Christmas is coming too fast (SAL)

We're getting so close to Christmas and unfortunately I've run out of time to have my Christmas project finished even though I've made a lot of progress. Here is where I was up to last time I showed you my cross stitch This time around I've managed to finish all the baubles, strings AND the…

SAL update and finally some stitching

I blitzed some stitching over the last week which means, after having not stitched anything for about five weeks, I do have some cross stitch progress to show you just in time for the stitchalong! Here's where I was last time on my adventure project And here's where I am now: The bad news is…

Cross Stitch Update

I've made some progress on my Christmas cross stitch. Unfortunately I managed to add two stitches into the middle somehow so its now two stitches wider than my pattern.... I'm honestly not sure how I did that. And it hasn't ruined anything it just means I have to be very aware every time I start…

Sal Update

I've gotten quite a lot of cross stitching done these last three weeks and its time to share my progress with you as part of our SAL. The stitch a long is a group who posts their progress every third Sunday. We all do our own projects so its really fun to see what each…

Cross Stitch SAL update

Hello everyone, it's time for another update on my cross stitching. Last time around I showed you another pin cushion finish but this time it's back to my Peter pan quote. Most of this stitching actually got done before I left for holiday as I've been feeling quite ill since being back. But there is lots…

Quilt Update

I said it the last post that I'm using fusible batting and I can confirm its amazing! My first four blocks are mostly quilted. To start with I stitched in the ditch around each of the patterned fabrics, then went on to add borders 1/4 inch out from those which was easy enough, just following…

My First Quilt – The Beginning

Having finished my table runner I decided to dive straight in to starting my quilt. The plan originally was 3 different blocks of each of the six patterned fabrics I've chosen. Each of which would be sashed in white and then joined and bordered in white too (or maybe bordered in yellow or navy if…

New Cross Stitch Project (SAL)

It's time for another link up with the stitch along. We post updates on whatever stitching projects we're working on every three weeks. Avis / Claire / Gun / Carole / Kate / Lucyanne / Sue / Constanze / Debbie / Christina / Kathy / Susan / Margaret / Cindy / Helen / Steph / Linda / Catherine / Wendy Check them out as they have some brilliant projects…

Getting into Quilting

This is going to be my year of quilting. I'm going to make my first quilt. I got everything I need for Christmas. The plan was to start straight off having 'practiced' on my table mats. In reality, I didn't do as much quilting on the table mats as I wanted to as I ran…

Cross Stitching SAL

Last Sal I showed you my finished piece but I've got it in a frame now (I did it myself so its not very brilliantly done) and I thought I'd show you it again! If the frame looks familiar it's because I've only got one and they each take their turn in it for a…