As promised

This following Heart Sampler I think is from Better Homes and Gardens Australia? If anyone knows for sure please let me know and then I can add a link to the site. I think the original was in a different colour but I was in a blueish mood at the time.

As you can tell again, these are more stitchings that I haven't managed to sew up. I would love to join a group that meets up just for this specific purpose, then I know I would get them done.

This is a freebie that I stitched from one of my favourite sites, Maryse. I have also joined her latest SAL which is just lovely. You will find the freebie on her blog Maryse

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Valentine

Here is my heart collection of ornaments that I have seen in shops, usually around Christmas time. In the background are some stitchings that I will post in the next couple of days. I was tired of my camera and the bad shots (it is the user of the camera not the camera that is at fault) so I got DH to try with his but we ran out of time to shoot the other stitchery for Valentines Day.

Last Prairie Schooler

This is the last of the five that I tried to upload in one hit. There is a distinctive theme here don't you think, stitched up but not finished. I know, I know, I promise to do better. I should post all of my stitched works that haven't been put to some use just to humiliate myself into finishing them. Have a great weekend.

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Prairie Schooler

These are two of the five photo's I tried to download yesterday. I will download the last one tomorrow. I have 4 more spaces on this material to do some more Santa's and once they are done it can then go on the pile of things that need to be finished, hee, hee.

I am a lot happier lately as I have finally found a stitching group that meets up each week and they are such a lovely bunch of ladies. I missed my Adelaide group so much that I wasn't enthused enough to pick up needle and thread but I am slowly getting back into the swing of things.

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Prairie Schooler

I tried to upload 5 pictures today but Blogger won't let me, hum.

Anyway, we survived the floods. We are the second street from Brisbane River and the water didn't even make it to the first street thank goodness. We felt a little guilty since houses inland were inundated by water and yet here we are only the second street and not a drop. A big thank you to all those people that stopped and asked us if we needed any help sand bagging or moving furniture it was great to see human kindness. Our biggest thank you goes to our first stranger 'Duncan' who did help us do it all and we are now all friends and we were invited to his wife's 50th birthday and hope to spend more birthdays together.

Here are some photo's of the Prairie Schooler Santa's that I hope to make into ornaments by the end of the year. I stitched them a couple of years ago and still haven't sewn them together, you may be seeing a bit of a pattern here. Unless they get framed they spend a lot of time in my finished box and don't move. The colours have been changed as I wanted to use up some threads that I have in my old thread system.

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It's a wonderful life

I finished stitching this last year, but as yet haven't sewn it together. This is nothing new for me. perhaps one day I should take a photo of all my finished but not finished projects I have. Actually if I finished them all my craft room would be quite neat. I have a tendency to leave them out thinking I will get to them quicker that way. Huh, just leaves a mess really. Anyway, this photo represents 'A Wonderful life' for me, chocolates, love (of my husband, children and dog) and of course stitching.

The blue material under the stitching is what I think I will use for the pillow, what do you think?

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Christmas ornaments

I have been stitching these over the past few years, they are the ideal kit to have in your purse when you are waiting at the doctor's, sporting events etc. I generally leave the bead work until I am home though. This year I finally put the hats on the heads and backed them with some fabric- just so you can't see my bad stitching, ho, ho, ho.

My New Years Resolution may be to stitch lots of Christmas Ornaments this year so that I can have a cross stitch tree! I have seen some on some blogs and they are absolutely gorgeous.

If you have photo's of your stitching tree, I would love to see it, so please let me know and send me a link.

Now if I finally put them together this year, does that make it a finish for 2010 or is it the year you actually finish stitching them???

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For the dog lovers

I gave this or should I say our dog (Candy) gave this to our dear friends that looked after Candy while we were moving. It was a Christmas present from Candy just to say thank you, they have two dogs of their own so I know they will like it. I made it into a little hanging pillow and backed it with some Debbie Mumm dog fabric that I had from years ago. You never know when you are going to need that old bit of fabric!

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Merry Christmas and a finish

I hope you all have had a lovely Christmas. Ours was quite relaxed as usual, we don't go overboard with the cooking and since is just the four of us we only cook enough for the day. We don't even do a turkey since we all prefer chicken. Ours is really just a glorified Sunday dinner, I guess things will change when our children start to have families of their own but for now I will make the most of the relaxed time.

I had finished this earlier in the year but was just one of those projects I hadn't got around to putting together, these are photos of the front and back. The design is Folk Art Hornbook by Hillside Samplings and it will go with my other Liberty Hill things.

While the dinner was cooking I managed to sew together a finish that just needed to be put together. This is Christmas treat bag by Shepherds Bush.

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Stash

Oops, now how do I rotate??? Anyway, I made the most of the strong Australian dollar and the sale on at Down Sunshine Lane recently and this is what came in the mail today. I bought more than what I would have but one can never have too many patterns can they?

Down Sunshine Lane are having a draw at the moment where you can win a small stash for Christmas. So give it a try, you never know!

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