December 10,11,12 & 13

Another catch up post

I was busy all day on the 10th so didn’t open a gift that day so I had 2 on the 11th 

Some lovely Madeira threads and fabulous little snowman that will be part of my Christmas stitching

Day 12

A great chart from a designer I’ve never heard of

And todays gift

These will be planted as soon as the time is right

December 7, 8 & 9

 I’m a little behind in posting so it’s a bit of a catch up day today 

Dec 7 drawing

I have to admit I was a little blown away with this one.   I have a velvetiser and was running a bit low on mint for it, I didn’t even realise I’d mentioned having one!

Dec 8 drawing

I let fella pick my gift and he felt left out so asked if he could open it as well!   I let him but had to hide these pdq or he would of scoffed the lot

Dec 9 drawing

A fantastic book.   I’ve actually been thinking about having a go at some embroidery next year so this was perfectly timed and means I don’t have an excuse not to try it

December 6

 Today’s gift was opened late in the day with it being Monday and my baby wrangling day.

I thought I’d ask Fella to pick one for me as he was here so he had a root round and pulled out this one

Being the big kid he is he asked if he could open it as well so I let, he was impressed with the gift as was I 

And a few more Love Quilts squares which I think will bring me up to date on them

This one was bought from Etsy 

These cars are in the  LQ files and are an ideal stash buster but the little boy they were done for loved teal 

This one is from the Disney magazine, for someone not really into Disney it was an enjoyable stitch

December 4 & 5

 I went baby wrangling yesterday so forgot to post these

Love this drawing

And the gift, I’m going to make this my Christmas Day stitch

Before I left the house I did manage to get the last stitches in on this for a finish.

It’s the subscription box 3 design from Caterpillar Cross Stitch the only thing I changed was the fabric

Today’s drawing 

And the gift, I was running low on these and have been meaning to pick some up because as you know if I  bead a Christmas ornament it has to have a jingle bell (or 3 ) on it

December 3

 First thing today is my latest finish hot off the frame, Mrs Plaid in black and white from BDL Xxxstitch

Next we have today advent gift

I’d only been thinking last night that I needed to get a diary for next year!

December 2nd

Today’s gift was decorated with a bow

And the gift was some thread organisers, something I can never have enough of

Yesterday I put all Christmas beadwork on display

It’s the first time I’ve had a dedicated display shelf so I hadn’t realised that I’d made so much over the years.   I also think there’s a few more pieces packed away with the rest of the decs!

It’s December…..

 Which means it’s time to start opening the advent exchange gifts 😁

This year mine have arrived in a beautiful box that will get reused for something 

You can’t really tell from this pic but every one has a hand drawn something on it (my partner is also an artist)

So first out the box was this one, sorry it’s a bit blurred

And the gift, yes I’ve tried one 🙂

My only designer bag, lol

 I came across the pattern for this on a French blog in 2019 and decided to start it as a travel project then 2020 happened and it wasn’t touched.

Early this year I went through a spell of wanting to finish some ufos so out it came

It’s the closest I’ll ever get to owning a designer bag 🤣

Ribbon Box

A bit of beading this time  🙂

This is the ribbon box from Crystal Star Gems

I used the called for colours apart from the dark purple that one I switched to one of my favourite ones

 

More Love Quilts

I completely forgot to take a pic of this one on it’s own!

It’s from the Disney Cross stitch that’s been available this year, I bought a few issues while they were in the shops if I thought it had a design in suitable for LQ 

I have no idea what I was thinking with this unicorn (my only any child square this year) as I’m really not a fan of pink and took me months to complete it in between other squares

The chart was bought from Etsy

Another one from the LQ files from our use only