Some Chrissy pressies in the mail

Two interesting looking parcels arrived for me today from Barb, my partner in the santa sack swap with www.stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com

Now I was very good, and put them away with the others, but I do admit to a bit of a squeeze lol. The yummy chocolate bars that said eat me were a different story, so I did what I was told.

Off to a class with Marg Low tomorrow sewing my favorite things - Christmas. Will show you some piccys of what I did then

A little cooking, a little stitching

Don't you just love when you're making a slice that needs a block of chocolate - you can always just sneak a square or two and it really doesn't make any difference to the finished result.

Just thought I would show you another piccy of "my seven nights of stitching" - well this week anyway -  Wednesday's. Happy stitching

A week of projects

I was reading Sharon's blog at Lilabellelane, and had to have a chuckle to myself when reading of all the new projects she had started this week. Sounds like someone I know.  Now everything gets finished - eventually, but the excitement of starting a new project is hard to ignore.  Now I have a little system going at the moment - I have 7 projects I am working on (that doesn't include my swaps, nor the xmas sack I'm doing for my littliest granddaughter - which I fit in on weekends or when I'm not working), so I have a project for working on each night of the week.

On Mondays, it is this cute little wallhanging "Starry Night" from FignBerry

And on Tuesday nights, I do a bit on this gorgeous redwork stitchery "Winter Wonderland" - it is quite large, so will be an ongoing project, but I do so love redwork.

I'll show you the others during the week - some you have seen some snippets already.  Have a great week

Can't help myself

Saw this lovely collection of old china on ebay recently, and am a bit of a sucker for beautiful old china, so had to make a bid didn't I?  Well it arrived today, so had  to take a couple of photos. My collecting, like my sewing, is threatening to take over the house lol

Some were odd bits and pieces, missing a cup or a saucer, but that didn't matter - still pretty

Saw the beautfiul Rosalie Quinlan doll that Barb had made for Shez, and thought you might like to see one of Rosalie's dolls that I had made for moi sometime ago - she's one of my favorites

Well computer man wasn't much - still no email, but at least I can blog. Have a great weekend

I've become obsessive, compulsive

You will all know how I feel - I've become a bit obsessive, compulsive since starting my blog (thanks to chooky).  Once before leaving the house, it would be check that I've got my wallet and phone. Now I leave the house and its wallet, phone and camera, in case I come across anything in my travels worth sharing with you.

Today is my DD1 26th birthday, so have spent the day with her in between hospital visits as my husband had a hip replacement today.  All went well though, and my daughter did manage to fit in birthday lunch and a visit to the cheesecake shop for cake.

Not much sewing happening this week, but can give you a little sneaky peak of one of my swap pressies for one of the xmas swaps I am doing.

Well my computer is off to the computer doctor tomorrow so hope it won't be out of action too long. Can do everything but my emails - most annoying

A couple of purchases

Following on from our lovely retreat weekend away, I did manage a couple of small purchases.

It doesn't show up very well, but a lovely mottled background I plan to use for some stitcheries, a cute little red and cream print for a xmas project, and there just happened to be a little secondhand and collectables place near the patchwork shop, so a new piece of depression glass was added to the collection, and an old pastry wheel.

I am having trouble accessing my emails, so at some stage this week I think my computer will have to go in to be looked at, so if I am "missing in action" for a couple of days that will be why. Hopefully not for too long - can't miss out on what's happening with all the lovely blogs I love to follow

A weekend of luxury

What a wonderful weekend of stitching, stitching and more stitching (plus lots of eating, and a glass of wine or two) I've had.  The venue was a beautiful old homestead built in the late 1800s.

 Despite much talking and eating, did manage to get some sewing done.

Still in pieces, but this is so cute from The Birdhouse

And finished the top - my first effort at needleturn
Gail Pan's Berries and Bluebirds -