BOM 3 - JOY

I finished 'JOY' today - this one took me just over a week to do - I won't be using the background material - it was the closest thing handy when I wanted to photograph it. The fourth BOM - won't be released until April 7th so I will have to find something else to do in the meantime... Gail has another cute design here I only have to decide whether to use a variegated thread or just one colour for it...

This could be my in-between stitching - yes, G I can hear you - it isn't like I haven't got a million other things I could be doing... But these projects are 'good travellers' so I can take them to work and do them in my break time. Once my needle is threaded they don't take much thinking about...

I think why I like Gail's designs so much is because of the words and the designs themselves are simple - I am all for simple these days...

sharonb's Stitch Explorer March challenge for March is Assisi embroidery - and I have always wanted to have a go at that too... Too many stitching temptations - not enough time...

Now where is that needle???

Sharon xx

BOM 2 - Merry

Dreadful photo - but 'Merry ' is finished... The material under the block is a forest green - but I am not going to use it as the the border yet until I have seen a couple more blocks and have more of a feel for the quilt as a whole...

I have added my photos to http://flickr.com/groups/achristmaswish/pool/

I am waiting on Saturday for BOM 3 -we have a long weekend here in Victoria so guess what I will be doing...

Sharon x

Some stitching and some page turning...

I have all but finished the stitching part of the first two blocks of Gail Pan's free BOM 'Christmas Wish... I haven't as yet done the sewing as I am still trialling suitable borders - I quite like the material that the'love' block is sitting against...

'Merry' still needs the flowers stitched - and try as I might - today hasn't been the day to do it...

I am happy with what I have achieved so far - my back stitching has improved the more I have done and I feel more confident in try some more of my stitchery based projects... They have been easy to do and quite therapeutic - I mostly have stitched them before work each morning... I have found a spot that offers good light and a comfy chair... I can see this coming togethere quite nicely...

Gail Pan - as I discovered - is a local lady who produces some really appealing quilts and stitcheries including this one - I have already bought the magazine and it is definitely a possibility to try - in fact I have just the position in the hall - now if only I had the time.... Plus her new quilt design 'speaks' to me as well - but I am choosing not to hear - just yet :)

Yes - I know - another one - this book didn't even make it to the shelf when it came into the shop on Friday - I bought it straight away - I justified buying it (to myself) that since I wasn't going to the Australasian Quilt Convention this year I could treat myself to something since I wouldn't be spending money on what I might have bought had I gone... That makes loads of sense doesn't it - but it works for me - lol...

It works on the red, white and blue theme and has just some wonderful designs to do in cross stitch as well as more traditional stitches plus heaps of ideas to ponder and plan over... G - I think you would really like this book...

Sharon

Stitched a stitch...

... ok - I know its not the Bayeux Tapestry - but it is a start...

Sharon

Still no stitching...

... the weather along with today's devasting news has not made want to even think of stitching...

I know, I know...

...yeah... I know - still no stitching... With the weather that Victoria has been having these last few days - I feel grateful that I am still functioning- well sort of... Roll on Autumn...

...and I have just heard that Morris and Sons - formally -Tapestry Craft from York St Sydney - will be opening a store down here in Victoria. I believe it is to be in the Sportsgirl Complex in Melbourne... It has been so long since the city has had a dedicated needlework shop - there doesn't seem to be a due date for opening but I have put my name down to be notified when it does... I feel like a dog with two tails - don't know which one to wag first... 2009 is looking just so much better...

... and yes I know - I still haven't lifted a needle..

A change of 'face'...

I am deliberating on whether or not to alter my blogs - I might even combine them again - it seems silly to have two when I don't even get the chance to keep one updated regularly - but I shall muse for a bit longer before I make a firm decision...

However until I decide - I have changed this blog's 'face'. I have always liked this template -Harbour - but I felt that it never related to the content of the blog I was creating - but as this is about as close as I shall get to the sea this year - I am going to use it.

The background makes me feel peaceful, I can almost hear the gulls cries and feel the sun on my skin. From a creative perspective I like the little icons which indicate a new post and the curling pieces that introduces the body of text.

But all this is still not getting any stitching done..