Enjoying a sense of peace one stitch at a time
Here is my choice for this week’s “ABC Wednesday” – brought to you by the Letter “M” and scheduled posting by WordPress … Mandarin Ducks (love, love, love this photo!!):
And this week’s “one I prepared earlier, stitchy/crafty content” is a beaded sampler from Mill Hill:
Here is my choice for this week’s “ABC Wednesday” – brought to you a teeny bit late by the Letter “L” … Lake Barrine in Queensland:
And this week’s “one I prepared earlier, stitchy/crafty content” is “Life’s a Stitch” by Lizzie*Kate:
A quick drive-by to show my latest finish – I put the final stitches into Ladybug, Ladybug while watching TV last night:
“Ladybug, Ladybug” by Little House Needleworks
stitched on 32ct natural Belfast linen
with recommended DMC threads
Back to commitment stitching again now …
I’ll start the post off by showing off some exquisite knitting that I received from my beautiful and talented friend Nicki as my birthday gift – and I totally adore it!! How could I not? The knitting is perfection itself, and the colour is so very “me” – it’ll be perfect for our Sydney winter for that extra bit of neck warmth. Thanks again Nicki 😀
Also, I just realised that I haven’t posted my earlier birthday gifts yet – they arrived while I was flat out at work in February, and didn’t realise I hadn’t uploaded the piccie yet! That doesn’t mean I love the gifts any less, ‘cos I absolutely adore everything … they’re all duckies!!! I can’t believe Tessa found all these little lovelies on her travels – they’re fantastic additions to my duck collection, and they really put a smile on my face. Thanks once again Tessa, for your beautiful and thoughtful gifts – I especially adore the framed duckie button, that’s an awesome idea, it’s just wonderful 😀
Both Nicki and Tessa were initially online friends, but then became real-life friends after meeting face-to-face (Nicki in Auckland, and Tessa in Melbourne) … life is a much brighter place with friends such as these lovely ladies 😀
Now, before I get on to today’s achievements, here’s the latest stitching update of Merry Xmas by Prairie Moon – not sure if they look more like aliens rather than skeletons with those big eye sockets haha … alas I need a skein of Old Crow before I can fill those eyes in, so I’ll have to continue sticking with the white, cream, pink and red for a while longer 🙂
After spending the day yesterday blobbing out playing computer games, watching TV and doing a little bit of stitching, today was a different story … partly helped by the extra hour in bed thanks to the clocks going back last night. Today there has been no stitching to be had, but instead plenty of time spent in the kitchen … baking of all things! Trying to use up some cupboard stocks (why on earth I have two big bags of coconut, etc I do not know!), I opted to bake items where I had to buy next-to-nothing and came up with the following (I know, Mum, this is ME … baking … whatever next?!!!):
Cinnamon Ginger Cake ready to go into the oven
Cinnamon Ginger Cake keeping company with Caramel Walnut Slice
The ultimate sin … cutting the cake before it’s 100% cold … but oh so scrummy!!! 😀
Another 1/4 of the cake went to my elderly downstairs neighbour as a treat
Then another quick trip over to the supermarket for some ‘odd’ items I didn’t have in stock, I sliced up some rump steak and whipped up some Asian-style marinade so it can stew in the fridge overnight … which means I’m having stir-fry tomorrow night – yum (admittedly the pre-mixed beef doesn’t quite look so yummy in the photo thanks to lumps of lemon grass and garlic LOL) 🙂
I can’t wait to cook this up tomorrow night!!! 😀
And to top the kitchen chores off, I pulled my finger out and prepared a couple of salad lunches for work Mon/Tue this week, and also chopped up some honeydew melon and rockmelon … hmmm, me thinks that a good start to eating more healthily this week! 😀
Here is my choice for this week’s “ABC Wednesday” – brought to you by the Letter “K” … K is for the Old Village of Kakopetria in Cyprus:
And this week’s “one I prepared earlier, stitchy/crafty content” is “Kitty Klaus” ornament:
As normal, I’m running late this morning, so this is just a really quick posting with my latest WIP piccies – one a commitment piece for Katie’s Christmas gift (2010!), and another of my Crazy January Challenge pieces (LHN’s Ladybug Ladybug) – alas the LHN piece needs one of the small leaves to be frogged due to my own stupidity and stitching when I’m too tired … but that won’t take long. Mum’s been asking after my stitching, so I’ve made an effort to take a couple of quick piccies 🙂
I have more commitment stitching to do this weekend for gifts/exchanges, so alas I may not have much stitching to show for a while … and on that note, really gotta run … 🙂
Here is my choice for this week’s “ABC Wednesday” – brought to you by the Letter “J” … “J is for Jail cells” at the Old Melbourne Gaol:
And this week’s “one I prepared earlier, stitchy/crafty content” is Pacific Pohutukawa by “Jen’s Jems”:
I’ve been in a lot of physical pain with my leg this week, which has meant having to keep it elevated with an icepack on it … the perfect position being sat up in bed … which means the perfect position for stitching, and the chance to complete my canvaswork project. This also means finish #4 for my Crazy January Challenge for the year.
“Lavender Blue Celtic Knot Quilt” by From Nancy’s Needle
canvaswork stitched with recommended threads
(and the project uses almost ALL the thread skeins in total)
It also means plenty of TV viewing time so I’ve started watching season 1 of The Tudors today – along with a few other TV shows I’ve had taped from during the week … all-in-all a very lazy and relaxing couple of days! 😀
Here is my choice for this week’s “ABC Wednesday” – brought to you by the Letter “I” … I is for Iguana:
And this week’s “one I prepared earlier, stitchy/crafty content” is “It’s Halloween” by The Drawn Thread (stitched back in 2007 when I was housesitting in Melbourne):
My weekend plans didn’t quite go as planned, so instead I sat in my room and got some ‘needle’ practice in … and loved every little stitch. Here’s how my canvaswork piece looks like after a full day today and a few hours yesterday (inbetween sleeping half the day) … another 1-2 weeks and this one will be finished 🙂
“Lavender Blue Celtic Knot Quilt” by Nancy’s Needle
And after that quick little preview, it’s time to settle in for the night and my final 1/2 hour of stitching … then it’s back to hydrotherapy in the morning 🙂
Feather Stitching 