It was nice to sit down and stitch in the company of 52
Friday Night with Friends stitchers last night. We all gathered at
Sheryll's, a most lovely hostess. I must admit to feeling pretty relaxed for the evening as yesterday I redeemed a birthday voucher the MOML gave me (way back in July) and had a lovely facial and 'destressing' back massage - ahhhh so nice - and the good feelings survived being splashed by old (calf) milk and having to carry buckets of that same milk around for the calves (call it extra nutrition for my face and good strength training!)
I started out with the lightbox doing a bit of prepping, tracing some stitcheries to keep my evenings occupied over the next week or so—
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More of the alphabet out of Michelle Ridgeway's Country at Heart book.
Doing random letters so that when I run out of this fabric it is
scattered throughout my project...
...didn't notice at the time though that I was spelling Happy - almost :-) |
I also traced Block 2 of
Wendy of Sugarlane Quilts' '
Let's start Christmas' stitchalong and after organising myself with a hot drink and a sliver of chocolate cake I was ready to stitch.
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| Block Two - made a good start. |
Below is Block One which I completed last week —
Details of this gorgeous stitchalong are on Wendy's blog *
here*.
Thank you Sheryll for having us all to stitch, and thank you ladies who kept me company :-) Visit Sheryll's blog
here to visit other stitchers and see what they were up to.
I had two OPAM finishes last month which I had forgotten to blog about so will just add them in here. I made these two cuties out of Gail Pan's latest Christmas book, Simply Christmas.
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| Pin cushion. I filled this with walnut shell - very cute. |
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| And good old Santa makes a showing on this cushion. |
Thank you for visiting, I hope you find some sewing time over the weekend to keep your creative juices flowing,
I also traced Block 2 of Wendy of Sugarlane Quilts' 'Let's start Christmas' stitchalong and after organising myself with a hot drink and a sliver of chocolate cake I was ready to stitch.
Some lovely projects there and pleased you spoiled yourself a little
ReplyDeleteLovely, lovely stitcheries, I feel quite inspired.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Stitching and you managed to get a lot done.
ReplyDeleteNice wee pincushions too.
beautiful stitching Raewyn & the thread colours are lovely too...
ReplyDeleteyou know, you could start a beauty trend with your Calves Milk Facial Elixir!!
The alphabet piece is very interesting. I was looking at all the designs surrounding each letter.
ReplyDeleteLove Happy!!! Wendy's Chrissy stitch a long is so lovely. Some very nice festive stitching Raewyn x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, Raewyn!
ReplyDeleteI love those projects--
ReplyDeleteand I love ABC things--so I just might have to order me that pattern!! thanks for sharing--
hugs, di and miss gracie
I love your sew along stitcheries Raewyn. It sure looks like you had a very productive evening with your blog friends
ReplyDeleteHow fun to gather with 52 of your closest friends! Looks like you are become the queen of stitcheries. Some beautiful work here, Raewyn! I think my favorite is the little pincushion with the birds in the tree. It was hard to choose! : )
ReplyDeleteSome lovely projects on the go there... it's so nice to sit and stitch isn't it?
ReplyDeletefacial and massage is so relaxing too...
Hugz
Some beautiful stitching happening , love your projects and you were very productive :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Raewyn, some lovely stitching you have been doing there. I just love Michelles alphabet letters & think it was seeing one you had done that made me buy the pattern. Sorry to hear about the calf milk, but yes, its probably good for the complexion!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitchery work and prep Raewyn. Hugs......
ReplyDeleteSome lovely stitcheries there
ReplyDeleteAll that pampering would make for a very mellow evening :) Such lovely stitcheries !
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a nice pamper, must have been nice. Your stitching is always so lovely.
ReplyDeleteonce again you have shared some lovely projects with us, especially love the noel. So another book to add to my want list, I did buy her patchwork loves embroidery a couple of weeks ago
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you find the time to complete so many projects. Well done love them all.
ReplyDeleteMy gosh, you have been stitching up a storm! They all are gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteAdorable. Every one of them! You're so talented!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitching! You've gotten a great start on Christmas.
ReplyDeletethose stitching projects are so wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteLove the stitchalong block designs and stitching! gorgeous! Lovely goodies all round and hoping the pamper lasts for a few days yet :)
ReplyDeleteLovely projects Raewyn; you have certainly been busy!
ReplyDeleteDear Raewyn,
ReplyDeleteseems you had a lovely night stitching such nice projects. And your finishes look great.
Many hugs
sigisart
Lovely stitcheries. I haven't been stitching because I have a hand quilting project in the works, but I really need to at least get a few prepared.
ReplyDeleteRaewyn well done on your finishes...and I love Michelles projects...
ReplyDeleteThe pillow and pincushion are adorable for the Holidays.
ReplyDeleteLots of beautiful projects, your stitcheries are gorgeous and I love your Christmas finishes.
ReplyDeletesuch sweet projects.
ReplyDeleteI love the little items around the "happy" letters. so cute.
Lots of Christmas goodness there Raewyn. Wish I was as organised. One day.........
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work Raewyn! So very pretty... Thanks for sharing!
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