Ending 2009 with Stacy Nash

Seek Joy and the Peacock cushion by Stacy Nash  were made over Christmas, we had a very quite one and with a mince pie, hot chocolate, woodfire burning, I just had to finish these since the weather was not on our side, icy roads and our hill is lethal to drive, we had frost every night on top of the snow.
The little squirrel was made in 2006 by Katie of an Elne of Lynnyn.
The Perpetual Diary by Needleprint  was a must for me, such lovely pictures and will be used by me next year to record my stitching projects, I might need 2!! LOL. Jacqueline has started something big in the Needleworld with her Blog, and may that last a long time J!!

My sincere thanks go out to my Followers, Friends and You who left wonderful comments on my blog, I was completely bowled over by that, Thank You Very Much Fellow Stitcher's :-))).
Wishing you all a Healthy, Prosperous and Stitching 2010 and look forward to looking at your Blog's too.

Happy Boxing Day

 Isn't this a lovely Christmas Present!! I do love Sajou, and will probably visit the shop in Versailles in February when the l'Aguille-en-fete exhibition is on. Love to Stitch got them too!!

The pheasant girls (pluckette's) finally found us again, had not seen them for a month but the weather has been so good up to now and did not need us at all, except for Christmas time of course.

The post did arrive this week, she braved the ice on our single track road which is quite steep, A big thank you to Nikki.

Christmas Pillow

This is a design by Thread Through Time, I just used an overdyed colour instead, and used "Distress It Extreme" but doesn't look very dark though. The linen is 32/35 count.

A few ornaments from the present & past

Stacy Nash ornament(Goode Tidings), I put a rust colour wool on the back and the finishing was (to my surprise) very easy to stitch. Am stitching a cushion Seek Joy in all Things at the moment and hope to finish it before Christmas, so watch this space.

 

Found these frames for my hearts last week, a perfect fit.

The Biscornu was made by Britta, A little Ackworth gift 2006 was this trinket in the middle made by Margaret (exquisite), A British cushion, made by myself (a long time ago on aida and seems to be all the rage at the moment(not aida!!), so glad I kept it) LOL, the Journal was beautifully made by Liliane, a mermaid pocket I did in a CA Wells class  in 2005 and a little angel by Sandra.

Early Christmas Angels and First Colony Tombstone Cupboard

Last Saturday I got some early Christmas Presents and I am over the moon -)) My friend Britta spoiled me with this Liberty Hill Cupboard, I never took much notice of this one, because I am not a fan of Haloween, but when I saw this, it took my breath away, Britta had to pick me up from the floor LOL.Thanks Mate :-))

Carol surprised me with the wax angel which she managed to get from the USA, although she told me that the lady was at first not prepared to send this to the UK, but she persevered, Thank you Carol -)))

The embroidered Angel was made by my niece, Thank you Sandra!! We found a couple of angels at Islington Antique Market in London last October and I could not resist them, they are old Christmas decorations.

Present for a Friend in France

Have not Blog'd for a while, have been very busy making some ornaments for Chrismas to give to friends and will show them soon.
I have also been in Holland to see my friends and family, have visited some lovely needlework & patchwork shops in Amsterdam more on that later:-))
We (my friends) went to the Munster & Osnabruck christmas markets, but no needlework, only gluhwein LOL. But I managed to walk 20 km, the antibiotics spurred me on with annoying cold.

I made this pinkeep for Catherine's  birthday and  included the wonderfully made accessories by Tanya.

Catherine is an accomplished needleworker, you might like to  have a look at her pictures.