What I wish I could say...

What I wish I could say is that I got out my Gypsy Queen and did a tonne of stitching this week. What I'm going to say is that I got hardly any stitching done and only worked on my Lakeside Needle Craft Fantasy SAL.

Oops.

I've just been so tired recently. Not just physically but emotionally too. I think I need a holiday.

Oh well.

So here is my progress.

Not too bad.

What I need is a child free, long weekend just to drink coffee, eat good food and stitch.

Oh well, I can dream ;)

Happy stitching!

I'm a bad girl!

It happened. I was being so good and then my self control ran away! Haha.

I had a new start and how could I not? Everywhere I look I see the Lakeside Needle Craft SAL and I needed it. Also, when my 3 year old saw that cute little Wizard he got so excited. So really, I had no choice! :)

I've decided to stitch it on a piece of 28ct Even weave from Sew It All. It's hand-dyed and the piece is called 'Mist Forrest'.

Here's my progress from the week.

I am absolutely in love with this and I'm finding it really hard to put it away to work on Gypsy Queen but then I remember how beautiful she is and get excited all over again. Hopefully I'll pick her up this week.

Thanks for reading,

Have fun stitching. :)

Progress and a Christmas Mouse!

Hey!

SO as per usual, I didn't get as much stitching done as I would have liked but every stitch is one stitch closer to a finish. ;)

So here is some progress on Gypsy Queen,

Sorry about the terrible photos.

I did some more of the blue pillar and then the colours that I didn't have arrived so I went back and filled in some of the purple sash and started a blended orange colour in her skirt.

While I'm still in love with Gypsy Queen, I did take a little break from her to stitch up a free magazine kit.

This is one of three Christmas mice from a free Margaret Sherry kit in an issue of WOCS.

I think he's extra cute and I'll probably stick him onto a card for my sister for Christmas.

Well that's all for now, See you soon!

Quick Update

I'm back!

Just thought that seeing as I had been gone for so long my blog may deserve an after weekend update.

So here's my work on Gypsy Queen from this weekend.

I didn't get as much done as I would have liked but the little man got a stomach bug so I was on vigilant Mum duties. Haha.

Hope you all had a good stitchy weekend!

1 year or 4 days..?

Well Hello!

Has it really been a year? I'm so sorry for being gone for so long.

What have I been doing? Well firstly, there is no boyfriend anymore, I now have a 9-5 job, my 2 year old is now a 3-nager, I adopted a Ginger cat (Tiggy) and I have been sick almost constantly. So yeah, probably why I haven't been around much. But I'm back, I've gotten my cross stitch bug back and I've recruited some stitchy friends too. 

I haven't really worked on any of my old WIPS from last time sadly. Just a few stitched here and there, So instead I'll just show you what I've been working on recently:

Yes, this is Gypsy Queen by Mirabilia. I'm stitching it on the recommended fabric.

She is so pretty! And everyone was working on her so I couldn't help myself.

Well there you go, I'll hopefully be back to weekly updates from now on! Can't wait to catch up on all your posts that I've missed. I'll leave you pictures of my cats and son!

Happy Stitching!

The boyfriend is evil...

And very distracting. Haha.

Hey guys, just a quick post to say that there will be no post...well, now there is but you get what I mean. The boyfriend has been a huge distraction and he's been making me play video games. ;)

Hopefully there will be progress for next weeks post! I hope you all got more done than I did!
Until next time,

Nel.

Cookies, fun and stitching.

Hello Again!

What a week! We've been all go this week and the weekend wasn't much different. I won't bore you with our schedule but I will show you some photos of the DS enjoying himself and the cookies he helped me make today.

He's a bit of a dork. I have no idea where he gets it. ;)

The week wasn't very busy for one of us though.

It's safe to say that someone has settled in very well and is one very happy and spoilt Kitty.

Now to stitching! I only worked on Halloween town this week and while I didn't get as much as I would have liked done, I did manage to finish the left hand side I was working on. Here are some progress shots and the piece so far.

Ta-da! :) Not too bad if I do say so myself.

Well that's all for today!

Thank you for reading and commenting!

Until next time,

Nel.

2 year olds...

Hello!
I have decided to move my 'regular weekly post' from Friday to Sunday as I have been late the last few posts. This is mainly because the BF and I do mushy couple-y things on a Friday night like stay in and watch movies or go out for dinner. So, as to not be constantly late, I shall just move the days around. :)

So, 2 year olds...Am I right? I love my son. So much. BUT, there are times when I love him a smidgen less. I know there are some of you out there who will understand what I mean.
At the start of the week my...lovely...Son threw a tantrum to end all tantrums. It was a scream fest and I had to do everything in my power not to join in with the screaming. Well, when I thought he had settled down, I turned my back to clean up some of the mess he had made and he decided to 'Dance' on my closed laptop. Yes, I had stupidly left it on the floor besides the couch and when my DS saw it he knew what he had to do to make me really mad. Well, I deserve an award because I took one long, deep breath, removed him from the laptop very gently, explained in a calm voice that he was in trouble and proceeded to open the lid to asses the damage. Well, my screen now looks like a Pablo Picasso piece of art. :(

It is ruined. To make it worse, I use it when stitching to blow up the charts. So naturally, I was unable to stitch for a few days. Thankfully, the clever BF came to the rescue and hooked me up to a separate monitor until I can afford to fix it. Kids. Got to love them...

Anyway, on to stitching. Not too much was done. This is all I managed on 'Halloween Town'.

I only managed to fill in the windows of the bakery. Tomorrow is a public holiday though so I'll try and get more done on this as I would really like to finish it in the next week or so.

I did also make a small start on my massive Pokemon project after I unpicked what was previously on the fabric. Here is what I managed.

Again, not a whole lot.
Well, sorry for being so rambly tonight and not having much progress. My DS and I are back on speaking terms after his performance and Sebastian has settled into the house really well.

Thank you all for reading and commenting.
Until next time,

Nel.

Warning: This post contains cute-ness.

Hello!

Back again for another post. I did try to have it up on Friday but I was a little distracted...

Meet Sebastian! Yes, I added a furry member to my little family.

He was not planned at all but my friend adopted his sister (whom she named Octavia) and was telling me that the shelter was worried they wouldn't find a home for her brother. Well, when I saw that he was Black, and very handsome, I couldn't say no. He is very cuddly and seems to be settling in very well. I do love animals but usually from a distance but for some reason we made a very quick connection at the shelter and he's been glued to me since.

Back to stitching!

I managed to get some more work done on 'Cut Thru Pirate Ship'. Here is a before and after:

Not too bad. I only worked on this for a few hours though as I also picked up my 'Halloween Town' by the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery. Here is a before and after for that one:

Sorry that the after picture isn't so great. I finished the lettering underneath and started the left side of the chart. I'll get a better photo for the next update.

Also, my boyfriend saw the crazy Pokemon generation charts made by Servotron over on Deviantart and Sprite Stitch. You may have seen them on floss tube as they are pretty popular. Well, he gave me some puppy dog eyes and I agreed to attempt generation IV for him. I was looking online for some aida for it when I remembered that I had a huge piece of magic guide 18ct aida in my stash that I had started 'Treasure Hunt Book Shelf Mini' on. I decided to do the large version of this chart instead and so I had this sitting in my UFO box:

It's my mission tonight to pick this all out as this piece of fabric is the perfect size for this:

'Pokemon Generation IV' by Servotron. It's a free pattern that you can find in the link. It is also CRAZY! I'm going to stitch this one Pokemon at a time and I'm going to aim to get 4 Pokemon done each week between other projects. We shall see home that goes. Haha.

Well, I'm sorry this post was so long, I hadn't intended to be so chatty tonight. I hope you've all had great stitching weeks. Thank you all for reading and commenting. It's great to be back.

I'll leave you with a picture of my DS at the teddy bear's picnic this week.
Until next time,

Nel.

Busy weekends mean not enough stitching!

Hello again!
I must really be back if I've already got 3 posts for the month! Haha.

I had planned to have this up on Friday as I'd like to get back into my regular Friday posts but the Show/Carnival was in town Friday night and the rest of the weekend was spent catching up with friends and the dreaded House work. Bleaugh.

Here's what I managed to get done before the weekend.

Not too much but I was happy to get some of the brown and beige done. Unless you haven't seen the design before (though I'm sure most of you have as it's quite popular), it's the 'Cut Thru Pirate Ship' by Bothy Threads. Here is an image of the completed design.

I hope you all had a great weekend with friends or family or even at home with some stitching. I'll add some more photos of my Son from the weekend. Sorry to spam you all with photos of him lately but sometimes a Mum can't help herself and he can't object yet. ;)

 Until next time,

Nel.

Stitching!

Hello again!
I am back as promised.
Let me start by saying thank you for you kind words about my Nan. Even though it's still pretty raw, I'm happy that she's at peace finally.

And now, onto happier things...
I stitched!
It's been a while and it felt so good to push that needle into some fabric.
I started a new project because I'm still unpacking and things are a bit of a mess around here and it was a kit so everything was all ready to go and it made it easy.
I decided to start on 'Cut Thru' Pirate Ship' by Bothy Threads. I love all of the Cut Thru' designs and I'm also working on Fairy Hill or at least I will be when I can pull it out of the box.

Anyway, enough rambling, here's what I managed to get done.

So not a whole lot but you can see the beginning of a Pirate. I'd like to get this finished before my Son thinks it's Lame. Haha.
Well that's all for now, I'll leave you with a picture of my DS eating in our new Unit. He's a bit of a grub.
Until next time,

Nel.