It's cold, rainy and very non-Spring like here in Southern England so I am thrilled to have received a gift of pure Sunshine :
This lovely award was given to me by Cath ~ The Stitchin' Chicken and I am very touched that Cath chose my blog as one of her nominations ~ thank you soooooo much! As I am a fairly new Blogger my 'followers' list is not huge and I think most of you on it already have this award so I send a big thank you to all those who read my blog and who take the time to comment on it. I thoroughly enjoy reading all your Blogs and it is truly inspiring to see pictures of both the progress and completion of your stitching projects that I would normally only ever see as a chart!
Can you believe Easter is almost here?
Where did January, February and March go?
Today was the last day of school term for my gang of three and now they have a long 18 day break (will probably feel a lot longer to me!!!!) and although they are all now non-believers in Santa, the Tooth Fairy etc., the Easter Bunny WILL be making an appearance! I have been stitching as often as I can in the last 10 days and despite shutting my fingers in the car door last Saturday and spending nearly 2 hours at A&E with thankfully no broken bones I today finished two Easter stitches . . . .
'Happy Hoppy Easter' by Lizzie*Kate stitched on 28count Sand Minster Linen in Gentle Art Sampler threads with purple ribbon & small coloured buttons
The colours I chose were not too different from those listed on the chart but Buttons and I agreed that my 'Burnt Orange' sampler thread was not the colour of any carrot Buttons would want to eat so chose 'Bittersweet' instead, I stitched all the wording in just one shade ~ 'Purple Iris' (similar to the colour of my nails after being shut in the car door) and the carrot foliage is in 'Spring Grass'. My choice of colours were inspired by the picture below which was a joy of colour to finally see appear in the front garden - not sure what my neighbour was thinking when she saw me planting fully grown carrots in the ground - probably that I was cheating with the vegetable patch!!!!
My second Easter completion is one of the charts bought at the recent Olympia show:
'Easter Blessings' by Lizzie*Kate (contains 3 different charts) stitched on 28count Cashel Raw Linen in Gentle Art Sampler threads and flower/heart embellishments
I've found it really difficult to choose my next project but finally decided to stick with the Spring theme and have just started the 'Cluck Cluck' kit I bought recently at Olympia. I haven't stitched this designer before but the thread colours are so gorgeous and I know it will look great hanging in my Kitchen when it's finished.
The kit came with white Aida and it looked really stark against the soft muted colours so I am stitching it on the Minster Sand Linen I used for the Happy Hoppy Easter and I think it will give it a much more country rustic feel!
I wish you all a very Happy Easter and hope the Easter Bunny is kind to you! My strict routine of 10,000 steps a day and a careful watch on cholesterol levels mean NO eggs of any sort for me (how boring!) but you know me . . . . . a cappuccino and I'm in heaven!
HAPPY STITCHING . . . . .
