200th post giveaway

It’s my 200th post on this blog and I’m having a teeny tiny giveaway to celebrate. I’m sure you’ll understand that my money is being funneled into the adoption fund but I wanted to be able to give something small away as a way of saying thanks to everyone who has been so nice to [...]

KFC you owe me Christmas

Everyone has a story about how KFC once made them sick. Our Christmas Eve dinner treat meant that Dave has a story now. He missed Christmas because of it. It was horrible. I had to spend eight hours alone with my family – which is hard enough but to spend it missing him and thinking [...]

Piece by piece, step by step

I’ll see y’all back here after Christmas. I’ll be the one who is still stitching and looks a little worn out. The pattern said make 39 hexagons. I used a smaller template than the one in the book. So I ended up having to make 76. I won’t be doing it my way next time.
And [...]

The Year of Toys

This post contains far too much babbling and a lot of soul baring so be nice please!
I said in my last post that we’re going to go ahead with the adoption procedure in 2009. When we went to the information evening back in June we discovered that the statistics for our region weren’t good (less [...]

How to roast a chicken the lovestitches way

- This is my 196th post on this blog. I’m planning to have a giveaway for my 200th post – although if finances continue this way it’ll be a really small one
- I did get my prize from Kathryn Estelle’s giveaway a couple of days ago. Redwork heaven! I feel so spoilt and [...]

The happy little elephant

My poor little sister has had a bit of a tough life. I won’t go into it but she’s definitely found it tough going at times and although she’s 25 (*cough* I think she’s 25) I’m pretty sure that you’re never really too old for a happy little elephant friend to comfort you in your [...]

Making a memory

Once I finally mastered the dreaded blanket stitch and found out how easy it is my mind went blank. All those projects I swore I’d make if I ever learnt blanket stitch….not one came to mind. Eventually I found something I have always wanted to make: The Scotty Dog softie from Allsorts.

Due to it’s small [...]

More vintage embroidery patterns for you

I got a card in my mailbox yesterday to tell me there was a parcel being held for me at the local post office. It turned out to be a large envelope of ancient craft magazines and random pages from Dave’s mother. I’ve never met her in the 2 years I have been with Dave [...]

Finding focus in felting

I could blame it on the heat (which is crazy hot right now) or the lack of sleep it is causing. Whatever it is that caused it I have been restless and indecisive all week. But finally I got my butt into gear and forced myself to do something to focus my mind for a [...]

New embroidery site

First things first: I am not liking this new WordPress layout. At all. Why do people always seem to think that change is always a good thing?
Anyway….a new embroidery pattern site JUST launched and I had to let you know about it in all its awesomeness. Lazy May has got some fabulous patterns available in [...]