My Birthday :D

It's been a wonderful day :D

I worked all morning but it was intermittently so I had plenty of time to play the piano or stitch. Stitching came first!

I managed to finally finish Margaret Sherry's Christmas Kisses. I think it looks so cute.

  

Mum gave me 2 Q snap frames one 11" and one 17". It came still in the envelope that it was mailed in. 

Here is the 17"x11" wrapped up in a Frame cover that I finished today :D I started making it a week ago ... I had a clue what I was getting :D I finished it today so that I could stitch something on my lovely frame!


I also went to spotlight today because I had a $10 off voucher for my birthday and bought myself a pressie. They had a sale on Flat fat bundles so I got 2 in black and white to go on the back of the penguin ornaments. I also got the missing threads to do one of the penguins and some white aida.

I also have coming a subscription to World of Cross Stitch, and all the threads I need to do Afternoon tea. But they haven't arrived yet as they were ordered yesterday.

So I've had lots of fun today and there is much more to come! I'm going to sit and stitch a penguin on my new frame!

Caitlin

A little update

His face is now appearing :D

This is what the dogs looked like a month ago. This really makes me realise that I've done quite a bit of work.


It's my birthday in less than 2 hrs and I'm going to get some sleep before I have to get up for work! I dislike working on Saturdays sometimes!

Caitlin

Goals and Plans

Well my September goals were pathetic!

• I want to finish 4 Christmas things that is with the designs totally finished so I can use them immediately! - I FINISHED 1! I have another waiting for a card but I don't have any cards at the moment.

• Get a page done on Boxers - I'm not sure whether I've done this or not. I've kinda been going over all three pages to get the dogs done rather than go page by page. It was too hard just to follow a page.
• Start the JE (still need to get fabrics and threads they are winging their way here at the moment) - I have the fabrics and threads and will start it on Saturday when I get my Q snap frames for my birthday.
• Post up my own charts as freebies. (almost there once I can work out how to get the chart to the internet!) - Still have program and printer problems so this hasn't happened
• Design another Australian christmas design. - Nothing new designed this month too much work to do on Boxers!
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October Goals:

• Finish another Boxer
• Start the JE
• Buy the fabric and possibly the threads for the Afternoon Tea HAED (I'm going to a craft show at the end of October)
• Finish Christmas Kisses just the back stitch to go
• Start my christmas presents. (I have bought a whole pile of Rhona's penguins and I am going to make little christmas ornaments out of them.)

As I just said in my goals I bought a whole pile of penguin designs from Tangled Threads and here is her shop

They are so cute and with the ones I have from the christmas magazine I bought last year I have enough to pick from to make up ornaments. I'm really excited about it. It will be a fairly easy and fun present for my family without having to spend a tonne of money on people I rarely see!

Caitlin

Giveaway and pictures

Crafty Rahenna - is having a lovely giveaway at her blog :D


As you can probably tell I have a love of boxers. My whole family does, we have collected many figurines over the years. 

boxer kit I've found this boxer kit and I'm tempted to buy it for my mother. Because the one I currently have she actually knows about and bought me to make for her. So this one could be a surprise! I'm being good and not buying it YET! but......

Caitlin

Boxers

I've spent quite a bit of time on them in the last couple of days. He is all pretty the chest is all done just need to do the head and side. This dog is stitching up quickly I think because it has less brindle. 

Here is a close up of the unfinished dog.

I am so excited with these dogs! I should be able to finish them by christmas!

Caitlin