Block one completed.....

of A Merry Christmas Garden, Gail Pan's new BOM.

I loved making this block & can't wait for the next one.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI & a finish.

I started my FNSI off early. I prepared the fabrics for Goodnight Irene. A sew a long run by Terry.

Fortunately for me a lot of the 2-1/2" squares had been already cut out. :) Next up was choosing fabrics for Gail's new BOM A Merry Christmas Garden. I had a hard time choosing some of the fabrics. I walked away for a few hours thinking on them & decided that they would work. Means using stash fabric rather than buying any which make me happy.

By night time i was ready to quietly sit & stitch,

I did the embroidery on these from Michele's BOM Fellowship Of The Flowers. They need to have beads & sparkly wool added yet. I'm trying to find sparkly wool similar to what Michele has used . Lastly i moved onto block 6 of Tail Feathers, a BOM put out a few years back by Natalie of Cinderberry Stitches.

& my finish

To sew what the other ladies got up to pop over here  & visit our lovely host.

Happy Stitching,

Friday Night With Friends

Last night was our 1st Friday Night sewing for 2014 hosted by lovely Cheryll.  I worked on Tail Feathers. I finally dragged it out after having the patterns several years.

Mini blocks 2 & 3 of Number 3 block. Pop over to visit Cheryll to see what other "friends' worked on last night,

Happy Stitching,

Swap gifts i sent

My mortal to send to in the 6 item swap was Sharni. I sent her

things for the sewing room,

ornaments,

something smelly, something to read & something to eat &

something for under the tree - tablerunner with matching coasters.

My SSCS swap partner was Cat. I sent her

ornaments &

tablerunner with matching coasters.

Happy Stitching

Swap Gifts For Me. :)

Just before Christmas the last parcel in the fat 1/4 birthday swap arrived. Tarnyia spoilt me for sure.

Gorgeous fat 1/4's & yummy chocolates. Thankyou Tarnyia & Maree who ran the swap.

This beautiful table topper was from Lyn(no blog) in Mrs Martin's Lets Celebrate swap.

These beautiful gifts were from Lyn also. I had lots of fun with this swap & received many lovely gifts from Lyn.

These lovely gifts were from Janet in our 6 item swap also run by Maree. This was the "under the tree parcel". Spoilt by Janet. :)

& these fabulous goodies were sent to me by Diane in Chookyblue's SSCS swap. Again i've been spoilt with lots of wonderful goodies.  Thanks to all the swap organisers you all do a wonderful job. Thankyou also to my swap partners. I love all the goodies i received throughout the year & at Christmas.

Happy Stitching,

Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a

Happy Stitching

A Finish & Gifts

For many years i had a cross stitch Christmas card & every year i never seemed to get around to stitching it. This year is the year i decided & i'm pleased to say it's done. :)

I've heard from Lyn(no blog), my partner is Mrs Martin's Lets Celebrate swap that she has opened her Christmas gifts. I sent her

a table runner,

hand towels & these gifts here.

Happy Stitching,

Gifts to Jan in Santa Sack swap

Jan(no blog) has told me she opened her gifts so i can show you what i sent.

Journal & notebook cover,

fold up shopping bag,

hand towels,

for her sewing room & an embroidery to put on something,

 a peanut pillow,

& the Santa sack it went in. I forgot to take a photo of 2 of the items that went in. One can be found here & the other is a mixture of these that are found here, here & here.

Happy Stitching,

Santa Sack

Yesterday was the day Cheryll picked for opening our Santa Sacks. I normally wait until Christmas but this year went ahead with the opening.

 in the sack i found a holder for my scissors & little matching bag, a block roll, cross-stitch book mark, cute pincushion done in felt & a stuffed Christmas tree.

This is the outside of the block roll. Thanks Jan(no blog) for my lovely gifts. Thankyou Cheryll for running the Santa Sack again this year.

Happy Stitching,

giftie for me

Yesterday a parcel arrived from Marcia in the fat 1/4 birthday swap run by Maree. I opened the parcel & found this lovely fabric wrapped giftie

& inside were all these lovely goodies

Pattern, fat 1/4's, chocolate, notepad, & a cute little bag. Thanks Marcia.

Happy Stitching,

1 Xmas Item

The last 2 things made for this years 1 Xmas item hosted by Narelle. Thankyou Narelle for hosting again again this year.

Didn't realise until i'd seen this photo that the camera was acting up again & i'd ended up with a blurry photo. I've given these away so i can't get a better photo now. :(

I'd stitched the little stitchery for another project which i decided not to make but it found a home on this bon bon.

Happy Stitching,