The Last Post - 2012

Some updates on this here last day of 2012.

First up is my Christmas Past cross stitch.  As you can see I didn't get it completed for Christmas but I'm still enjoying stitching it in the evenings so it'll remain an ongoing project.

Hinzeit - Charmed Christmas Past

Next up is my Tula Pink sampler.  I'm up to block six out of twelve.  This one made my head hurt a bit trying to get the foundations the right way around & I had a couple of hiccups along the way but look.... it turned out fine in the end :)

Butterfly Star
Tula Pink Sampler Block 6

Last up is a picture of three Christmas gifts that I received this year.  They're nice new dies for my Accuquilt Go! Cutter.  I have lots of projects lined up for them so keep an eye out in the new year to see what I come up with.

Accuquilt Go! Cutter Applique Dies

I'm looking forward to my crafting in 2013 already, I hope you'll stop by every so often to see what I've been up to.

I wish you all a very happy, healthy & prosperous 2013.

Happy Stitching :)

Cross Stitching Mojo

Well it appears that finishing the Cinderella cross stitch for a friend has really got me back into cross stitching in the evenings :)

I've started a nice new Christmas design from Hinzeit called Charmed Christmas Past.  I've had this chart all kitted up in my stash for *ahem* a while!!!  I'm stitching for 1-2 hours an evenings once the children are in bed.  So here's my progress so far:

Hinzeit - Charmed Christmas Past

It would be nice to have it completed in time for Christmas but I'm not concerned if it isn't, I'm just enjoying the stitching.

Just in case you are wondering about this weeks Silent Sunday post, both of the twins were poorly over the weekend & we were going through liquid Nurofen like it was going out of fashion.  Thankfully one of them is back to normal with just a cough but the other has developed tonsilitis so has been off school.

Happy stitching :)

A Picture of Happiness

Here are the pictures of my latest stash that arrived from The Silver Needle. It's taken me ages to get around to the photos but I blame the twins for that :-P

The first is the final 6 charts that I needed in the Bent Creek Red Thread series. The original 6 charts with the border chart & the fabric was purchased in New Jersey quite some time ago, I won't say how long because that's just depressing!





The second is the remaining 6 charts (with all threads) required for the Bent Creek Big Zipper Kit, another that I purchased the very first part of in New Jersey.






The last picture is of some other charts that I bought which include:
Bent Creek - Wedding Row
Lizzie*Kate - Housework Never Killed Anyone
Lizzie*Kate - Normal is just a setting on the washer
The other design in the picture was a freebie from The Silver Needle & it just happens to be a design by one of my favourite people... Hinzeit. Of all the freebies I could have received I was absolutely over the moon at receiving this one, especially as before I placed the order I looked through all of the Hinzeit pages to see if they had anything new.

There were 3 other items that I received but at this point in time I am unable to to post a picture as the plan is that they're christmas gifts.... just don't ask me which year :-)