A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books
~Walt Whitman ~
Hi there! How about a bit of a stitching update? It surely must be past time that I showed you what I have been stitching over the last couple of weeks.
Now when I last posted I had just started my Lizzie Kate "Jingles" SAL - but more on that in my next post....
This month I have also been stitching on my April design for the
Halloween Ornie SAL 2014 blog. The April theme was Owls and I chose to stitch a rather cute Diane Arthurs design. Surprisingly this month I have actually managed to get my Owl stitched and posted before the end of the month!!
Say hello to "Owliver and Punky"!
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"Owliver & Punky" - designed by Diane Arthurs Stitched April 2014 |
This design was published in the Just Cross Stitch Halloween 2013 Special Edition magazine. I stitched this lovely design on plastic canvas which I will back with some felt at some stage before turning it into a hanging ornament.
Next month's theme is "Monsters" - but I am yet to find a design that I like.... so let the hunt begin!
Hallowe'en Ornie SAL
2014 Themes
May -Monsters
June -any freebie chart
July -Pumpkins
August -Ghosts
September -Black cats
October - Trick or Treaters
November -Bugs, insects or spiders
December -Free choice
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So that was Halloween.... now onto the
MS Lovers Blog SAL's.
Remember I said at the beginning of the year that I had signed up for three MS SAL's this year.... well finally four months into the year I have managed to start stitching my first one!
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SAL #5 - Spring Bouquet started 26/4/14 |
The fabric that I am using to stitch "Spring Bouquet" is a 14ct white Aida with pink spots that
Heather sent me for the
MS Christmas Exchange. Now that I have started stitching on this lovely design I think it is going to be hard to stop... except that I will very soon be hitting the white on kitty.... not looking forward to that!!
Before I leave you, let me show you the secret stitching that I mentioned last month in my TUSAL report. For those of you that follow
Nia's blog you will know that little Lourenço was born on 7 March 2014. I decided to stitch a little piece of Australia to send to Nia and her little man. But as always happens with me, time went by and I didn't get it sent off before he was born. But maybe I should say I planned it that way so that I could add his birth date to the final stitching.
I stitched part of a birth sampler design from
Carrol Nielsen. I love Carrol's designs especially her Koala's.
This was my first flat fold finish.... The fabric that I used was another one from
Stitches and Spice.
I also sent some little Aussie friends for Lourenço - just a little piece of Australia for a little Portuguese baby!
My next couple of posts will be my TUSAL post and an update on "Jingles". See you then!
Til then, happy stitching
Stitching Noni xx