Finally - a finish !!

Well I finally got around to actually finishing this one - needle rolls are probably one of the easier things to finish off. 

I tried to take a close up of the very cute little bee button but they came out very fuzzy.  The linen is the palest of pinks.

And I couldn't post without showing you Elizabeth.  Not a lot done on her this week, but I did finish the flower basket last night.  I now have to do some counting to see where the side trees will go.  That's the only trouble when you start altering things, you have to keep adjusting things, but I am still very happy with her.   

I should be starting on some Christmas gifts but I really would like to finish Elizabeth first, so I will have to get stuck into it. 

Mary

O happy day ...

I picked up SB Happy Day needleroll again and have finished the main stitching  - in fact since I took this photo I have nearly completed the hemstitching, so I must keep at it and actually finish it off. 

I have also done a little more on CHS Diminutive Dutch and it is looking quite good.

And of course, I haven't neglected Elizabeth.  I was thinking I was half way but that's not correct as there are the two rather large motifs on each side of the central stitching.

I think it is looking better all the time - such a lovely one to stitch.  My Daughter saw it the other day and I think she was quite pleased that this one will be hers, as she loves the colours.

I popped this one in to show how I have decided to use the darker red on the flowers in the baskets on each side of the centre.  There is only a tiny amount of the red used in the sampler and I think it will look good.  You can see a red tinge where I had to unpick one of the flowers that I stitched in the wrong place.  I thought I had removed all of it but when you put it on something white you can still see it so will have to fix that.

Hi Siobhan - yes the same Daniel O'Donnell!  He was here in Melbourne for two concerts and I went to see his show on the 7th September - went backstage to chat with him afterwards as we have a friend in common.  He is a really lovely person.  Tell you MIL that I haven't washed my face since I got my kiss.!!   You really should get your Elizabeth out as it is such a fun one to stitch and will be a piece of cake after the difficult pieces you do.

So not a great deal done but I have been busy with quite a few special cards and I have gone back to playing croquet again after a few years away from it so I am kept busy trying to fit in all my hobbies.  The pile of books beside my bed is growing higher by the day, and so are the weeds in the garden.

Thanks to everyone for their kind comments and for stopping in to check up on me.

Mary

I'm back ....

... although it took me longer than I expected!  I have been up the bush for a few days holiday.  We had very hot weather for most of our stay but half way home the cool change hit and the temperature dropped to about 16 degrees - a huge change from the 43 a few days earlier.

I didn't take the Blessings sampler away with me because it is on a frame and too bulky.  Instead I took  SB's Happy Day Needleroll and worked on it a couple of the cooler nights - the colours are very bright after the sampler and of course it is stitched with two threads.  It's nice to have a smaller project on hand as well.

I did post a photo (on my album) of my progress on Blessings before I went away, and since my return I have been fiddling with colours for the next band.  These are the colours I have chosen today, but they could change by tomorrow !!  I am thinking I may omit the second colour,  leaving a space where it should be, it may not look so dense.

  

And since I took a photo of my other WIP while I had the camera out, I may as well show you SB Queen Bee Sampler - it's a sweet little one too - she's been in the stash for quite a few years now and has finally seen the light of day.

Off to put in a few more stitches (read that as fiddle with more threads !) lol