Another finish & review of 2012!

Hi all, so after my last post, you're probably thinking why has it been so long between posts?  Well here it is:

I got it at the Knitting and stitching show in November, my hubby set me a task of completing it by Christmas! It's called Santa's House IV: Final Preparations Unfortunately that wasn't possible with all the card making and gift wrapping to do, but finished it on the 28th December.

Now onto the review, my first finish of the year was last year's SAL Curl up With a Good Book:

It was a very detailed design so not too disappointed about missing last year's target on this one!

My mid-summer design was A Good Marriage which I've stitched for my sister's wedding next June, granted it still needs a good iron and to be framed, but got plenty of time!

I then moved onto The Travelling Pattern:

I'm still trying to pass this onto the next recipient, but not received the address for them! Lesley Anne Smith - can you please e-mail your address to samantha.long@live.co.uk asap?  In the meantime if anyone else is interested and also has a blog, please feel free to send me a message as I need to get it posted soon otherwise Cucki (the founder) will not be happy! :(

Now onto my SAL piece this year, I got it finished in November so just in time for the deadline! Bookend Kittes wasn't my favourite design to stitch, mainly because of the 'samey' colours, but I'm pleased with the final result!

I also had one more new start, Ladybug Love which I loved stitching, but was started around the time of my 10 hour rotation, which i'm going to start again in the New Year.

I also worked a bit on some other WIPs, including this one, County Durham:

And this, Samantha, both of which I want to finish this year!

Oh and of course, another HAED, I finally finished page 1 of Snowy Friends!

So all in all an interesting year, to be fair I had a very slow start as I got addicted to one of those horrid Facebook games, which I'm never ever going to do again ever!

Happy New Year everyone

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Happy Stitching!

He's finished!

Well after a mamouth stitchy Saturday - he is done! I'm so happy my first HAED!

Now onto Bookend Kitties which is mainly background for a change, but already craving confetti - how wierd you always want what you don't have!

Happy Stitching!

Nearly There...

Happy New Year everyone!

Just counted up 2011 stitching hours and I stitched up 419 total hours! Phew!

Most of them on Curl Up:



Well here he is - I've done a little more than this since the photo was taken, but page 6 is a small page and I hope to have him finished this weekend so that I can start this year's SAL - Bookend Kitties!

New Year's resolution is to post more on my blog and less on Facebook!

Page 4 is Finished!!!

Well after the month I've had, I've finally finished page 4!

So here it is:

Hope you like it.  So page 5 here I come, however with me being busy applying for jobs etc it may not be as quick progress as I'd like.

Also I'm starting a little business Arty Sam - not even had time to finish my blog for it yet that's how busy I've been!  I will post here to let you know when it's up and running!

Happy stitching!

Q:How excited can you be about an elbow???

Answer: Very!

Did loads of stitching yesterday and really enjoyed the fact that the dragon is making his full appearance since the begining of the year!  The hand that I've just done today was full of confetti, but enjoyed it just the same.

I also thought I'd sharte with you some of the other things I've been getting up to:

This was a leaving card for one of my team - she's gone doon suth! Not the most complicated card I've done, but I just loved the card and rub on combo with a butterfly I had in my stash!

Well gotta go - Durham CCC on TV - hope they win!

Stitchy bug has come back!

Well it's been a while, but after my loss of charts I felt that I didn't want to stitch!

Good news the bug is back and Curl Up starting to take shape:

I haven't taken off the frame as it's a pain to get it all nice and tight again.  Am really looking forward to seeing the dragon appear (you can just see his elbow at the point I'm up to.

Happy Stitching!

At last I've finished page 3!

Well it's taken a little longer than I would hvae liked, but page 3 is finally finished!  Page 4 doesn't arrive until July, so will be prepping for my new design Think Pink and continuing the birth sampler for my colleague.

I also finished the Breast Cancer card for my friend:

 

I gave it to her the week before her operation and she was so emotional when she received it in a good way.  The caption reads 'An angel to watch over you.  I know it's given her comfort, but I've since found out that the cancer has spread and she needs rodiotherepy and chemotherapy.  Please can everyone say a little prayer for Christine?  She's a special person and although I've worked with her for a while I've only got to know her well over the past few months.  It sort of puts my MS into perspective.  xxx

Page 3 has arrived!

Just a quick post to let you know that page 3 has arrived in my inbox, so Baby Friends put down and all needles on deck to finish page 3 of Curl Up!  I'll have then done over a half - next post will be to say I've done it! :)

Update Pic of Curl Up - Page 2 done!

Page 2 is complete!  I'm so pleased as I'm ahead of schedule now after struggling with lots of confetti on page 1 (lots of colour changes).  I don't get page 3 until the first week in May so have some free stitchy time to do what I fancy!

So plans for tomorrow.  have another go at finding the angel chart or do some of the halloween teddy but it's on 14 count (yuk!), I've got so use to doing big projects now, it's really hard to go back to so little colours and a huge needle!

Well hopefully there will be another finish tomorrow!

A start of a new era...

I can't remember how long I've been talking about having my own blog, but here it is!  I've always like the idea of writing books, fiction, non-fiction etc, but never actually got around to it (or got past chapter 1!)

So this is my record of my stitching, but more than that, my life and how I am begining to get to grips with MS through my love of stitching.

Having been diagnosed at the age of 27, almost 2 years ago now, I still have to pinch myself - were they talking about somebody else?

Well less of the miserable stuff!  I'm currently stitching Curl Up with a Good Book by Heaven and Earth Designs.  Here's a little picture of my current progress:

Ok, it's not the best photo as I'm currently using a cheap webcam, but you get the drift - the design's pretty detailed and tonight I'm struggling to motivate myself to stitch - hence this blog.

Well I'm going to keep you updated with my stitching and what I'm going to be stitch next.