Recent finishes

Hello well I thought I would share with you a couple of my recent finishes.

I completed this last night it is a DMC kit called....wait for it....The Dalmation ! I am going to take it to the framers this week (a lovely man called Richard whose shop is called La Pittura based in Norwich). It will then go on my son's bedroom wall next to The Fox Terrier I completed for him from the same DMC range.

I finished stitching these coasters a few days ago but completed them this morning, i.e cutting the paper to hide the back of the stitching and putting the coasters together. I am going to take these with me to a craft fair I am having a stall at on the 10th November. Of course the top picture is of the front of the coasters and the second picture is of the back of the coasters.

I am now off to enjoy some stitching time of my own and wait for the food shopping to be delivered. Hope you all enjoy/enjoyed your Sunday  x x

My Cross Stitch Threads...

Well before I share all my cross stitch threads with you I thought I should say sorry for my blog silence. It has taken me a while to get used to working more hours and fitting every-thing in has been quite hard. But hopefully I am back to a routine and will be blogging on a regular basis. So I thought I would show you my boxes etc of cross stitch threads. I like DMC threads best of all as I find them the easiest to use and the colour range is fantastic. But I do have a couple of boxes of odd threads that I have either been given or purchased from charity shops.

These are the DMC threads I need for working on a Heaven and Earth Designs chart called Glimpse of a unicorn.

And these are the ones that I need for working on a different Heaven and Earth Designs chart called Old World Map

 This is my portable sewing box which I brought from the PACT charity shop that I volunteer in for a couple of hours a week. As you can see from the top photo it is pretty and in the second photo you can see the tray that is in it. It is perfect for keeping my button making things in it as well as my tin for scraps of floss, snippers, scissors and a packet of chewing gum. In the bottom of the box are loads of odd threads, great to use when I am working on small projects like christmas decorations. I take this sewing box with me when I go to Stitch and Bitch which is held at Biddy's tea room in Norwich every other Tuesday.

This tin I also brought from the PACT charity shop, it came in stuffed full of these threads. So of course I couldn't resist purchasing it. I have not used any of the threads yet as I am wading through the other ones in my sewing box !

This is the rest of my collection of DMC threads..all in number order. I love the way they look in the storage boxes..so colourful ! I get most of my DMC threads and storage boxes from a lady called Donna who has a fantastic website which is http://www.cross-stitch-heaven.co.uk/ .

Lastly I just had to share my lovely needle case. I brought this from a lady at one of the Clutter City craft fairs.

Hope you enjoyed my little collection...now to decide what to show you all next time ?