Ok have found camera so i can show some of my wip. This one is 'A Bouquet for Cheryl'. Hazel gave me the fabric which is dyed Silkweaver, can't remember the shade but it's pretty and the thread is good old DMC Colour variations.

I've also done a little bit more on the Looylou design 'Ruby', I have to stitch this with my wits about me though as a lot of the stitches are new to me, hence the slow progress.

Gareth (my dh) and I went for a short break last week in our brand new caravan, I love it so much its only a two berth one so is just perfect for us. I decided to stitch a little pomander thing to hang in it whilst we were there, I filled it with lavender and its lovely.

Ok massive apologies for not writing anything sooner...I have my excuses at the ready though :) I have been having a bit of a tough time healthwise but God is good and I am feeling ok. Also on top of that I have had the threat of redundancy over my head for the last month, that seems to have worked out so I am currently safe in my job but for how long is anyones guess. I have been trying to find other work and its been quite difficult and stressful but I have had an interview in a Dr's surgery and am waiting to find out the results of that. It may be I will stay where I am, I don't know yet and need to pray to make the right decision. Things seem very uncertain right now. So after all that I haven't actually been stitching except bits and bobs here and there. I started 'A Bouquet for Cheryl' I know many of you have already completed that. Hazel H came round to do some stitching last night and it inspired me to pick it up again, I will post a picture when I can find the camera later!

Oh my goodness after all that I forgot my camera! If you go onto Hazels blog you will see more pics. It was extremely scary using scissors on a piece but I think the effect you get is really rather stunning and as we all got a marvelous design from Lynda Bodkin as our present involving all the new stitches we have learned I will definitely be doing it again.

Hazel and I are intending to get together to complete the design, our first night will be tomorrow - Wednesday, but as she's already further ahead than me I might have to have a sneaky stitch moment before then.....shhhhhh.

I'm just doing a little pinkeep at the mo, making it for a lovely lady at our church, she gave me a little present of a china bird the other week so I've carried on with the bird theme.

The chart was a little freebie from my aunts attic.
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Well Hazel (Quietly Stitching) and I are off this weekend to the Bedford School of Embroidery to do a drawn thread workshop which should be great, I'm really looking forward to it. Its a Stitch & Stash weekend organised by Jayne from Jaynes Attic. We have a full itinerary planned so I hope we will get some time to spend actually stitching! I am intending to take my camera so hopefully we should have some pics to reveal next week. Have a lovely weekend everyone.
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Hello and greetings especially to my brand new floss mom from the USA and thank you for adopting me! Just thought I'd pop in a couple of piccies of where I live so you can see....

These pictures were taken on a winter walk (despite what the faulty camera date says!)and it was freezing but we'd just hiked up the hill at the back of our house and were a bit sweaty lol.

Theres plenty of these things where we live, sheep, sheep and more sheep....oh look whats that over there is it a horse maybe?.....no its just another bigger sheep!

And you definitely need a pair of these for all the lovely English weather (not) that makes the place so green, I have several pairs for walking my dog & riding but these are my faves, Tulips.

This is my gorgeous softie dog Ruby Tuesday and my puss cat Pippin having a naughty catnap on the bed...chat soon.

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If you go on Rowyns blog - Stitching under the Southern Cross, there's instructions on how to do this fun mosaic, you have to answer some questions and it comes up with photo's that represent you in some way, its a bit of fun and a great way to pass some time.....who can tell I'm sat at my desk at work again ..hee..hee.

I'm not sure why Prince William came up, I don't think I gave him as an answer to Who is the love of your life? ....or maybe I did LOL!

Well finally I am able to start on Anita D's Emery Collection as all my threads & ribbon have arrived so I'm happy about that, not sure when I will have the time though? Its coming up to the mad time of year when we have all the parades & fetes & festivals and as Kids Worker boy that means busy busy for me. We've just had our annual town parade and we entered a walking group. We dressed as animals and pushed along a huge Noahs Ark that the kids had made and decorated, the weather was kind to us and we had lots of fun. Got the 'One World Festival' coming up which for me means planning childrens activities for the day, crafts, face painting, biscuit decorating and the like. Lots of end of term stuff planning for me at the weekly kids club, parties etc. On top of that I'm studying a Bible College course from Hillsong International Leadership College and I'm behind on my assignments already...Aaargh!

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I have still managed to do a little bit of stitching on my Victorian Sampler so thats good...

I've also finished a little banner I made for my mums birthday. I think she will really like it as she has no idea about my new hobby and used to love making things by hand herself when me & my little sis were kids. She's also a bit of a softie (like me) and is quite sentimental about stuff so I think she will appreciate the time and effort above the actual quality!!! Thought it would go nice with a lovely bunch of roses & freesia's which are mums favourite.

Thanks for leaving comments, I really appreciate it and I'm finding them hugely encouraging. If anyone has any tips for where I can improve or maybe some ideas for finishing or helpful web sites etc please do tell. I'm relying on you guys :)

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