AUGUST.

OH yes it's now AUGUST . 

How did this happen , maybe because of our beautiful Summer this year , So many hot days outside have been the normal , so not so much stitching.

Patio is now finished my hubby and strong GS made a lovely job .

My hubby now has some ideas to make it a lovely place to sit , we are high up so the views are beautiful . Now we need to change the fence .

So hopping next summer we can sit up there. 

I am looking forward to more stitching this autumn , I have sorted my Christmas stitching  out and  what charts I would like to stitch and rotate my larger stitching . There is always temptation out there for new charts but I am trying to hold back  . 

Just been told we have a storm on the way for today , that's not good with 70mph winds , that will finish the garden . 

I have now been told it will hit the upper parts of England and it will be 90 mph . I do hope everyone will be ok.

I have been trying to finish that puzzle I started months ago , looked so easy , but no its the hardest one I have ever done. It's still on the table I hope it won't be there for Christmas ! 

So what have  I stitched this week , well I fell in love with this sweet design free with my CS magazine it just took my fancy.

 

 

I started puzzle weeks ago, and look really slow progress 

           But I never give up even if it joins us for Christmas  dinner .

So I will leave you for now with a few more photos of the ever blooming garden . This is where most of my time goes in Summer.

Have fun all see you soon.

 

 

Enjoying the Summer.

Hello friends , another week passes by . 

This year is the fastest I have ever know , I keep playing catch up.

Maybe I am outside to often ! but I seem to be so slow with my stitching.

The brightness of the sunshine has been to strong for my eyes to stitch outside.

I am still cleaning out my craft rooms , so the knitting and sewing group are very happy.

I wanted to do allot of finishing this summer but no I can't stay inside when the sun is shining .

I have sorted some of my large stitching out and restarted on  of them .

 Also my hubby is home more this year and we go out more and sit talking over coffee at home , planning what needs doing on the house this year, always something.

I must say I have enjoyed this Summer so far,

It gets you away from all the bad news on TV .

We did watch the ladies football the other night Wow they are as good as the men's football. 

We have one more group to play Spain  on Sunday .

They also look good , so we will be watching .

That's about all from here this week .

So back to the stitching . 

Brought out this WIP, it is a pretty one .

So it should grow by next week I hope .

                         SUMMER NESTING BOX.

By Vervaco.

Have a great week all .

               

JULY.

 July !

 Is it really med July or is someone playing games ? 

I have a feeling the world is spinning faster. so the days are passing

 by far to fast . 

Or I am getting slower !  I try and plan my day out but it never 

works .

The phone is always ringing and we do get allot of visitors .

But it is good to talk and see friends and family .

So that's why I am playing catch up each week , but I would never change it,

So this week I have been working on a few cards and lots more . 

I have been watching the tennis to, and the football .

Chelsea won the word cup , they are our team , so really happy.

Tennis was so good to.

I have had a good sort out in my craft room and have given bags of things to my local knitting group to help them make money for our Life saving boats , we live near the sea  and they work so hard saving lives . The girls at the group Knit Natter , knit and stich so much

I also like to add things for them to .

So what have I been stitching , lots of cards and sorting out the stitching for next month . I want to start adding some Christmas stitching . The way the months are flying it will soon be here.

This month I have been stamping and painting .

                     Stamping and painting cards .

I will be back with my stitching soon  , and may now and again .

More card stamping and painting its such fun.

Now a few photos of the garden , it's been so hot to even stitch much.

Be back with more stitching next time ,

Sorry

 Hello friends ,

First of all sorry I could not get back to you all , after  my last post on my blog , It would not let me write back , now it is sorted. 

So thank you all who left me a comment .

I have started to clear up my outside craft room that hubby was filling up with his things ! and Christmas things . So I am having a good sort out at last . I think it will take most of the Summer Ha . If it is raining I will be sorting the inside one . 

Why do they get so messy ?.

 I try really hard to keep them tidy , but if I start a new stitch I start looking for everything and this  is when the mess starts again . Its like a mad rush to get started . 

I need to get my growing pile of finishing done to. But when the sun is out I am outside ! but  then I have made allot of  stitched cards for Christmas, so I am trying .

First up is the beautiful hand made cards sent to me . Thank you to all my friends I love them all.

               Martina                 and                 Pauline 

                                                                  Erna .

Thank you friends For all the lovely cards.

  Look our tomatoes are coming  ripe fast now and we eat about three of them every day so yummy.

                                                     WIP.

Why am I stitching a phone on top of these little birds !

Well here is why.   This is the chart, I think this is the a real challenge so many colours and allot of back stitch to do .

                                So now you know ha,

               Named after Princess Dianna .

                   Just beautiful.

                     Building work going on above , decking gone .

              And now Hubby can play with this space , lets see what it looks like later in the year.

Sweet peas are out and smell wonderful .

Have a wonderful week .

JUNE

 Oh here we are already well into the month of June !  and very HOT The year is really passing  by so fast . hopping it slows down a little , I say this most years but this year I seem to be playing catch up yet again. 

So far a very busy month . It was also my birthday, lots of beautiful cards from friends , thank you all so kind of you  . 

This will be part 1 of  2 so I can show you all the lovely cards .

There are Cross stitch ones and lovely hand made ones .

First up I finished the book mark , and started some more new stitching , my WIP will have to wait until I can get back to it.

Found this chart in a very old book , and stitched it on perforated paper , which I love stitching on , It's made a lovely book mark for a friend . I backed it with felt .

I have loads of old cross stitch books , which  need to go so I have , been going through them and found some  charts I will keep .

Then the rest have to go , down at one of our  clubs , they just take up to much room .

Next up a Jigsaw called Sunset cottage , just had to have this one .

So some thing goes now before I buy any thing else , that won't last long Ha .

It's a photo of a thatched cottage , we still have a few of these where we live , so pretty .

Now some beautiful hand stitched cards from my sweet friends .

   Stitched by   Andrea              and         Manuela.

 

 By   Gabi                       and                               Carol

                                                          and Jutta .

There will be more soon.

Thank you to all who send me cards your friendship means the world to me .

I love to see all your stitching , photos , and your friendship over the last few years ,

I WILL BE BACK very soon to show you more 

Cut roses from the garden.

Always something new in the garden,

 

 

Hello all. 

What beautiful weather we have been having .

We are enjoying the sunshine , a few jobs need to be done we will get rid of the summer house and give it to our Grandson. All the decking needs to come up parts are now breaking away with the rain we had last year , so we need to slab it all to make it better. I am also busy trying to get my outside craft room sorted out , I noticed my husband is slowly taking things in there like the Christmas lights and the tree. I don't mind if it's tidy but it is just pushed in there . I need to get it sorted and moved into the end , of the room. And now the pillows from the garden furniture  also in there .I don't mind , if I can get chance to sort it out first , so now  I can't move in there. I will have to sort a box at a time , I give most of my older bits to our knitting group who raise money . on their sales table. 

We had a little rain but the sun is back out , it's so warm .

Back to stitching I am working on Birthday cards and will start on Christmas cards in June  , My WIP has many colour changes and is slowly growing , but my book mark is growing so I can post it off soon. 

I find today we are so busy with life , not so much me time .

I also seem to think nothing is easy today , there is always a problem. 

So over to a few photos ,  and have a lovely week.

 My WIP , and my gift are growing slowly .

 

                                   Loads of colour changing in this one ,

                        The pansies are so real looking .

I have been working on a few cards to , but can't show you yet .

And I will leave you with some of my beautiful garden flowers.       

My roses are the best ever this year , they smell wonderful.

 

                           Tomatoes are almost ready .

Enjoy your week .

 

MAY

May.

Don't you just love this month , not to warm and the start of new life everywhere in the garden , new leaves on trees new baby birds , butterfly's flying around . The black bird singing his beautiful songs , birds washing  in our water features . Also getting warmer . The sun is warm and you can sit outside again. I have also had  roses out and now I can see them all opening up .

I am late with my post again , life is so busy here. But at last starting to slow down , my husband and I have had some days off and days out for lunches . One night we went out with friends to a lovely fish supper and walked along the sea harbour , looking at the beautiful boats down there , I should have taken my camera but forgot . 

Not to much time for stitching , but now I am ready to pick up my needle again, I find it gives me inner peace , and I do miss it when I am busy .

I am trying to get all my stock used up and found a big box of stitching paper , so I am making a few gifts for friends , I love working on perforated paper . a few more stitches in my large stitch I can see this will take many months to stitch so many changes of colour thread . 

 My hubby has been so busy , and I took over the back garden and he said what a wonderful job I have done !  so he treated me to some nice meals out.

The weather has been wonderful. lovely sunny days.

Ok not much stitched with this beautiful weather , You have to make the most of it.

I stitched a card for our friend Jutta.

I found this chart in a old stitching mag.

 

      Start of a book mark for a friend I love stitching on paper .

I found this in a very old book . 

 A few more stitches in my large  stitching.

                                     Also my blanket is growing .            

           A few photos of the garden all the roses are out now .

                           So early this year.

 

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                             Have a great week all.