Rosemary Pinkeep

I was very happy to hear today that Barbara had received her gift from me and that she really like it. You may remember in an earlier posting that Barbara was the very very kind friend that bought me the new BBD book and sent me it by way of a RAK. Well I wanted Barbara to have the first piece I stitched from the book, so I opted to stitch Rosemary pinkeep, though mine is stuffed with lavender and yes Barb it was from my garden LOL!!.

The whole piece including the backing fabric I tea-dyed after stitching but before I put it together. The perle round the edges was also put in the same tea-dye, this gave the fabrics and threads a much more muted colour, I stitched it on 28ct natural linen and used the recommended DMC colours.

This was a real sweety to stitch and finish and I have lots of others planned from the book to stitch and finish.

Exchanging and thankyous

Chris let me know that my Valentines exchange to her had arrived safely and that she was more than delighted with it, which made me very happy.

The design is 1st Exemplaire by EEF and I have stitched it on 40ct linen using the recommended thread colours, it was a really feminine design and I thought it deserved a very feminine finish and I made a small cushion using silk fabric. the trim and the edging around the design I made using some of the thread colours and I edged the underneath with some of nana's lace cos thats very feminine and pretty.


I also owe a massive thankyou to Barb (from Stitch and Stash Board), Barb has RAK'd me and she has sent me the new Blackbird Designs book "My heart is true" I was absolutley blown away with it and it made what has been a totally crappy day into a wonderful day, I don't know what I have done to deserve such a wonderful gift, but it certainly pepped me up and made me smile (I'm still smiling).


Also a rather belated thankyou to dear Nancy who nominated me for this award, I was so touched by what it stands for and delighted to receive it. It's called the Special Friends Award and "Love" Pendant.

The description for this award reads "These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these kind writers. When you pass the award along please include these guidelines. I am to choose eight friends to share this with.".

Again finding 8 friends is difficult as I have made so many friends through blogging, but my 8 in particular for me have to be
Nancy I know she gave me the award but it doesn't say I can't send it back and I feel we have become 'good' friends over the past year
Barbara - who encouraged me to blog in the first place and is always there
Annemarie who I think I have known the longest as an online and phone friend, and I do love our friendship and her wonderful blog
Vonna Love you sweetie!!
Yuko for being my friend and the kind, generous beautiful person that she is
Romy cos I think she is so talented and modest and kind
Becky for being my friend
Carol for our blossoming friendship
and last to be mentioned (remember this list is not in any particular order or exhaustive) but certainly not least Helen for being my wonderful little sis and my oldest and closest friend.

I'm spoiled

My mum has spoiled me - look at what has arrived for me through the post its lovely, I love it. Mum knows how much I like redwork and love my cat Tash so she has made me this lovely pinkeep with a picture of a cat on and Tasha written down the side. It was a complete surprise as I didn't know that mum had stitched me anything as she has been busy with our neighbourhood RR.
Cor aren't I a lucky girl Thanks mum xxxx

Its wonderful

I want to show you the wonderful tin I received from Becky - isn't it lovely! Its so beautifully stitched and finished, and when Becky told me that she had done this tin for me on her blog I was quite dumbstruck as I didn't know what I had done to deserve one of Beckys wonderful finishes.

Thankyou so much my friend for this wonderful RAK Its sitting in my sewing room and on Monday it will come to work wth me so I can show the girls and I'll be keeping it in my sight so it doesn't disappear.



Inside the tim Becky had put lots of cute buttons and she also made me some of her wonderful marking pins. - Thankyou once again dear friend I love it.

I have been very very lucky this week with the beautiful exchanges and RAK's that have arrived - thankyou so much everyone.