Andover stash

Stash gathered from the Charity table at the Andover meetup! Between my mum and I, I think we put in about £40 lol, although we did pick up quite a few pieces!!! The picture below is only my lot and not including what my mum has.

Stitch & Craft stash

Finally got a picture of my stash from the Stitch & Craft show. Blimey there is a lot. I didn't buy many cross stitch items, only a chart, a thread I needed and some fabric which is gorgeous and couldn't resist. I'm so bad when it comes to temptation.



Anyway items include:
1 x green 12 x 12 scrapbook album
3 x KanBan sheets
2 x animal tape measures
1 x 351 DMC thread
2 x shrinkies packs
2 x hardboard rectangle packs
Gecko chart and Fairytale fabric from Sparklies
3 x packs of buttons, red, green & purple
1 x pack of permanent pens (only £1 - a bargain)
some beads, pendant bails and necklace wires (top right)
selection of gun metal, gold and silver findings from totallybeads
4 x acrylic rolling rods (for fimo/polymer clay)
1 x ink pad
1 x crystal lacquer bottle
1 x clover pendant

There are some items here I didn't actually buy and many of the ones I did were on offer, such as the buttons and the scrapbook album, the KanBan sheets, and the acrylic rods. My dad bought me the clover pendant and the crystal lacquer, which were actually the most expensive individual items from the day.

In terms of my stash wagon for cross stitching, I think I did quite well, in terms of beads etc, I have already started to use them so at least they aren't just sitting in a box waiting and hoping. The scrapbook album will be filled shortly as I currently have some pages on my laptop ready for it and I can't wait to make some cards with the KanBan sheets.

Overrall a very good haul so look out for some posts in the near future of my projects.

Also here are the freebie charts we picked up at the Stitching Live stand where Joey got his buttons and created havoc.



Emily Peacock was there giving a demonstration on canvas work too which was interesting, however when Joey saw her cushions he immediately wanted to sit on them.

Stitch & Craft 2011

Stitch & Craft Show ran from 17th - 20th March at Olympia.

Joey with his buttons - I stitched the doggy and most of the whale although he did get the top 2 lines done so he did well in the timne we were there.


He made a friend by one of the craft rooms:


Finally some tunes before we headed home:


Thanks for looking.

Goodies

During my 15 days of crazy stitching I ordered more threads for the Pashmina heart as it calls for the variations threads and I only had one of each so ended up getting a whole set of the threads for it incase I ran out as well as some others I needed too, and as it didn't feel right just ordering threads, I had to order fabric too lol.

Melton Mowbray & Stash

Have finally managed to get a decent picture of everything I got at the ACN meetup in Melton Mowbray earlier this month. So here's what I picked up:

The Terry's orange was from the raffle swap, although not sure who it was from, I put in some Spa bits with a sponge thing which Rachael picked up. The rest I bought from Lorna, charts titled 'Wear a smile one size fits all' & 'Teaching is a work of heart', as well as two jars of buttons, one black/white and the other red/pink.

Also here is a pic of some of the kids playing mariokart on their DS' together lol:


Thanks for a lovely day ladies.

Derby, goody bags and PIFs...

Well here are some pics of my trip up to Derby with Joe and Joey to meet up with the ladies of A Crafty Natter. It was so much fun that I just couldn't stop laughing through dinner lol. We had the goody bag draw and stash to buy, there were pieces on display and not forgetting the Stitchfactor09 winner and the UFO slasher.

This one was taken in the car on our way up, if you've met me, you will know, these are actually my glasses:


The contents of my goody bag which Wendy chose:


Here is the goody bag I chose which Rachael made:


Here is the biscobourse I made for Rachael in the Biscobourse exchange:



Here's the biscobourse I received from Tammy:



And here is Joey with a cake that Moll and Hege made:


Also here is the PIF I made for Tammy along with some goodies:


And a gorgeous little PIF I received from Rachael:



I also picked up some some stash:

Victoria Sampler International Hearts - China, Japan, and Greece.
JWB Designs - A Very Merry Christmas
HoneySuckle - Tudor Hearts Scissorkeep
Heirloom Embroideries - Darling Buds
And a piece of hand-dyed orange evenweave.

Thanks for a wonderful day ladies!

Goodies...

I ordered some bits from SewandSo late last week and I picked it up from the Post Depo yesterday. I can't wait to stitch some fobs for the rings. They are perfect for my new projects lol.



From left to right:

• Stitcher's sampler kit


• Friendly stitchers chart pack


• 28ct Cashel Linen - Cameo Rose


• 3x DMC printed aida - butterflies, gingham and hearts


• 4x free circular coasters


• Some floss rings in assorted sizes, including bobbins.


• Floss-a-way bags

Thanks for looking

My Olympia trip...

On Thursday I went to the Stitch & Craft Show at Olympia and had quite a nice day out. I made my way around the ground floor before heading down to the lower ground where I booked myself into a knitted flower brooches class and managed to make a couple of flowers lol. I even learned to purl properly after being able to knit for years. I also went up to the top floor for a look around too and got a free goody bag from the RUcraft stand.

Here are my flowers:


And here is my stash from the show:


The items are as follows from top left to right and then bottom left to right:

• 18 count pearlescent aida ~ white
• 28 count pebble print evenweave ~ grey
• 32 count pearlescent evenweave ~ white
• Red stitch un-pick
• 2 strong magnets
• A charm kit ~ pink
• A mini mannequin stand ~ pin cushion
• Sewing/knitting bag with cow print and pink detailing
• 4mm knitting needles
• 2 pairs of embroidery scissors ~ 1 stork shaped & green, 1 simple & white speckled
• Some beads ~ pink and clear swarovski and a white china heart
• Some head pins and some silver balls
• 10mm knitting needles

Oh and here's some seed beads I bought for a project of mine that I can't show you yet lol:


Here's a couple of things that caught my interest at the show, I just had to take some pictures lol. This is the "Gone to Pieces" Button-up quilt:

This is part of the growing coral reef project:

And this is a little boy mannequin I found dressed in a cute little jumper and hat:


Thanks for looking.

Derby Stash...

Finally managed to get a picture of the stash I got at the Derby meet up last weekend. Beads, fabric, buttons, charms, and a chart book. I also got a huge spool of white thread and my mum also got a tiger kit from Tammy which I think she will be doing for my dad lol.



Thanks for looking.

A Crafty Natter - meet-up

This weekend was the A Crafty Natter meet-up in Derby, Mickleover. I arrived at Derby train station and was met by a couple of the ladies who had kindly offered to pick me up. Rachael (Raleau) and Helen (stitchingranny).

I had a lovely time at the meet-up and surprisingly managed to get quite a bit of stitching done on my teddy wizard.


Even my mum managed to get some stitching done today. She finished the outline of a Chinese urn and a Russian doll too. They seemed to catch the eye of Colly within a few minutes lol. So will send her copies once I am able to get them from my mum.

Nikki was very fond of my jewellery and ended up buying the purple heart necklace, a set of butterfly earrings and a red and green oriental bracelet and earrings set.

I exchanged all of my fat quarters for the quilt exchange and they all seem to work well together. I chose a butterfly printed piece of fabric, which is the same one used for Essie’s quilt. The others I received were mainly flowers so they compliment well.

Essie’s quilt came out lovely! My first quilted quilt and everyone thought it was fantastic. I may have finished it at 2.30am Saturday morning but a deadline is a deadline and I wasn’t going to let it pass!

Here is the quilt:


And here are Essie, Frido and I with it:


There were competition winners announced and another quilt on show this time for the Rainbow Hospice, which is a children’s charity.


We even had a picture taken of everyone in the group that attended.


It was then time for the goody bags draw lol. All those who made up goody bags were able to pick a number out of a tub to get one in return. Coincidently I received the goody bag that Essie had made up and it was filled with traditional Dutch sweeties which I cannot wait to try! The toast toppings look rather yummy! There were also some candles and some rayon threads included too.


After the excitement of the meet-up we all went down the road to the Nag’s Head for dinner, which was soooooo yummy. I had a simple burger but it was the best burger ever! (And I’m a fussy eater!) For dessert I had the New York cheesecake and it was just divine! Unfortunately I have no picture as I scoffed it immediately after it was put in front of me lol.

Anyway thankyou to those who arranged it, Colly and Sarah! I can’t wait for another! I had a great time and it seems everyone else did too.

Goodies through my door...

Ordered a few bits from Sewandso yesterday and it all came today!

Here is what was in it:

* A Victoria Sampler International Hearts kit which I plan to stitch as a christmas present for my BF's parents.
* A 6pack of size 24 needles.
* A 6pack of size 26 needles.
* A 3pack of gold size 24 needles.
* And some bits for my birthday exchange partner on A Crafty Natter.

I also received 2 surprise free charts.

* 1 is a winnie the pooh flower scene.
* 1 DMC Mouline Special which has 4 different charts in!

So yay me! Now I won't be hunting around for a needle and I have a birthday and christmas present sorted.

Now just to start them lol.