Hello again, I hope you survived storm Imogen without to much trouble.
Saturday was an awful day here weather wise, the rain and the wind were horrendous.
I only popped out for a few bits late Saturday afternoon, it wasn't a day to be walking about town.
The rest of Saturday I spent stitching and catching up on some missed TV programmes, mainly Endeavour and Midsomer Murders, (Midsomer for all it's prettiness must be the most dangerous place to live in England, good job it's fictional)
I see lots of people joining in with the Joyful World SAL and who can blame them, the first two patterns are so cute!
I started with February because we were already at the end of January.
My little duck looks like he's got a deformed beak doesn't he? Unfortunately the stitching ended just by a 'snowflake' and with the yellow thread its making it look a bit strange, I'm hoping it won't be so noticeable when it's all done.
Not sure yet if I will finish it as a flat ornament or look about for a frame and change the months around.
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I've also finished my first Christmas ornament of 2016.
The fabric is a little darker than this photo is showing, (night-time is not a good time for taking photos).
The fabric is a little darker than this photo is showing, (night-time is not a good time for taking photos).
Just a simple gingham backing
This is a free design from 2013 offered from The Nebby Needle, which you can find here
I changed the thread colours to some that I already had.
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I was browsing Pinterest last week, (as you do) and came across some various ways that stitching hoops had been used, there was one in particular that featured red buttons and a heart that I particularly liked, well, I didn't have many red buttons but I did have some left over red/pink fabric from my February ornament and lots of white and opaque buttons :-)
It actually came out much better than I expected, to be honest I was just going to sew on one layer of buttons but didn't arrange them too good and there was quite a bit of fabric showing between them so I just kept adding layers until I thought it looked ok. I think it's made a nice addition to my February mantle.
I wanted to get some pink candles but couldn't find any, so these cream ones had to do this time. I happened to meet with this little jug in Home Sense just at the right time, don't you think it's cute, and just the right colour!
I wanted to get some pink candles but couldn't find any, so these cream ones had to do this time. I happened to meet with this little jug in Home Sense just at the right time, don't you think it's cute, and just the right colour!
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