Yes I am still here!

Hi everyone, sorry I have not been blogging for a while, I have been way too busy, I have not had chance to do any stitching or blog reading but I did have a chance to put my name in the hat for a giveaway over on one of my favourite quilt blogs.

 Jenny from Elephantz blog was giving away this gorgeous stitched picture, I could not resist entering and hoping that I would be the lucky lady. 

I could not believe my eyes when I saw an email from Jenny saying I had won this gorgeous framed picture!    

Now if you want to see some gorgeous stitching then just pop along to Jenny's blog here , you will be so glad you did because she is a very talented stitcher and quilter. Jenny also has a little shop selling her patterns and stitched gifts and everything she sells is beautiful!

Thankyou so much Jenny, I will treasure it always!

Here are lots of pictures, check out the gorgeous fabric and lacy card Jenny sent me too! 

Thanks Jenny for making my day!

Happy stitching everyone, I hope I can get some stitching done soon!

Hi everyone, thankyou for the lovely comments on the Cross Stitch Book giveaway, I placed all the names into a hat and the winner is..........................

Martine from Martine290 blog here

Congratulations Martine!

Thankyou to everyone who entered.

Happy stitching. 

Another free pattern!

Hi everyone, just to let you know I am still here!

Thankyou so much for all of your wonderful comments on the Cross Stitch book giveaway, sorry I could not reply to you but I am very busy at the moment and I do not have much time for stitching or blogging. You can still enter my cross stitch book giveaway in the previous couple of posts,

I will be back tomorrow evening to post the winner of the book.

Here is a little cross stitch freebie you may be interested in, it is similar to one I have done before but you know how I love my afternoon teas!

Welcome to all of my new followers and a warm welcome to my regular followers too!

A new Mirabilia cross stitch project.

Hi everyone, I usually like to have a large Mirabilia cross stitch project on the go that I like to take my time over, I have decided to stitch this Mirabilia design called Royal Holiday by Nora Corbett, the colours in this are really gorgeous!

   

I have not had time to do any stitching but I managed to set the fabric up on the frame all ready to start.

The Peacock cross stitch box (in the previous post )  is still a work in progress, hopefully I should make some progress on that over the next few weeks. 

There is still time to enter the Cross Stitch Book Giveaway in my previous post.

Thankyou for all of your comments, sorry I could not reply but be assured all the names have gone into a hat ready for the draw.

Until next time - Happy Stitching!



Cross stitch book giveaway!

Hi everyone, I have started to finish my peacock design into a box and I have a cross stitch book giveaway for one lucky winner!

In this post I will show you the box in progress and give details how to win this lovely cross stitch book. I was asked by Lark Crafts to review this book on my blog and offer a copy to one of my readers, all you have to do is:

Leave a comment on this post, the giveaway will close on Sunday 13th May.

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Please note, due to time pressures I will not be able to reply to any emails, but be assured I will enter all names into the hat for the draw.

This book has beautiful illustrations of finished cross stitched designs that can be stitched in two hours, including fans, flowers, children, teddy bears etc. The designer is  Trice Boerens of Ogden, Utah, she is an established crafting author and designer whose areas of expertise include needlework, quilting and paper crafts. She is the author of Lark's new 45 Quilt Blocks series, and authored the original Sterling/Chappelle Two Hour Cross Stitch, which sold over 100,000 copies.  

Here are some examples of the designs in the book, the photographs are all taken from the book.

               

Here is the work in progress for my peacock cross stitch box, I started making this a couple of weeks ago and I have not had time to finish it yet, unfortunately my cross stitch and crafting is on hold at the moment as I am quite busy, but I will be doing some cross stitch, just not as much as I usually do!    

I love the fabric that I am going to use for this, I think it contrasts perfectly with the blue thread. 

Until next time - Happy Stitching!