The Treehouse

Sunday Sewing

The rest of the family have been out splashing about in boats today so I've had plenty of lovely sewing time. Yesterday while they were splashing about in Coniston I made a couple of GFG flowers and did a little bit of stitching on the sunflower wall hanging. I made another GFG flower this afternoon when it was too hot to be in my sewing room and did a little more stitching of the poem on the sunflower.

I've not stitched any of these for quite a while and it was lovely to get back into the swing of things with them. I'm going to try again with the one-a-day and see if I can get them finished off...then it'll be onto the next ring and then the diamonds. No pic of the sunflower just yet, I'll wait until I've finished stitching the poem.

I made another 3 Summer Bow Ties this morning and stitched them together with the one that I made on Friday - I really like the look. I saw this layout on Jodi's Pleasant Home blog and it convinced me that I needed to make some bow ties!

I did quite a bit of cutting out for the bow ties as well so that I can sneak in the making of one now and again during the week :)

Finally, I made this month's Henrietta Whiskers block and it's another very sweet one - I'm getting spoilt for choice for a favourite block now!

The applique is only stuck down at the moment so I've the treat of stitching that to come as well as the little bit of embroidery that's on the block.

On Friday I picked up my two cross stitches that I'd taken for framing and I'm very pleased with both of them.

 

The teacups are my favourite stitch so far this year, it's a shame I can't get a better picture of them.

I'm itching to get the next block for the Designer BOM sewn, it looks lovely - hopefully I'll fit it in over the course of the week. I had thought I might get it made today but a Henrietta Whiskers block takes quite a well to prepare. I'm away to enjoy some of the evening sunshine with a glass of wine now and then perhaps some stitching on the Library later on.

Time for Tea

is finished! The colours are lovely and the little beads are the perfect addition.

 

I did draw out the shapes for this month's Henrietta Whisker's block last night but the light wasn't good enough for fabric choosing so I settled down with my next cross stitch project which is 'Once Upon a Time...an Owl' charted by Jardin Prive from the the art of Spanish artist Raquel Blasco Not my usual sort of colours at all but I just fell in love with the picture, here's a little peak of what it will look like when finished...

I have a few other charts from Jardin Prive and may do the Eiffel Quaker after this owl is complete although I really need to catch up on the Civil War Sampler blocks. I've got quite behind lately as I seem to have been enjoying cross stitching so much that I've got completely caught up in it!

 

Friday Night Sew In this month is on 20th May - I'm hoping to join in a little bit but we'll be spending some time packing up Catherine's rucksack ready for her DofE expedition...hopefully now that we've done the practice weekend we'll be quicker at packing for the real deal! You can join in too by signing up here

Overdue Update!

I was all set to post some pictures on Friday morning only to find that the battery was flat in the camera! I've not had quite as much stitching time as usual lately but am still fitting a little in now and again when my arm permits. 

First picture is the finally framed My Little Heart - I gave up trying to find a frame for it and took it to the framing shop last week, I think it turned out rather well.

I finished off the April block for Henrietta Whiskers last week, I really enjoy making these blocks each month.

and finally, an update on the teacups. I've almost finished these - just a few French knots, some beads and a little more backstitching of words and it will be complete. I love how well the colours blend together on this - the pattern is in Cross Stitch Collection magazine.

I think it would benefit from spending a little time with the iron! 

Cup of tea anyone?

I have plenty of sewing projects to be getting on with but I don't really like to use my sewing machine when the children are on holiday - I try and sneak in a few hours here and there on something more portable. Anyway, with Bunny Hop completed I contemplated getting some work done on the Vignette quilt but then I spotted these cups of tea in the Cross Stitch Collection magazine...

I've not bought a British cross stitch magazine in years but had spotted a lovely rose fairy on the cover of this one and wanted to investigate further! Inside I found this - isn't it a beautiful project? I just couldn't resist - my kitchen is in these colours and I love a cup of tea so I considered it the perfect project! This is how much I've stitched so far...

It's a really enjoyable stitch with enough stitch variety to keep it interesting without being overwhelming. I think you can't really tell from the pics themselves but there are about 5 or so different blues in it - I'm not big on that sort of confusion but I'm going with it because I love how they blend together.

I collected Bunny Hop from the framing shop on Saturday...

I'm really pleased with it :D