Boos Mummy

Whilst waiting for the latest part of Around the World to be released I've been making more of an effort on my CITA , managed to finish parts 8 & 9.  Here's what it's up to... Part 8 Now I hadn't put any beads on until this point so picked these colours out of my stash.  Part 9 How she's looking altogether. And if you want to join in with the latest SAL just click on CITA at the top and it will take you to Papillions website.

Our eldest Peter (Boo) taken in September 2009 during Sheffield Dragons Summer in the Square competition. He'd not long since started the Little Dragons karate class. Now he's my little Black Belt. He spent 2 days grading at Sheffield Dragons and on Friday 5th April 2013 he was presented with his 1st Dan black belt. As you can see we bought him a special belt. He's been seeing these belts since he was a Little Dragon and knew that was what he wanted to have one day. Luckily for us he's got 2yrs before he can grade again for his 2nd Dan so lots of time to train and the belt will get plenty of wear!! Boo's Album Boo's Belts

March seems to have gone before we know it so it's time to show my HAED after another month of stitching. In March I managed to stitch over 3400 stitches, there were parts that seemed to be all confetti and took a lot longer than I wished. Though standing back and looking at it they are worth the effort and the design is starting to come together now. Cruising the Information Highway by Randal Spangler Heaven & Earth Designs

Finished part 10 of my ATW which means I've finally caught up...yay! Part 11 not out yet, apparently problems with the computers at Papillion Creations (haven't we all been there LOL!) Around the World in 80 Stitches Papillion Creations

Lately my stitching mojo has been on a little break, I put it down to the weather. One minute it's cold with snow and the next spring is coming, then snow again :-(  Some nights I'm so tired and cold that the thought of picking up a needle doesn't enter my mind. Mind you I have managed some stitching inbetween the kids activities....here's where I'm at:     Around the World in 80 Stitches - speciality version Papillion Creations  Confetti of Hardanger Bee's Needleworks Fabric "Aries" by Sparklies   Castles in the Air by Papillion Creations  Cruising the Information Highway Heaven & Earth Designs Mary Wigham SAL Other big news at our house is to do with my 3 children... Peter Boo (8)  Lukie (6) Darcy (5) In March Lukie passed his dance exam which was the Waltz, no pictures of his presentation yet as it's in April. He's now learning the Jive for his exam in September. His piano teacher says he...

That's one month gone out of the year already, it's gone by so fast. At the end of January I finally caught the dreaded flu bug that has been going around, a week in bed feeling really rough where my mind was willing but my body definitely wasn't able to stitch! But, I'm on the mend now and my stitching has been resumed...hurray!! Here's what some of my projects look like now... Cruising the Information Highway - HAED worked 1 over 1 on 25ct full cross total stitch count for January on this is 4720.    Castles in the Air, working on part 6 - Papillion Creations Around the World in 80 Stitches, part 7 completed - Papillion Creations Part 8 is all printed out and ready for next Wednesday when I'll work on it as part of Friendly Stitchers WIP Wednesday.   Sledding, worked on 18ct Aida This is my Saturday afternoon project that I work on whilst DD is playing and the boys are on the Xbox! My orts jar filled...

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...