tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10984134027810772122024-02-20T00:27:53.032+00:00Wishing for some SANDThis is where I indulge in my stitching obsession and anything else that might take my fancy along the way xNadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-29357307701884681672013-05-04T00:44:00.001+01:002013-05-04T00:44:41.680+01:00Pour l'Amour du Fil.... OR For The Love of Thread... ;-)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been to France twice recently...first to the Aiguille en Fete in Paris in February. Where I didn't take many photos as it was so crowded one could hardly hear oneself think!!!!<br />
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Then, last week this time I was to be found in Nantes...with glorious sunshine and my camera overheating <grin> I was attending Pour l'amour du Fil as the title says. Where they were celebrating 150years of the quilt by Jane Stickle, otherwise fondly known as 'Dear Jane'.<br />
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There were many quilts of all sizes and colours, on display and I think i may have photographed most of them. I know I missed some, and others were woefully out of focus but I don't think I did too badly considering!<br />
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I'd like to insert a slideshow here of all the pics but I don't know how to, so until then I will try to put one in the sidebar so you can see all the pics from the show! Later I may add some other pics of sightseeing malarky...<br />
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Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-75006155002873109032013-01-06T00:28:00.001+00:002013-01-06T00:28:34.325+00:00PIF...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Happy new year to one and all, warmest wishes for the new year from me to you xx<br />
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The first post of the year sees me offering a new pay it forward, to the first five (5) people who comment on this post I will send a little something...it will be a surprise and will arrive at any time during the year. All you have to do is pay it forward in some form or other. If you have a blog, mention it there and offer one too, lets make it go... I am also offering one on my Facebook page, that will be a second one...this will make me stitch in some form or another I guess as I seem to only pick up smalls these days!!!<br />
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Ciao peeps, catch you on the flip side xx</div>
Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-38336062382180708882012-12-14T23:02:00.003+00:002012-12-14T23:02:46.101+00:00Blog competition and slacking...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well I am still slacking in the posting as you can all see...will have to give myself a stern talking to!!! In the meantime however I have just entered a giveaway on <a href="http://victorianmottosamplershoppe.blogspot.co.uk/">Nancy's blog</a> and I hope to win myself some of her lovely floss... Or I will have to go buy it after the new year...she has some luscious colours I have been drooling over for a little while now!<br />
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This is a short post...will return with some pics as soon as I get my patoot in gear!!!<br />
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Ciao xx</div>
Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-63572117358364149392012-10-30T21:21:00.002+00:002012-10-30T21:21:35.978+00:00Well, well,well...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been gone for a record period this time around!!! There has been a lot happening, where do I start?<br />
First I went on holiday right??? However, the day before I went I had an interview for a new job...moving sideways at work basically. I was successful, so I came back to my old job for a week before moving - this wasn't completely new as I'd worked on this ward for several years in an old life :-) Not long after this, my uncle passed away and I had to return home again for his funeral :-(<br />
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When I came back, the summer was in full swing...had some work done on the garden...still not finished!! And now again I have started another new job! This one completely new to me. I now work mon - fri 9 - 5 and have dropped a huge chunk of my pay...have to see if its something I can live with so in a few months I may be moving again!!!<br />
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Also...some idiot again hit the back of my car for the fourth time in three years!!!!! at the start of sept! Now I have a nice shiny new one and hopefully the colour is not so appealing that I get hit! After this abbreviated version of events...I have a few pics to add.<br />
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There are tons, I will add them a few at a time if thats ok with you all ;-), first is my new baby...<br />
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Oh, and there was a wedding too. Friend of mine, there will be a few more of those pics too :-)</div>
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And a birthday...although this is not the birthday boy <grin><br />
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A little stitching was done too...<br />
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Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-3260919370828205582012-01-31T16:37:00.000+00:002012-01-31T16:37:16.867+00:00AWOL<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I have been, haven't I. Life has been fast paced and I'm trying to keep up...lots of plans to make. Lists to write and follow. I have done some stitching, although not as much as I could have been doing.<br />
COA has reached page 25...and will stay there for the next little while ...<br />
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I am also up to date with my COA, page 20 came out on sat... ;-)<br />
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I'm not likely to post again before Christmas, so for all of you who read my blog, whether regularly or in passing. May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very peaceful christmas with family and friends, and also a prosperous New year in 2012. May the Lord guide your footsteps in every way xx<br />
</div>Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-53078636964304334742011-11-20T19:55:00.001+00:002011-11-20T20:01:07.272+00:00Advent...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">starts in a week!!! Although the shops have been full of christmas decorations for several weeks already! I have a new project all ready to start. It is part of a MUCH bigger project, which I have envisioned and you can watch it grow with me. Starting with this little gem...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2ZuKDIlBTlu3p9gNFMQb0LOm7A2kMObGUJv8MV3lxu76XqZNYsARLgHO-2VMnktL2ZRzpHKk0iEMwC2qGTgIlcaTM2TWMnA2v8rjh4zsUckijjesJewdmUYFSOi5Hrg-n7WAtxTmr2Y/s1600/DSC02627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2ZuKDIlBTlu3p9gNFMQb0LOm7A2kMObGUJv8MV3lxu76XqZNYsARLgHO-2VMnktL2ZRzpHKk0iEMwC2qGTgIlcaTM2TWMnA2v8rjh4zsUckijjesJewdmUYFSOi5Hrg-n7WAtxTmr2Y/s320/DSC02627.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I'm sure a lot of you already know what it is ;-) Staying on the stitching, I'm actually keeping up with a SAL at the moment. Page 16 of the COA sal with Wiehenburg came out yesterday, and I'm up to page 15 with only the overlapping three bottom rows not stitched on this row of pages <grin><br />
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I almost forgot, I have a progress pic of my Antique Lace Band Sampler, it's growing slowly.<br />
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What with stupid internet connections and having to go do a full time job it seems to be something of a challenge :-)<br />
I have only one picture to show you at the moment..this is my progress on the COA SAL, I am actually all caught up to page 10...I did it on friday when it came out. Let's see if it continues...LOL<br />
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Some may say that is why I joined this <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coat_of_arms_sal/">SAL</a> adding another piece to my WIP pile...Oh Lord it gets bigger I hear you say.<br />
No, no, no....I say but first have a look at my pic of the CoA, I am on page 2/55 but I am lagging behind woefully. I only joined up last week and today pg6 gets released, so I have some catching up to do if I want to keep up. Last time I joined a Wiehenburg SAL I finished years after the date!!! I am determined not to this time...famous last words??<br />
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I am stitching 1 over 1 on a 30ct evenweave ?Lugana from <a href="http://www.sparklies.co.uk/osStore/catalog/index.php">Sparklies</a> This would be what she calls a Solitaire :-). On this fabric I am using thread from <a href="http://www.hand-dyedfibers.com/oscnuked/index.php">HDF</a> in a lovely green and black combo called Becke Green, shade nos 3397/3259/5300/3439. <br />
Enough info???<br />
I give you Red Pots....<br />
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All finished, washed AND ironed for your delight...so I have replaced one WIP with another one..neh, neh.<br />
We won't count all the other ones started and languishing in a pile since I will be doing a lot of catching up on CoA...<br />
Dare I mention that I had signed up for another one starting in Oct...a <a href="http://reverieschatbleu.canalblog.com/">mystery</a> to boot, no idea yet of stitch count or anything, other than it is meant to be RED!!! So watch this space!<br />
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Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-15676996614086816572011-08-28T19:28:00.000+01:002011-08-28T19:28:38.471+01:00Another birthday!!!?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Yep, we just celebrated another birthday and the cake as usual was lush - take a look if you don't believe me<br />
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<div closure_uid_1vp7h3="160">However the sugar junkie was only interested in these...and he ate most of them...as you can see they weren't few!!!</div><br />
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<div closure_uid_41fhh7="252">I had some physio on wed and felt able to do some stitching yesterday...so the best news of all is my FINISH.....TA DA I used Isle Green 3207 for the words and letters and Meadow for the rest of the chart.</div><br />
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For now I'm off to have some wine with my sis, so no stitching today. Don't want the frogs to visit.<br />
Ciao x</div>Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-81104910153782584052011-07-14T23:13:00.000+01:002011-07-14T23:13:10.465+01:00Gone Reading!?Yep...well, and working too...lol<br />
I meant to post this last week but work got in the way...now here we are. I had arrived at this point on QV - now only 1 1/2 pages to go :-)<br />
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I have to do some finishes this w/e so no stitching on QV till next week at the earliest I think, but I will show the finishes! Mwah, thanks for reading me!Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-76939153613472735632011-06-23T14:07:00.000+01:002011-06-23T14:07:12.590+01:00WOW...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I didn't realise it had been three weeks since my last post...oh well life takes over doesn't it??<br />
Well since I was last here I have stitched my little heart out!!! There has been a finish...<br />
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So I have three new WIP pics for you first up will be QV and I am officially past the halfway point I am sure of that, 6/12 pages complete (plus a bit more of course).<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccFQWG8FtPhZ6MqUaZ9EOOQDffRl4RzszsPwFpXJz6b9owsKdZD2xhHIcFs0OncVGXx_frkDXGEskUUNkhNmxItTUQFCQIpUBWqYi6ZrJdKSAhDQN3mQP21HHnifp_I252n-BawYm7rs/s1600/DSC02394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccFQWG8FtPhZ6MqUaZ9EOOQDffRl4RzszsPwFpXJz6b9owsKdZD2xhHIcFs0OncVGXx_frkDXGEskUUNkhNmxItTUQFCQIpUBWqYi6ZrJdKSAhDQN3mQP21HHnifp_I252n-BawYm7rs/s320/DSC02394.JPG" t8="true" width="240" /></a></div>Ciao mes amis xx</div>Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-65343759205452528802011-05-15T18:41:00.000+01:002011-05-15T18:41:50.455+01:00Naughty, oh so naughty!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I have been REALLY naughty with not one but two starts...eeek. Oh well, at least I am having fun, right?<br />
See the first time I did it was when I couldn't sleep last week, and instead of stressing about how I had to go to work the next morning and winding myself up the fabric was staring me in the face across the room along with threads...so I cut a piece and VOILA....<br />
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There has also been progress on my T&E mandala and I am now just over half way through as you can see<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTvEz9mLgOcJ2IqSgyS25Nrx3LJi6kAtR57vxtWwos9e4pSFt1QW5Zd8muv35ZH3tNr72EHnBMVmFe2BW9PBNh4qjlpqfNj_fvHGXrI4dl4hKkSE6gC3TpSN__EizuBqrnYpaezGQiJ4/s1600/DSC02349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTvEz9mLgOcJ2IqSgyS25Nrx3LJi6kAtR57vxtWwos9e4pSFt1QW5Zd8muv35ZH3tNr72EHnBMVmFe2BW9PBNh4qjlpqfNj_fvHGXrI4dl4hKkSE6gC3TpSN__EizuBqrnYpaezGQiJ4/s320/DSC02349.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Some madwife(midwife in other words) couldn't control her car better and backed into mine in the car park at work a few weeks ago. Now her insurance is fixing mine and I got to keep this for the bank holiday w/e, will get mine back tomorrow and have to return this :-( I know it's not really practical since I'm mostly alone and the old ladies in church wouldn't be able to get in if I had to give them a lift, but boy am I smitten...DON'T want to give it back.... stamps feet!<br />
Didn't get to watch much of the wedding on Friday as I was working but did stop long enough to see the dress and it was just GORGEOUS. The simplicity of the dress and veil just made it so much more elegant IMHO and wasn't Catherine radiant. I wish them all the happiness in the world as they embark on this journey.<br />
On the stitching front, I haven't stitched on T&E but I have done some serious work on QV I think. I guess the picture will tell the tale...and now I'm off to see if I can do the butterfly in the corner just above the F (there are actually 2 but I aim for just one tonight ) before I go to bed, gotta cook lunch at church in the morning...it's my turn this week!<br />
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Catch you later<br />
</div>Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-66694085229090376792011-04-23T01:37:00.000+01:002011-04-23T01:37:10.122+01:00Procrastination...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">is my middle name, or so I thought. I found out differently on Monday when I had two days off and had planned to finish THE essay so I was done and could have a nice Easter w/e. Here was I all primed to go when I find that I needed to have the 2...count that TWO assessments done before I could write...and they were still pending as I hadn't managed to pin my mentor down to do them. WHEN is this work due in I hear you ask? the 26th...yes next Tuesday!!! Well to cut a long story, assessments done, essay just finished an hour ago....hope you all had a nice Good Friday too.<br />
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On a good note I have lots of pics for you. My Thread and Eye mandala is growing slowly but surely<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbykIxh0RVcsl4NpUnfeGhE7GpWJu74KmDefDOqCZODSiJ3RAjnsREGhfYbtO_mDcO8kK5Crdu4a18HJaS3-kt8f8zLa0wVwQfAGFhqSUqSRABsz58z7SoASyCLIfebvkDAFFq8tfojI/s1600/DSC02345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbykIxh0RVcsl4NpUnfeGhE7GpWJu74KmDefDOqCZODSiJ3RAjnsREGhfYbtO_mDcO8kK5Crdu4a18HJaS3-kt8f8zLa0wVwQfAGFhqSUqSRABsz58z7SoASyCLIfebvkDAFFq8tfojI/s320/DSC02345.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have startitis very badly at the moment and am looking to justify all new starts as I pull fabric or floss from their storage and drool...I have one new start and the justification for that is I have just been invited to a 40th wedding anniversary party and a store bought gift just wont be appreciated as much as a little stitched something...and since I had the perfect chart and thread it is all stash and no new purchases. It stitches up quite quickly and will finish in no time - just as well since said party is in July. Enough of the teasing right, this is how much I stitched in one sitting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Why do I say a few you ask me....well remember that post not so long ago where I had found my RED sampler...well I had fabric...now floss has arrived and the only thing that stopped me from starting was THAT ESSAY...which is now done...oh how I will be stitching up a storm. My stitchy bug has been nipping at my toes for weeks now while the guilt has prevented me from doing too much.<br />
Well spring has definitely sprung in this corner of Berkshire along with the rest of the UK and as soon as I mow that foot and half high grassy area out back that purports to be my backyard I shall be sitting in the swing all day when not at work and J*** next door will not have to wonder if I am ailing as the sun is out but I appear not to be!!! Yes, she was about to knock on my door to check up on me when I appeared out the back door on Monday, oh to be predictable.<br />
I hope to be back in less than a month with a nice short post...instead of an essay. And I sincerely hope that you have not been bored if you managed to get down here xx<br />
</div>Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-89125602432049589832011-03-25T22:26:00.000+00:002011-03-25T22:26:44.761+00:00Two in one day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Yep I'm on a roll - must be all this sunshine that has been around the last three days. Lucky me eh? I go to work over the w/e and it is meant to get cooler and less sunshine so I have made the most of the sunshine.<br />
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Having caught up on my spring cleaning...I think!!! I settled down to work on QV...since the Gp told me last week that I needed to minimise my stress levels seeing that the ole blood pressure is going up even higher than it already was - what better way to not stress <BIG grin> anyway the headaches have been more frequent and I'd chalked it up to being tired and stressed not thinking of other side effects.<br />
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So I stitched, and stitched, and stitched, and I finished that big a"^*" motif and a few other really small ones. As a fellow blogger also said earlier this evening...doing a hit and run instead of spending hours on Facebook has done wonders for our stitching and since I seem to be plagued with startitis at the moment I think I need to try and work on a few of the old ones as I also like finishes just as much as putting that first stitch into a pristine piece of fabric<br />
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Thanks for coming by my little corner of the world x<br />
</div>Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-37674490939046076752011-03-25T10:10:00.000+00:002011-03-25T10:10:31.372+00:00A blast from the past<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Yep that is what it is. I realized that the last known picture taken of Quaker Virtues was in March 2009...two whole years since I stitched on it and here I thought it was just one. I have made good progress for the last week and half I think, and I hope to progress some more before I have to put it down. It has been my focus when I have been at home the last few days. So without further ado...BEFORE<br />
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On the personal stitching front, I have spent the last few days stitching on Quaker Virtues which has been sadly neglected for the last year...OMG. Will post update pics in next post.<br />
For this post I will show you my framed pair which I collected from the framers on Sunday, now I need to figure out how to hang them - I already know where they are going :-)<br />
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I took a few photos, of which I will show you in a little while <grin> First I want you to look at pics of my stitching before you start drooling over the wonderful works I saw there.<br />
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This an update of my Thread and Eye Mandala as it stands now. I did a little bit of stitching on the way there and back but was too busy ogling the works of art to take it out there. So front of house....<br />
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZA3CWNk5Gd0uwwG5HrA5WFOe9mn9rRKoDH33zb8DEpD4GOlpBgUGKqa_KODCTZxAWjSEc5v3ky19cSBkTUS1ebNvM2BKIrV_LuUI6wvTbOGz-lTCMJnEsoQeXaKz9ZTYPMh4F3h2HCh0/s1600/DSC02290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZA3CWNk5Gd0uwwG5HrA5WFOe9mn9rRKoDH33zb8DEpD4GOlpBgUGKqa_KODCTZxAWjSEc5v3ky19cSBkTUS1ebNvM2BKIrV_LuUI6wvTbOGz-lTCMJnEsoQeXaKz9ZTYPMh4F3h2HCh0/s320/DSC02290.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All of these were knit, stitched, quilted or felted in some form or other or combination thereof and looked absolutely stunning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved the weird and wonderful tea cosies knitted to look like fruits and such</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-29ntjbOI3kwjfOFnzi9VIaOFFbFg9uy44Z7c0p1QTE900K5d2FZUW4Zsjz6-UQVxfMkAWw9D2c7cSYSM105OsUjZ28ZKCaH_Nyh8tJeAYTc2JcdCW1aF8LxBLXxmaB0pDtACydHMgA/s1600/DSC02291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The tribute to the Foundling Museum was very touching with the pages of some of the books on display telling how/who was in the foundling home. One particularly touching one told of the child who came to the home and was christened on the same day his mother was buried.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7RS9hTEbyYvj3qOCfVC9koz22IEZk8l4tWnNfmMctRJ8MHtefM7IPCNborGr6Hqd9BcqEs4E6XjYoV4GModVXL60wj_e0cPe_K579uX2PnffTFQI4d8F86iJOV9wLt_DsVdWoeOIdIM/s1600/DSC02295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7RS9hTEbyYvj3qOCfVC9koz22IEZk8l4tWnNfmMctRJ8MHtefM7IPCNborGr6Hqd9BcqEs4E6XjYoV4GModVXL60wj_e0cPe_K579uX2PnffTFQI4d8F86iJOV9wLt_DsVdWoeOIdIM/s320/DSC02295.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All of these wonderful achievements made me want to break out the knitting needles immediately, but luckily I came across my saviour in the form of a beautiful red sampler that immediately made me want to sit down and start stitching. I have been umming and ahhing for the past weeks now seeing the Red samplers of the ladies on the HDF forum and wondering which chart to do...no longer do I need to wonder. As soon as I get thread I will start...maybe even before...lol I'm sure I have a spool somewhere that I can start with until I get some more....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I hope you had pleasure coming round the stitch show with me, maybe next time I'll take more pictures although I didn't think you would be interested in the throngs of people, unless the exhibitors would interest you...I'm open to suggestions.<br />
Till later xx<br />
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You see, last sunday about this time this was the state of play<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiYCz0kg8SzWqsTgHotc4_F6-9So18hZFdko_KhCclYAP-Q0NwVW7Udcm3R0X3NOJLc2Z3RqGQNYbp4oL_mXRqQU0Ins5K4xplAkv9qmu-gvFdptJNNUbud7PkUQ8mNjcFzNBXWV9SW8/s1600/DSC02277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiYCz0kg8SzWqsTgHotc4_F6-9So18hZFdko_KhCclYAP-Q0NwVW7Udcm3R0X3NOJLc2Z3RqGQNYbp4oL_mXRqQU0Ins5K4xplAkv9qmu-gvFdptJNNUbud7PkUQ8mNjcFzNBXWV9SW8/s320/DSC02277.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>We have some colour. Why, I hear you ask did I say I was losing my mind...I reply with another question...Did you take note of the ruler that was so conspicuously present showing you the size of the piece??? That is one of Tracy fron Ink Circle's Mandalas, which if I was stitching on the recommended ct fabrics would measure from 5 3/4 - 8 inches square...MINE is 3 1/4 " But WHY you ask in bewilderment is it so small...it is this size because in one of those moments I decided I would stitch it on 36ct 1x1.<br />
I love it, it looks so dainty, but I now have to be SOOO careful not to forget those single little stitches that appear to have been swallowed up by the black outline that I was so clever to finish first. Now I need a break and will do a little bit of test stitching for relaxation before I hit the sack. <br />
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If you have read this far...thank you for your perseverance. I'm sure by now you are shaking your head at me saying 'crazy woman', well I agree with you...but I am sure this will not be the last time I push the boundaries of my stitching, especially since I appear to LOVE the miniature sizes this produces.<br />
Til then, off I go (giggling maniacally) to the next project!<br />
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My next focus is one of my PIF's so no pics yet...but in the not too distant future I hope to be able to show it to you...tease... in the meantime here is the other piece I will be working on at the same time...<br />
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A bientot!<br />
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</div>Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-22006747815673648452011-02-02T16:16:00.000+00:002011-02-02T16:16:14.419+00:00One framed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">While I wait to finish the next one...it is sooo close I hope to do it tonight. That is if I manage to drag myself away from the computer...LOL<br />
I collected this from the framers on Monday afternoon and I love the way its done! This is the best I could do with no natural light.<br />
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Meanwhile I am completely congested as per usual...we went to celebrate on Monday and this sweetie...<br />
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</div>Nadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160293535642588526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098413402781077212.post-87636014915322025402011-01-18T03:28:00.000+00:002011-01-18T03:28:27.982+00:001st Finish of the yearYes, I kid you not. This has been going for two years now and I just finished it... oooh yesterday now seeing as its well past midnight. Hopefully there will soon be more to follow, watch this space 'grin'. The pic is the best I could get in the circumstances...you know the one...tons of rain, grey skies, dull/dark, dreary day and of course not forgetting the indoor lighting system! I am just as tired these days as I have managed to add a course to my work days which will last for approx 12wks...so just up to easter. Wish me luck and I'll see you soon.<br />
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