I feel I have only just got used to it being 2024 - and here we are going into the next year!!!
I do hope you all had a wonderful Christmastime ....
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| Grevillea |
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| Grevillea |
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| Billy Buttons |
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| Kangaroo Paw |
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| Banksia |
Some hot days and a week of horrible headache for me has meant I have stayed quietly indoors in the air con.
I am doing a free Blackwork SAL by The Steady Thread with some of the other girls at Embroidery Guild so I started on my outline. Each week we will get a little botanical picture to put inside. There is a number of different borders available. There is a lot more to do (52 leaf circles) I am using one strand of Cottage Garden thread throughout.
Righto, Gotto Go ....... it's going to be another warm one for us so more gentle hand sewing for me.....
Happy New Year ....... I'm looking forward to another year reading and sharing about the projects we are making....
(I'm excited Hot Cross buns are back in the shops!!!!!)
11 comments:
Great job on the Christmas stockings. As I was reading and slowly scrolling the page down, I saw this pink thing with marshmallow stuff on a stick. It took me a few seconds to realize it's a plant!! Oh! WOW! what an interesting one this is. I am tempted to sew along with the Blackwork party. I looked at her website and I too would choose the leaf one. But do I really have time to do this? Too many fun projects out there, you know. Enjoy the Hot Cross Buns! ;^)
Goodness Me Fiona .. hot cross buns ... easter eggs will be next!!!! Your stockings turned out so lovely - its times like these you wish they had short names 😉 - I always do anyway ... I had to do a stocking for a Clementine once, took forever. Its warm here too so I am indoors by the fan & I shall have to water thoroughly tonight. Happy handwork Fiona xx
Love your first stitchery, that is such a sweet piece. The stockings for the kids are wonderful and a nice surprise for them. The gardens in your area are beautiful. We had snow, now rain, winter will be back next week.
So am I, Fiona!!! I don't know why some folk get so het up about it. Sounds as though you had an enjoyable Christmas.....and like you, I stay inside out of the heat.
Beautiful flowers. Your new blackwork project sounds like it's going to be lovely. I only eat hot cross buns on Good Friday - well they are only tea cakes with a cross (sorry to be the Grinch) but I am looking forward to the peanut butter eggs! xx
First time commenting 😊 love the kookaburra stitchery, is there a pattern 8 could look for please. Happy New Year filled with sewing time ✂️
Lovely stockings. I love the steady thread stitch alongs but never get around to joining in. I'll look forward to seeing your progress along with all of your other projects in 2025. Happy new year to you and yours.
It sounds like you had an enjoyable Christmas and the stockings hit the mark. Sitting in front of the cricket and stitching is the perfect occupation on a hot summer’s day. We don’t buy hot cross buns yet, but as soon as mince pies hit the shelves, way before Christmas, they are in our shopping basket every week. Mick loves them.
Happy New Year. The stockings are great fun.
Love seeing the plants in your garden. Beautiful colour.
I hope you are feeling better.
Can't wait for the next match to start.
We have the most beautiful sun with a bright blue sky just below freezing... so there is frost in nature, which looks beautiful... hat, scarf, gloves, jacket, warm pants... it's wonderful outside.
I wish you a happy new year.
May many of your projects turn out fantastically... I'm really looking forward to seeing everything.
Happy blogging year 2025 to all of us.
Hug from Viola to you Fiona.
The stockings look wonderful Fiona. That first flower is stunning, have not seen one of those before. Enjoy your indoor cool sewing, no need to be out in the heat.
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