be either this weekend or early next week so don't forget to come back.

Sew Red is still available. The demand for this has well exceeded my expectations - I imagined a few people might want to stitch it but to my amazement I have sent out 100s of charts - so many I have lost count! Thank you all for your interest.

I managed to find time to glimpse through the JCS Christmas ornament issue. I'm sad to say that nothing jumped out at me but I will peruse it more thoroughly once I have more time.

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