Boos Mummy

After last years Purple Flower project I decided on another flower project but this time slightly different, it's a button flower project. This uses one of my most hated stitches "Lazy Daisy", now I know that they're easy to do but I really really don't like them. I like symmetrical designs and this stitch rarely looks even when more than 1 is used...BUT this year I'm going to try and not do as much symmetrical stuff on the embroidery side and just let my needle play whenever the mood takes me. FINALLY finished part 6 of my Around the World, taking part in WIP Wednesdays with Friendly Stitchers  so decided that I need to catch up on ATW. Here's my HAED after a couple of weeks of stitching at least 2hrs on 4 evenings a week.... Cruising the Information Highway, Randal Spangler HAED Stitched 1 over 1 on 25ct Finally I managed to put in a few stitches on my Mary Wigham SAL on the Sunday Stitch In with The Stitch Specialists, not many as we s...

A couple of the projects I've been working on since New Years Cruising The Information Highway by Randal Spangler (HAED) Stitched 1 over 1 on 25ct Around the World in 80 Stitches - parts 1-5 (Papillion Creations) Mary Wigham SAL The last 2 projects I work mainly in-hand and I don't like ironing my work until it's all completed and ready to be framed, hence the creases.  Working on an exchange piece now which I'm really enjoying. Happy stitching, Jo x

Can you believe we're at the end of 2012 already? As a lot of you know I spent most of the year working on the Bothy Threads Cut Thru "Noah's Ark", this kit definitely tested my patience as the Supertwist thread used in it was horrendous to work with....but here it is finished on Friday night around midnight. Bothy Threads Cut Thru Noah's Ark Stitched on 28ct Sunny Skies by Sparklies Altogether this year I managed to complete over 22 projects which I'm pretty pleased with. I've a list of projects I'd like to complete in 2013 all ready so fingers crossed I'll get some of them done as well. Here are some of my finishes.. At the start of 2012 my vase was empty and all ready for my orts, here's what it looks like tonight after a years stitching. The only orts not in the vase are my ATW and CITA as they have their own bags. It wouldn't be a fitting end of the year without a couple of photos courtesy of my husband Tony. He's g...

And it's certainly blowing here in Yorkshire at the minute, winter has arrived with a blast of arctic air that for my husband means fantastic photographs but for us means being cold when we're outside on school runs! Here's my finish of LHNs "The North Wind Blows"  It's stitched on Snowy Skies fabric by Sparklies and was a dream to stitch on .This was such a fun stitch even if the frog did visit whilst doing the border!  I ran out of the brown for the edges as well, only 6 stitches from the end which frustrated me immensely. The worst thing was I bought the wrong thread twice before finally remembering the correct number to finish it off LOL!  I'm now going to buy a lovely frame that I've seen in a local shop and have it hung in our bedroom. Yes you're eyes are working, Noah has another page finished. Managed to finish page 8 in-between school concerts, Christmas dinners and after school classes. Looking forward to Christmas so I get to ...

As I've been working hard on Noah's Ark for ages I decided to work on one of the designs from my 2012 to do list. I love the pirates by Sue Hillis and knew they're quick stitches so here he is... Our two youngest are also dressing as pirates for the day in school to raise money for Children in Need. Here's a sneak preview of Darcy in her outfit.. I also took part in a Christmas exchange with my FB group, this is what i sent to my partner Rhonda along with a Yorkshire & Derbyshire calendar... And this is what I was sent by Susan.. Mouse over on Friendly Stitchers designed 2 smalls for the 10th anniversary of the group. This is what I did with the designs...  The bag now hands on my Lowery for my Noah's Ark orts. To finish off here's where Noah's Ark has got to... It's due to the Supertwist thread in the rainbow that I lost heart on this project, although it does look effective:

I've been working hard on my Noah's Ark project lately, finally I can see some actual progress. The Supertwist thread used for the rainbow has really been a pain  challenge to work with but perseverance with lots of encouragement from Friendly Stitchers has had me plodding along.  Not long to go now before I'm on the last 3 pages at the bottom.... Don't faint either but I've finally finished my Purple Flower project. Sat down yesterday with DH who had the day off work and put the last 2 petals together. Stitches used in this are :- Up and Down Buttonhole Chain Bullion Knots Running French Knots Couching Basque Pistil Sheaf Pekinese A quilt square as well. The centre piece was part of my TAST challenge and I just quilted round it. (seriously must start putting these together soon!) I finally managed to complete part 3 of Around the World in 80 Stitches by Papillion Creations as well...here she is And I couldn't resist putting a p...

We decided in the school summer holidays to take the kids to  Clumber Park  for a few hours to try and wear them out...did it work? NO but we did have fun :-) We've watched a lot of the Olympics during the holidays and our kids really enjoyed watching the different events. Our DD Darcy loved watching the Equestrian and swimming events, the boys enjoyed the boxing, canoeing, gymnastics and athletics. They took to copying their favourite athletes and could be seen making hearts with their arms, kissing the floor or doing a 'bolt' everywhere...including Clumber Park . During the summer inside the Walled Kitchen Garden they had a Gnome and Fairy hunt which was great fun for them.   The boxer is DH's favourite gnome, he's named him Master Terry after DS1's Karate teacher! DD was so excited everytime she found a fairy. The kids even went into the fairy shed to make their own wands. Here are a few of the photo...