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As well as cross-stitch i also love to do tapestry because its calming and the fabric does not give me a head ache and keeps my hands busy :) so far i've only managed to complete two whole peices but they are so cute that i think i will get the rest of the set and do them all! One thing i did not like about making this set was that when i started to make them into pillows for my pooh mad sister chelsea my machine broke down and i had to stitch them by hand which hurt unbelievably. the backing is red fur that was just to soft to pass up, and matched the colours on both pillows!

After my chelsea's birthday last month my youngest sister hollie asked me if i would stitch her a present insted of buying it! She asked for something purple and the only design i have that i thought she might like is this bear. The colours are light and dark purple with hints of green mixed in. It's probably going to take around 18 hours to get it stitched and made into a pillow for her so i got to go and get stitching :) sammyjo

Happy new year to all bloggers, hope its a good one. well it started great from me i finally finished my sis's birthday prezzie and i've started on hollies it a pattern for cross stitcher called spring bear/ havey i try and get some pics as soon as posible! so i would love to know what you got for xmas! see you soon sammyjoxx

Is it me or are these popcorn patterns just wonderfully cute!, well my sister Chelsea seems to love them, so i decided for her birthday to stitch her one of the many designs she liked :) I'm not completely sure were i got this design from, i think it was the cross-stitcher mag but i wouldn't bet my life on it :D. Anyway this one took me about 20 hours to complete and i improvised with the eyes because I'm useless at french knots so i used beads instead! The pink ribbon edging took so long that i wasn't sure whether it would ever get done, and more than once i contemplated going out and just buying her a present but i stuck it out and I'm glad i did! P.S. in the original post i asked for some help deciding what to do with the finished popcorn design and i would like to thank you all for your advice it was really appreciated

Today i woke up and was in the mood to stitch so i thought i might as well stitch some another Christmas card, because lets face it you can never have too many! Also it might help with the fact that it really does not feel like Christmas this year, i think its because I'm getting older! :) I thought this pattern was really cool and funny so i desided to stitch it but the gold thread was terrible to work with, not my favourite DMC product! Also did i tell you about the little competition me and my sister Chelsea have every year because she is diabetic! Well the aim is to stay away from anything sweet, like chocolate, cake, sweets, ice cream and other things like that for the two weeks running up to Christmas day. If one of us fails we have to buy the winner an extra Christmas gift as a declaration of the winners superme will power! :) hehehe. Oh there is one way for my sister to get around this and that is to take a funny turn which means that she need sugar to lift her blood sug...

Hello to the bloging world :). this is my first blog that i have ever created and im looking forward to writing about the projects im currently undertaking and the ones i plan to do i the future. This blog is mainly to keep a journal of the things i make and do, and also to connect me to other blogs and their authors. To inspire me in future projects and to educate myself on things i know very little about! I think im going to have alot of fun with this!