I hope that you all had a fantastic Christmas or whatever you celebrate at this time of year, and as I won't be around next Sunday, may I wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year! Christmas Day was spent and New Year will be spent at my parents' house. Boxing Day was spent at my sister's house (I laughed until I cried at "Mrs Brown's Boys - Christmas Special"). I'm home today, back at work tomorrow, and then off again until next Tuesday.
On the stitching front, I have two finish finishes to show you. These are my nieces' Christmas tree ornaments for 2011. After work on the Thursday before Christmas I went to Hobbycraft and purchased two Framecraft coasters, a sheet of blue card, some picture hooks, some double sided sticky pads and some blue ribbon. So the aida and the card were cut to fit the coasters, the picture hooks were attached to the back of the coasters with sticky pads and the ribbon was attached. They are not perfect, nowhere near, because I was a zombie by this stage as work was absolutely manic, but they were finish finished in time for Christmas which was the most important thing!
As Christmas was on a Sunday this year, the Beetle didn't get a look in (again!). However when everyone who wasn't stopping over had gone away, I did get the Ark out and put in some more stitches on that. It's coming on quite nicely and I've had to roll the aida so that I can work up to the top of the chart. The plan is to cross stitch up to the top, backstitch back down to the middle, cross stitch to the bottom and then backstitch back up again. And I'm planning to work hard on it while I'm off this week - fortunately the baby has still not made an appearance, though its mummy is going in for a sweep on Thursday as it looks like baby may weigh in at about 10lb!
On the stitching front, I have two finish finishes to show you. These are my nieces' Christmas tree ornaments for 2011. After work on the Thursday before Christmas I went to Hobbycraft and purchased two Framecraft coasters, a sheet of blue card, some picture hooks, some double sided sticky pads and some blue ribbon. So the aida and the card were cut to fit the coasters, the picture hooks were attached to the back of the coasters with sticky pads and the ribbon was attached. They are not perfect, nowhere near, because I was a zombie by this stage as work was absolutely manic, but they were finish finished in time for Christmas which was the most important thing!As Christmas was on a Sunday this year, the Beetle didn't get a look in (again!). However when everyone who wasn't stopping over had gone away, I did get the Ark out and put in some more stitches on that. It's coming on quite nicely and I've had to roll the aida so that I can work up to the top of the chart. The plan is to cross stitch up to the top, backstitch back down to the middle, cross stitch to the bottom and then backstitch back up again. And I'm planning to work hard on it while I'm off this week - fortunately the baby has still not made an appearance, though its mummy is going in for a sweep on Thursday as it looks like baby may weigh in at about 10lb!
The other stitchy things that I need to do while I'm off this week are cut the fabric and make a start on the Jayne Netley Mayhew piece for my friend, and sort out my list for the 2012 WIPocalypse.
Wishing all the best to you and yours over the coming months.
The ornies are darling and the birth announcement looks great. I hope the baby comes soon. A 10 pounder... yikes!
ReplyDeleteYour stitching is looking lovely and the finish is great.
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