Stitchy Stuff

In case you were thinking

that I've just been wandering around

taking photos of frosty plants ...

I have proof

that I have been doing some other stitchy stuff :)

I've finished my

Chocolate Sampler...

... and I don't mind saying,

I'm pretty happy with it :)

And...

I've finished two cushions

that I started weeks ago.

In all honesty,

I ''lost'' them in the sewing room

for quite a while.

The state of my sewing room is shameful,

so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for rain

next Monday,

'cos that's the day

that I've decided is the right day,

to get in there

and

clean it up!!!

And if it's raining,

there's a better than fair chance

that I will clean it up,

'cos there will be no ''garden'' distractions :)

Not sure which of these is my favourite,

but I do know that I really really enjoyed making them,

and possibly

I think

I will make some more :)

My knitty ''thing'' is also finished,

and it's already ''in service''...



I thought I had enough of the plain blue coloured yarn

to do the complete shawl,

but when I got to the end of the yarn

it was pretty clear

that I needed to add more to it.

I raided the various baskets of wool I have scattered around

(sorry, tidily stored in my sewing room!!)

and decided it was a good chance to use up

lots of end bits -

you know -

those little part balls of yarn

that you can't bear to part with.

In retrospect,

after spending approximately four and a half hours

sewing in ''ends''

I thought,

give me variegated yarn any day,

but,

I have reduced the baskets of wool stash :)

And,

I have been stitching

some of Barb's gorgeous stitchery designs

from her fabulous new book

called

''When a Bird Sings''

which you can find here

or here.

I've used Nina's threads

in my favourite shade of ''chilli'' red

and stitched them on linen ...

... very very cute little birdies ...

... some of these I will be using in little home decorations,

so sweet :)

So, that's my lot for the moment ...

time to go put the kettle on,

and a slice of cake would be nice!

Chocolate of course :)

See you

Jenny