tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250209264982038282024-03-05T09:53:55.307+00:00Back on the wallAdventures in stitchingMiss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-35959511602601101832014-06-22T14:22:00.001+01:002014-06-22T14:22:56.141+01:00The Mysterious Halloween Town Club<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally work can begin on the Frosted Pumpkin's Mysterious Halloween Town club!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am tremendously excited to start stitching on this! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my progress so far (I started yesterday afternoon)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have a little pumpkin and a cute fat bird!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My fabric looks very pale! I took this photo outside so it's quite washed out. I am using a most beautiful fabric from Sparklies. It's an opalescent called 'Oatmeal' and oh my goodness the sparkles *___*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aaaand the edges are already overlocked so there was no fabric preparation required *___* I could just stitch :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I could've gone for a darker fabric but I'm still most pleased with this one. Today I hope to stitch some more grass and some more pumpkins.</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-90297999821994408792014-06-22T14:05:00.001+01:002014-06-22T14:05:33.839+01:00Once Upon a Time - June<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The June block of the Once Upon a Time Sampler is complete!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This block was fun to stitch - I love the colours of the different mattresses!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's how the whole thing looks so far...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eeep! Half way there!</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-67341098090771796752014-05-08T13:40:00.000+01:002014-05-08T13:40:11.767+01:00Once Upon a Time - May<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just look at that cute cow :3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And we have our first boy character too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've also signed up for the Frosted Pumpkin's Mysterious Halloween Town Club! It's all very exciting *___*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've ordered my fabric so that should arrived in time for when we get the first part of the chart in June</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-48891743463095414932014-05-08T13:30:00.001+01:002014-05-08T13:30:33.500+01:00Granny Square blanket<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a little wonky but it adds to the charm ♥</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the middle of the blanket. I will go round and round the edge with the same colours until it reaches the finished size.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am making this blanket from a kit that I got from <a href="http://www.getknitted.com/" target="_blank">Get Knitted</a>. I think it cost about £15 and you get the pattern and yarn, which is Stylecraft Special DK - a delight to use! I'm not sure if I'd order from this site again as I had a problem with my order that didn't really get resolved...</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-80314587539611394512014-04-27T12:14:00.002+01:002014-04-27T12:14:52.918+01:00Just Nan SAL April<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for April's Just Nan SAL update!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Such a woeful amount of progress this month ^^;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two bunnies is all I managed D: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Really I should have finished this band before I started making granny squares...oh well...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not too bad that I've fallen a bit behind though as I'm quite a bit ahead of my original plan for this sampler ^^</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-21255880697517327692014-04-21T15:09:00.000+01:002014-04-21T15:09:03.373+01:00Imperfect but beautiful<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've crocheted my first proper thing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Behold! My granny square!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm so stupidly pleased with myself *lol*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never thought I'd get the hang of crochet, but today it just seemed to 'click'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've spent the afternoon so far working on this. I've had such fun I'm going to start on another one :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm making a blanket, so I'll post more details once I've made some more progress. </span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-8186479945568164112014-04-21T09:49:00.002+01:002014-04-21T09:52:56.277+01:00Still here!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, I am still here :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apologies for not blogging for so long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a few health problems that mean that doing 'normal, everyday' things can be quite difficult for me at times, and recently has been one of those times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't usual talk about personal stuff on my blog but I didn't want you to think I was bored with my blog ^^;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been stitching! I was going to schedule a few posts for each different thing but instead I'm going to a big long-ass post instead :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">April's block was Golidlocks and the Three Bears!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How cute are the little bears! They were fun to stitch. I stitched this block in record-time! It took two evenings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last month I mentioned how stitching the border a month at a time was turning into a real drag...well I decided to stitch the whole thing after I'd finished the three pigs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's good to see how big it'll be and I can focus on each monthly block now ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was intending to go to a craft show in May. I was refraining from buying stitchy stuff in-case I could find it at the show. On a weekly basis I was checking for more info on exhibitors and waiting for tickets to come on sale. Nothing! Then! At the end of March I went to check the organisers website and the page for the Liverpool show and gone! D:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I emailed the organisers and their reply was 'postponed'. Yep, one word and nothing else ¬___¬</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I was quite upset because I was really, really looking forward to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soooo.....I needed a consolation prize!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the left is a Caravan Tapestry which I was planning to buy anyway (at the craft show...) so I thought I'd get that. And then I saw the sampler on the right *___* I can't help myself when I see designs like this! I love them so much! So I decided to get the sampler as a 'Consolation Prize' :3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After I had finished stitching the Three Bears, my usual MO would be to start on my Just Nan SAL, as I like to make sure that all my 'obligatory' stitching is completed at the start of the month. However, the problem with this is that it messes up how often I can update my blog as the Just Nan post is at the end of the month. So this month, the month that I don't blog at all *lol*, is the month that I decided to shake things up. Just Nan stitching now takes place in the last week of the month. This meant that I could start something new!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And so I bring you, City Cats - Spring...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not very 'spring-like' at all, but it does fit quite nicely with the dull-grey spring we've been having :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't really enjoy stitching this. It coincided with the aforementioned 'health problems' and this is really reflected in my stitches - they are so messy! And I miscounted lots...but I don't think it's that noticeable in the end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today, I am having yet another crochet lesson with my mum *lol*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm feeling quietly confident that it will go ok ^^</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-29286397231552363792014-03-29T13:02:00.000+00:002014-03-29T13:02:41.140+00:00Just Nan SAL March<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~This SAL is hosted by <a href="http://www.ixari.net/" target="_blank">Zeb</a>. You can find all the SAL details on this post <a href="http://www.ixari.net/just-nan-design-list/just-nan-stitch-along-2014/" target="_blank">here</a>.~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This month I have stitched two bands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last band is one of cashmere stitch. It was my first time to work this stitch...and it was ok. Nice to work but it's nothing great to look at...</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-36841731840693797002014-03-09T13:52:00.002+00:002014-03-09T13:52:28.121+00:00OUAT - March<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How cute is the little wolfie! He is my favourite bit of this block, he's just super adorables :3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I first started this sampler, I was going to stitch all of the border. I then decided that is was much to much to do all in one go, so I was stitching a bit of the border with each monthly block....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I get my chart, and I'm all excited to start work on the block...then I am filled with dismay because I remember I have some border to stitch first T___T</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, slight change to my plans. Again. I'm going to work on the border a bit before I go on to my Just Nan sampler. That way, next month I'll be able to crack straight on with stitching the actual block ^^</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-26686130191249054182014-03-02T16:20:00.000+00:002014-03-02T16:20:09.650+00:00Poe Sampler<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well BOOM! It's completed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Stitched on 32-count natural linen from Wichelt using DMC and Madeira threads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that I have a new fancy-pants magnifier-lamp I thought I'd go back to stitching this. My last update was last year and I was stitching the writing at the top which is over-one. I was having to use my neck-magnifier, which I hated, so I sort of lost the will with this a little. In the past two weeks I've managed to finish it. I flew along on the over-one stitching and from then on it was like my needle was on fire. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The original design was yellow-toned, but I changed to blue and I'm really pleased with how it turned out ^^</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-86978082827496517692014-02-28T19:42:00.001+00:002014-02-28T19:42:55.995+00:00Just Nan SAL February<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This SAL is hosted by the lovely Zeb over at <a href="http://www.ixari.net/" target="_blank">Keep Calm and Cross Stitch</a>. You can find details of the SAL <a href="http://www.ixari.net/just-nan-design-list/just-nan-stitch-along-2014/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm really pleased with the amount of progress I have made this month - I've stitched six bands!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here we have satin stitch, Smyrna Cross, Daisy Satin, large 3-colour rose, heart darning stitch and fan vault.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The February SAL check-in can be found <a href="http://www.ixari.net/february-just-nan-sal-check-in/" target="_blank">here</a> where you can see what all the other participants have been working on this month ^^</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-66858953483022333172014-02-10T12:20:00.002+00:002014-02-10T12:20:40.261+00:00Once Upon a Time February & craft show loot<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was really hoping that February's block would have either cats, bunnies or frogs...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a picture of the whole sampler so far, so we can see that it's going to be a nice size ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The craft show on Friday was a great success! Much better than it has ever been before :) We got there safe by thinking we had got horribly lost...if we had gone the way we thought we should have gone... who knows where we would've ended up D:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got some lace, ric-rac and buttons as they are always useful to have around. I got a kit from The Nutmeg Company to make a beautiful box. The lady's work on this stand was just beautiful *__* Then I found another awesome lady who had a stand full of charts from Blackbird Designs, Prairie Schooler, Lizzie Kate etc. I was very good and only bought two, both from Blackbird Designs. 'Midnight Watch' has been on my wishlist on Sew & So for a while so I decided to pick that up, and 'Wild Berries' was shown on the back of the chart for 'Bluebird of Happiness' - I loved it straight away but I had been having trouble finding it from a UK seller so no way was I leaving without it! The knitting chart was actually from Black Sheep (shop not stand) as we went there for lunch on the way home - they had it knitted up in red and I just had to have it ^^;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was very tempted to get a magnifying lamp as I'm still scared about 40 count fabric. The magnifier I have at the moment is one of those one's that hangs around your neck...and I hate it D: I get really wound up when I use it *lol* So I would like a free-standing one. The one's on display at the show were really good..but I like to research these things a little as they can be quite pricey. So today I will be studying up on magnifying lamps! Does anybody use a magnifying lamp? Any tips on what I should look out for, or any recommendations? ^^</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-20925081691584624472014-02-06T14:55:00.003+00:002014-02-06T14:55:42.165+00:00Winter City Cats and birthday stash<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Sunday it was my birthday and I received a few stitchy gifts from my mum...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got some lovely charts :D At the top we can see a cute chart from Barbara Ana Designs. On the left is 'Bluebird of Happiness' by Blackbird Designs (this ticks all my dream design boxes *lol*). And finally on the right, yes, we have the famous Snooty Parrots Sampler from Barbara Ana Designs *squeee* I'm so happy to receive this! It's one of the nicest samplers I've seen in a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was also lucky enough to receive a collection from all my friends in work. I really wasn't expecting this as my team of girlies had got me some Vivienne Westwood earrings, so I was very shocked indeed. I got a joint card from everyone on my last day and when I opened it on my birthday a bunch of money was in there too Y___Y (moved to tears..)....so I decided to get all the recommended fabrics and threads for my two new samplers :) I got some beautiful threads from Gentle Arts. For Bluebird of Happiness I have 30 count Korty's Special Blend from R&R Reproductions and for Snooty Parrots I have 40 count Vintage Exampler linen from Lakeside Linens. I'm not going to lie....I'm slightly intimidated by 40 count...I keep looking at it and having a bit of a flap *lol* I got all my materials from <a href="http://www.patchwork-rabbit.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Patchwork Rabbit</a>, a new shop for me, and I am delighted by the service! Karla has just been super :) I'll definitely be going back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Continuing with birthday treats (it was a big birthday ^^) tomorrow my mum and I are going to the Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts show in Manchester. We used to go every year when it was at Aintree but since it's move to Manchester we haven't been (public transport is expensive!). But this year we got sent some complementary tickets so we decided to be brave and drive there D: We have google maps so I'm sure we'll be fine *lol* It's not really good for stitching goodness (mostly card making) but it should be a nice day out and we are also going to stop off at Hobbycraft on the way home.</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-29545856192821448292014-02-05T13:06:00.004+00:002014-02-05T13:06:50.184+00:00Stitching questions<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been stitching away on Winter City Cats - I'm almost finished! I will probably post an update on that later in the week as I am due to have some new materials delivered soon and I may as well post everything together ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jan's most recent post over at <a href="http://threadgarden.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Thread Garden</a> featured a series of 'Stitching Questions'. I really enjoyed reading her answers so I thought I would give it a go myself ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1) Which fabric do you most prefer? </b><i>Evenweave. I find it easier to work with than aida. Lately I've been stitching more samplers on linen which I'm really enjoying, but I think evenweave will always be my go to fabric.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3) What colour fabric do you most enjoy stitching on?</b><i> My all-time-favourite fabric colour is Zweigart Ivory. If I'm doubt as to what colour fabric to go for, I know this one will do the job :)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>4) What is your favourite fibre?</b><i> I have only ever used cotton. I would one day like to try stitching with silk.</i></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5) How many of the 450 DMC Colours do you own?</b><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Quite a lot - I have three bobbin boxes that are full. I keep meaning to get a few more of the missing ones each month so that eventually I will have all of them.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>7) Of the last five projects, if you didn’t use DMC/Anchor—what did you use?</b><i> n/a. I'm currently stitching the Once Upon a Time sampler from Frosted Pumpkin which uses some Weeks Dye Works, and I have just ordered some Gentle Art Sampler Threads - it will be my first time using them so I'm pretty excited :D</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>8) What needles do you prefer?</b><i> Gold plated 26's from Permin. They last quite a while and they come in a little tube which is nice and handy.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>9) What is the UGLIEST design you’ve encountered?</b><i> I can't think of any particular one that sticks out, but when reading UK cross stitch magazines I do find myself asking '....why?' of quite a few of the designs ^^; </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>10) What is the most BEAUTIFUL design you’ve encountered?</b><i> I find this really difficult to answer... It would have to be something samplery with soft, romantic colours and stitched on an ivory coloured fabric...that would be love at first sight *lol*</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>11) Who is your favourite designer?</b><i> I refuse to pick just one! Teresa Wentzler, Joan Elliot and Gail Bussi. I didn't actually know until recently that Gail Bussi was one of my favourites. I was looking through the Just Cross Stitch DVD and every time I was sighing at the sheer prettiness of a design, it happened to be by Gail Bussi!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>12) Least favourite designer?</b><i> I don't have one, but I wish the Cupcake of the Month series in The World of Cross Stitching would finish already D:</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>13) Will you/would you support a designer whose personal beliefs offended/angered you?</b><i> Not consciously. Often I see a design I like and buy it not knowing who it's by.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>14) Do you have a lamp especially made for needleworkers/crafters?</b><i> I have a daylight lamp that I could not live without! My living room is pretty dark so it's become something of a necessity. I don't know how I stitched without it.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>15) What brand of stitching lamp do you have/prefer?</b><i> The one I have is from daylight, but I want one of those fancy-pants lights that is old-fashioned looking and has attachments! *___*</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>16) What kind of environment best suits you when you are stitching?</b><i> Somewhere warm and light and comfy with enough room to spread all my things around me in organised chaos.</i></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18) Favourite design you have stitched and finished?</b><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The one that always comes to mind is this one :</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>This is Flower Fairy kit from DMC that I stitched for my Nan. I really dislike fairies. Also, there were hundreds of french knots. I couldn't do french knots. There are two good things that came out of stitching this - my nan liked it and I can now do french knots</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>20) Last, but not least, what’s your longest running WIP?</b> <i>Mystic Stitch! I actually started this again recently because I was unhappy with my first go.</i></span><br />
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-3737871904125238442014-01-31T12:20:00.001+00:002014-01-31T12:20:45.674+00:00Just Nan SAL - January<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to my January post for the Just Nan SAL organised by the lovely <a href="http://www.ixari.net/" target="_blank">Zeb</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd also like to say a big hello to all my new followers :D Thanks for joining me on my stitching adventures. The Grow Your Blog party was such fun and I have lots of lovely new blogs to read :3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, on to my update!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, I had to decide on which design I was going to stitch. Last year I managed to collect quite a few charts - here is what I had to pick from...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the end I went for 'Queen of the Needle' as if I remember correctly, this was the first Just Nan chart I collected. It was love at first sight *lol*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have decided to stitch on 28 count Zweigart cashel linen in pastel pink. Originally I was going to use Jobelan Honeysuckle pink which I had got as a Christmas gift, but decided I wanted to stitch on linen instead. I really did consider getting Au Ver A Soie threads, but it would have cost about £80...and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. The guilt would have been unbearable. So I am using the DMC equivalents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to try and make this last for the whole year so that I would have something to update with each month, so I thought that I would aim for one band a month. There are 14 bands! Oh noes! Some bands are really tiny, so I could try and do two or more of them in a month. Ideally I'd like December to be free of any actually stitching on this so that I can take my time adding the beads and charm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I took this out of the frame to take the photo I realised that I had stitched on the fabric the wrong way ^^; So when I've finished I'll have quite a bit of leftover fabric that won't really be big enough for anything useful. I must stop getting myself so excited with new starts *lol*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here is a nice angled shot. I think the colours are so pretty. I really enjoyed working with the perle thread too. I hadn't used it before so I was a bit worried I would make a mess, but I'm really pleased with how it's turned out ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've had a look at a few of the other SAL posts...and there are so many pretty stitches! Quite a few small ones too that I will have to add to my collection!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you would like to know more about the SAL or would like to join in the fun, all the details can be found <a href="http://www.ixari.net/just-nan-design-list/just-nan-stitch-along-2014/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-60824013459008947522014-01-25T13:30:00.000+00:002014-01-25T13:30:00.951+00:00A new start! <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, all those claims I made about not being a serial starter... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Riolis has a range of kits called City Cats - one design for each season. I thought it would be a nice idea to stitch each one and then either put a new one up for each season or to have them all in a row. I've wanted them for a while so when Christmas came around I asked for one! It would be a start to my collection and would be a surprise as to which one I got. Well, I was very spoiled and received all four!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to start with Winter as that is the season we're in! I think it's been a pretty mild winter (I think I've gone and jinxed us all there...) but the past few days have been getting a bit of a chill to them, so I feel it's very fitting to be stitching this design now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started this on...Wednesday I think. As of Friday, this is where I'm up to!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the second Riolis kit I have stitched and I just love the thread provided! It's a non-divisible fluffy thread that makes your stitches all fat and soft to touch :D</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-34497287602605552162014-01-24T23:00:00.000+00:002014-01-24T23:00:00.203+00:00Grow Your Blog!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to my blog 'Back on the wall'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am from the north-west of England and I love, love, love to cross stitch! I do also like to try out new crafts (currently in a battle to conquer crochet...) but my main passion is for cross stitch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started my little blog as a place for me to chart the progress of my cross stitch projects so that is what the majority of my posts are about :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am currently working on about ...seven... projects...oooh that makes me quite panicky to type that..will I ever finish them all?! Last year I became something of a serial starter as I can very easily become over excited about new designs that I simply must start right away! This year I aim to be a bit more sensible and try to reign in my new starts. So far, it's not going too well *lol*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My stitching used to be a very solitary pastime, but since I started blogging and found the wonderful stitchy community I have participated in a few 'social stitches'. Jo over at <a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Serendipitous Stitching</a> hosts some great blog-hops that are a great way to get involved and meet new stitchers.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I also like to take part in </span>SAL's<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (Stitch-A-Long's) and I am participating in two this year - the </span><a href="http://www.ixari.net/just-nan-design-list/just-nan-stitch-along-2014/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Just Nan SAL</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and the Frosted Pumpkin's </span><a href="http://thefrostedpumpkinstitchery.bigcartel.com/product/2014-sampler" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Once Upon A Time Sampler SAL</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year, I came to the Grow Your Blog party a bit late, but I found so many lovely blogs to read! And that is one of my favourite things about blogging - reading other blogs! The stitchy community is full of lovely, friendly people who are such an inspiration and offer such encourgement. They are also pretty bad enablers. Seriously, before blogging, my stitching and my stash were under control. Now? There's simply no hope for me :P</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, if you like my blog and you'd like to follow my stitchy adventures please follow my blog! You can also follow me on Bloglovin' - both of the links can be found on the sidebar. If you do decide to follow, please leave a comment below so that I can find out more about you and your blog :)</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com84tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-25354806083345969512014-01-24T13:13:00.001+00:002014-01-24T13:13:59.434+00:00Once Upon a Time Sampler - January<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This month we have Snow White and the Seven Dwarves!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I very arrogantly proclaimed 'I will stitch all the border first!' ...but it's too much! I have decided that I will stitch the border as I go to break it up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am <i>not</i> using the recommended fabric, which was Dubloon by Picture This Plus. I would have had to order the fabric from America so I don't know if I would've got it in time for when the first chart was sent out and I wanted to be able to start stitching right away! So, after much deliberation I made a decision! I went for a Polstitches fabric :3</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-35206986403768936102014-01-05T18:04:00.000+00:002014-01-05T18:04:56.423+00:00First finish of 2014!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've never stitched anything for my boyfriend. It's not for want of trying...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many times in the past I've tried to find a chart, or make one myself of something he would like. I really tried quite hard to make a chart for a bobblehead from Fall Out 3...but it was disastrous D:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After seeing the cute Gandalf stitch at Serendipitous Stitching I thought I'd have a mooch at <a href="http://www.pixelpowerdesign.com/" target="_blank">PixelPower</a>...and I found a free chart that would do just nicely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to make it into a coaster so that he could use it for his desk at work. I had to change the layout of the quote and stitch it over-one to make it fit. I'm really pleased with how it turned out as I epically failed at the maths a few times ^^; My boyfriend really likes it too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spent some time today preparing the fabrics I'm going to use in my SAL's, so I'm pretty much good to go! I hope to start work on my Just Nan chart tomorrow. I can't wait to share the fabric I have for the Frosted Pumpkin SAL...it's brilliantly beautiful *__*</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-21238458199225475472014-01-01T12:16:00.000+00:002014-01-01T12:16:00.198+00:00Looking ahead to 2014!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What crafty goodness do you have in store for me this year?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've never been one for making New Years Resolutions - Kevin's <a href="http://cabbagenkings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/a-year-in-review-or-pre-view.html" target="_blank">recent post</a> over at Cabbages and Kings, perfectly sums up my feelings so go and read it! He puts the point across much more succinctly than I could ever hope to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">♥ I will be participating in </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">two</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> SAL's this year. Sort of. The official one is the </span><a href="http://www.ixari.net/just-nan-design-list/just-nan-stitch-along-2014/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Just Nan SAL</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> which I am quite excited about :D In 2013 I managed to amass quite a collection of Just Nan charts so hopefully the SAL will help me work through one or two. I'm going to aim to stitch just the one (lots of new stitches to learn!) so if I manage to complete it and maybe even start a second that will be a real achievement. The second SAL is semi-official. It's a self-imposed SAL if you like. Just before Christmas I treated myself to </span><a href="http://thefrostedpumpkinstitchery.bigcartel.com/product/2013-monthly-woodland-sampler-pdf-pattern" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">this</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> with the aim to stitch a block a month. However, Christmas Eve, procrastinating on the internets, I came across </span><a href="http://thefrostedpumpkinstitchery.bigcartel.com/product/2014-sampler" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">this</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">! The Once Upon A Time Sampler..Gaaahhhh. So yes, I'll be stitching this now instead :D Super exciting as each month will be a surprise xD The first chart is out on 10th Jan and I can't wait!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">♥ I am going to do my very best to stop being a serial starter! I have three things on the go already, not including the Mystic Stitch or the two SALs...and I'm getting myself a little stressed out by it all ^^; So, this year, I aim to not start something new unless I have finished something or I get an all-encompassing desire to stitch something. *eep*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">♥ I want to start by saying 'props' to all you stitchers doing the 'Stitch from Stash' this year! I get panicky just thinking of only having $25 to spend a month *flails* I can spend £20 on crafty magazines a month alone...so I think it's really cool if you are embarking on this challenge and I wish you luck! This year, I aim to be more sensible with my crafty spending. I have gotten into a silly habit of seeing/buying a chart that I like and then buying all the materials that I need to stitch it. In one of my baskets I have 'kits' that I had made up in January 2013 that didn't even get looked at until I was having a tidy up :( So I aim to only buy the materials when I know I definitely want to stitch something. This should be made easier by point 2 ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">♥ In 2014 I <b>will </b>bloody crochet something. If I don't do this I will be furious with myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">♥ I would like to be more active on my blog. When I was compiling my 2013 review post, there were some months when I only made one post and that's pretty damn poor. I also want to keep more up to date with comments and such. I often forget to comment or reply and I'm very sorry about that ^^;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">♥ This year I won't be participating in the TUSAL. I was really rubbish at posting my jar and it always felt like a chore to take the photos :( I will still collect ORT's though as it's a fun idea. Now that 2013 is over, what shall I do with the contents of my jar? Originally I had planned to use them to stuff a biscornu as I've not stitched one of these yet...however I decided on something different. I love how in Victorian times, they had curiosity cabinets filled with....curiosities. I would love to have one some day filled with lovely weird crap *___* So I decided to start my collection with a 'Stitching Specimen Jar'....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to thank everyone who reads my blog and for all the lovely comments I receive - they put such a smile on my face so thank you very much! Also, thank you to all the other bloggers and stitchers out there - I love to read your blogs and see what you're stitching. You're all lovely and such an inspiration!</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-9545855903601600122013-12-31T12:16:00.000+00:002013-12-31T12:16:12.345+00:00Mystic Stitch - Page 1 complete<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm so pleased with how this has turned out. And I really enjoyed working on it too. It got a little stressful when there was 900 colours in one square D: But yes, woohoo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wonder how much stitching I have managed to do in 2013?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are all the things I have stitched, or finished stitching this past year ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Blackwork Welcome sampler from Itch to Stitch magazine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jackalope from Storyland Cross Stitch</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-9210224803084989462013-12-27T10:01:00.000+00:002013-12-27T10:01:00.041+00:00Feeling nostalgic<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, the other day I was trying to think of a way to make my stash a little tidier and not as spread out around the house...which resulted in me just looking through all my stash and dreaming of one day having the time to actually stitch it all ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also 'found' my three UFO's. Even though I'm turning in to something of a serial starter I actually only have three UFO's, something I'm quite proud of. One is of Disney's Stitch (just need to do the background) and one is a HAED QS (so much to do!). The one that bothers me the most though is a design from Mystic Stitch...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I first started getting seriously into cross stitch a few years back, it seemed as though <i>everyone</i> was stitching a HAED. I mean everyone. I didn't really follow any blogs back then, but the forum sites that I visited were full of HAED threads. It felt like you weren't a <i>proper </i>stitcher unless you were stitching, or had stitched a HAED. It was like a rite of passage. So I looked at the designs on offer...and none really appealed to me....what was I to do?! I also had the problem of no printer! So I would have to buy a physical chart and have that sent to me. It was as if the fates were conspiring against me. I would never be a <i>true</i> stitcher.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I finally came across a site that not only offered printed charts but would also 'kit-up' the chart for you. However, I could find still find no HAED designs that really appealed to me...and the thought of how much of a commitment stitching one of these was was a tad daunting... I did find a design that I liked though...it was by Mystic Stitch but it was still suitably epic.</span><br />
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-11927973847436428852013-12-24T16:08:00.001+00:002013-12-24T16:08:50.801+00:00Ring O'Roses - the saga continues!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On my previous post on this project, I mentioned about the trouble I was having with the background blue colour. Well, I ordered some more from Sew & So....and they were the same as the ones from Hobbycraft...that is to say different from the ones I originally got from Sew & So... D:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I carried on...and you can see how very, very wrong it is :(</span></div>
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Miss Lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356418641513417785noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25020926498203828.post-78055548441894617122013-12-04T12:14:00.000+00:002013-12-04T12:14:01.231+00:00Made by mother<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Over the years she has made me many awesome cardigans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Very recently she has gotten seriously into crochet and is forever making me little things - circles, mandalas, bookmarks, hearts, elf ears (she insists they are leaves, but clearly they are elf ears).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The other day she gave me something wonderful. It was supposed to be a Christmas gift, but my mother, she lacks the patience, so she 'had' to give it to me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Isn't he fabulous! I think he will be called Francois.</span></div>
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