Stitching Diva

thankyou lovely people..

i will email you all eventually, but i am moving at snail pace today for some reason… actually i know why.. rampant sinus AGAIN, weather chanege does amazing things to me… none of them good, and i am out of tablets!!!!!
so many beautiful gifts, i know i will miss some out and i apologise if i do, it isn’t that i don’t like it , just that i am doing it from memory rather than go and get the big bag full of goodies..

I know i will just say what i got not who gave it
i have a lovely scissor fob with pretty pink scissors and a fob made from the selina fenech keeper of secrets pendant..( vicky made it ..thought i should mention the maker!)
funnily i also received from someone else the keeper of Secrets print, as well as a gossamer princess print from Selina, and a lovely Life Companions print from SPML
There are is the Black Lace Chart and  Puzzle Sampler chart from Dessins , Chatelanes Knot Garden one, the one with the crows sitting on the gates which i love, a chart called Dragonfly dreams ,
Ink circles Sea stars and Garden stars… i think that is all the charts… i would get up and check the pile but beetle has settled on me so i will not offend her… edited to add also the dracolair griffin bookmark so now i have to stitch that one for noah as well i guess…!!
THere are some chocolates of course, lol, some yummy snowcake soap, which i am a major fan of, i wish lush didn’t only sell it at xmas, some beautiful Gloriana silks and thread , Ultra violet silk and seaweed silk from Gloriana are divine if you do not own them…
A gift voucher to 123stitch for way too much, $25 .00, and Eterna silk voucher for way too much, and Heaven and earth designs gift voucher. Also a lovely cd of funny stories and i know i have forgotten something….. but again can’t check the pile as beetle is in purring kitty bliss atm. I remember it just came in a flash a beautiful pice of 32 ct jazlyn in elegance from Silkweaver… i think that i like 32 ct jazelyn, just not the 28 ct… wonder which samper i could stitch on that…

so thankyou all my dear friends i really love all my pressies and as usual i am a bit over whelmed…

My Mum actually gave me my most awesome gift.. i will try and describe it but i know i won’t do it justice. it is a poster by a Tasmanian photographer Ricky Eaves. It is of a baby orphaned tassie devil fast asleep in a persons hand with a little sky blue blankie around its head it is almost like the Geddes print of the babay asleep in a mans hand… it is stunning… and i am already hassling paul about it being framed and then i will take a pic for you all.

i hope santa was knid to you all and you all had beautiful days with lots of fun…
and now i have to load up for my bithday now and go through it all again!

hugs everyone i really am lucky to know so many lovely people

ok just quickly i am about to up stumps and head to launceston via afew fruit farms…

here is my French mini sampler from the french magazine i can never remember the name of it is done on Country stitch Shorrtbread 32ct linen, has to be my fav colour for samplers… with vikki clayton heartwood silk 1×1

found the mag… eye roll … De fil en aiguille sampler special
incidentally i can not rave enough about the service at volarium, i have ordered a few mags from her and she is wonderful, fast and her postage rate is brilliant

so merry christmas everyone.. i owe sue, nic, vicky and paula  emails… sorry i will try tonight on the laptop
hugs

Paul has been sitting in the corner pouting…
he saw my pile of to be opened pressies from all my lovely angels and he thinks it is unfair…
i have not listed any thing yet because with the exception of two gifts, which i didn’t know were  gifts when i opened them .. i am saving them all to open either on xmas or birthday morning…
As you all know i won’t be posting my thanks on the BB for reasons i won’t repeat again, so i will be doing all my hugs here..
So far hugs go to Lana and Cole who tricked me big time…
Nikki, Sharon, nancy,Vicky, Nic, paula, jan,  Diane, ( gift voucher so i know what that is), Becky also a gift voucher so i know what that was, Sonya, terri  and Lindy.. i hope i didn’t miss anyone then
I will not say what anything is until i do one great big mass group hug to you all
i feel sort of silly and very embarassed don’t really know what to say or how to handle it best so rather than 20 thankyou posts as things came in thats what i went with
iwent and looked at charts for ages and so far all i achieved was a good idea for a SK from a JBG chart so i am still not faring well there.
oh well

edited to add…

i will be able to post a pic of the mini french REDWORK sampler tonight my time.. i only have the littlest alphabet and a cottom reel to stitch.. then i have to work out how to finish it….
it does not need to be gifted until dec 30 or 31 so i have time to ponder

here are the pictures of my ornies and porcupine..

both ornies are stitched on 28 ct silkweaver something sparklie.. think it is moondust The sheep is from the 2001 ornie mag and is from Elizabeth designs stitched in VC silks and changed so the sheep was standing on grass not snow.. after all it is summer in tassie not winter oh and i made it into a bag instead of a pillow thing.

the cone is from Scandinavia Stitches and is called Nordic hearts… again in VC silks with a bit of sparkle in the red hearts.. white PTB ..

i finished with some raffia instead of a fabric handle and had a reall disaster with the point, which took all my stitching skills ( thank goodness i have them) to rescue it.. points on 28 ct sparkle fabric are not good.. if i did this one again i would use a a finer linen no sparkle..
both are 1×1

the porcupine well he is just feral…. crocheted and crazy.

and it has been a big morning for parcels……..

Sad but true… i have ONE haigh caramel left…. one…. sigh..

So anyway as i fret about that.. i have one ornament finished, 1 ornament to go, and 1 porcupine to stitch the legs on I think i will do the porcupine after i finish eating my lunch and then i only have mum’s ornie to finish… I made paul’s gift to his colleague into a litty bitty bag and i think i can fit 3 haigh choc balls in there… i will test in a minute…
I have emailled paul and reminded him i need the digital camera…
but well it is Paul… hang on he just replied to the email and he has packed it… yayyy

I am really no closer to what to start for the 2007 sal.. but i am really good at having ideas for otherpeople.. Sharon, Vicky etc.. its just me i can’t help…

this next thing is the link to the Food festival i am going to just incase anyone wanted to see … it has started every year on my birthday for 20 something years.. but it is not as much fun as the one i go to in launceston every february..which is in a mega park , so there is more space and there is more food and entertainment venues ( and it s cheaper) but there are some nice food places there so …. Taste of tasmania
Next, i hope GiGi does not mind me doing this but she has some wonderful pictures of the Pinballs…still waiting for the book…. SIGH… so here is her blog scroll down to the 16th of december ( second post) and scroll dwon a bit more and there they are…
thats all nothing else… rather dull today really, sorry..
hopefully i will have pictures tomorrow 
 

first thought
All you lot that blog need to update your blogs more often , i just went through all my blog links and only Nicki and Cathy had updated theirs..
I FINALLY had time to check and now i am sulking…lol

Next thought… i only have 1 parcel to post, 2 online vouchers and 1 gift voucher card thingy from Myer ( for Mum) and i am DONE DONE DONE..
I don’t think Paul’s will arrive on time so i bought him a mega collection of nuts, lollies, marshmallow santa’s choc coated cashews etc to occupy him until series 1 and 2 of Stargate Atlantis do arrive in deepest darkest tassie…

what thought an i up too… third Thought…
I have decided to take from tuesday ( tomorrow ) until January 2nd ( also a Tuesday ) off from all Model stitching….
Sorry Kerry And Michele ( though Michele does not read my blog but i will say sorry anyway) I will OPost a Pic of Elenia Tomorrow
i am trying to finish a few things for Mum and my nephews and pauls work Colleague ( who deserves a medal IMO) and then i have my now yearly 1 weekk off to stitch for myself , which will be sucked up with my having to go galivanting all over the place to satisfy other peoples wants … now maybe some of you understand one of my reasons for not wanting to go to this silly food thing at the other end of the state for  my birthday, i lose almost all my annual stitching holiday…pout

Fourth Thought knitting with 1 strand of silk and itty bitty needles is fun… slow, fiddly, but fun… I WANT MY PINBALL BOOK… ( does that qualify as fifth thought??)

I still can’t commit to a chart for a new start..

i know i am hopeless I need to decide quickly so i can get paul to print off a full chart before the holidays start, not much pooint having a new start if i have no chart to start with, and no i can’t ask him to print 5-6 charts well i could but he would not be impressed
The ones calling my name loudest atm are..

Keeper of Secrets  Selina Fenech
Harmony  by CCkuik
Purple rose  by CCKuik
Pink Braids  by Elaine cox
Autumn Frost  by Lisa Victoria
Pink Garden fae  by caron Vinson  ( warning mega picture)
Cropped fullsize charts
Green Eyed Magic  JBG
Melancholy Valentine  JBG
Not Until after My  First Cup .. Lisa Steinke

 lol pick the two odd ones out…
oh i just remembered another Silvery Moon Story Keep ( can’t link)
That one, Keeper of Secrets, Pink Braids and Autumn Frost are printed…
I know i need to make up my mind.. i am such a baby about these things..
better stop waffling

i accidentally deleted all my spam before i could get a funny title for my heading… i will have to start writing a list beside the computer..
my itty bitty skinny needles arrived today they are just so thin it made me laugh the bobble on the end is a little bead i should have ordered 2 pairs of each size , cos i am bound to bend them or skewer myself with them…
so now i have needles and i have three hanks of Vikki Clayton silks in my possession, no i lie 4 hanks, three sample colours one is a pink, one is a lavender purpley colour and one is turquoise, plus if i pull apart something i kitted i will also have a hank of a deep red… ummmm Diane’s rouge is it.. too lazy to look it up the dark red with a womans name in the title…
i really need to order a hank or two of really pale colours to compliment them a hank is 50 metres or is it yards  i think.. she says looking vaguely dim i always forget .
maybe barely there and ummmm something

I went through the Site most of you were too scared to click on and picked out my favourites, the ones on the short list to be purchased in 2007..
The Assisi Flower , i love the genteel look of this one
Patchwork scroll down to the second one.. i especially like it done inversely  the pale blue version, that looks cool IMO
Tree of Life… Vierlanden Samplers
it is the second chart down, i also like rosettes of Vierlanden  below it
Still don’t know what my new start will be… am i annoying anyone yet???

well i couldn’t thinkof a title today and that was the first silly thing that came into my head..

i know an artist who uses the titles from her spam folder in her email.. i might start doing that.. it is quite amusing some days.

The day before yesterday i had a really scary experience there had been squalls blowing past the house all day dropping rain and scurrying off but when i set off for the gym it was sunny, i had a slight cold and felt a bit blech but life was ok..
half way there i.e half way up the big hill it takes me 20 minutes to climb i was hit by a storm.. fine, i’m tough i trudged on thinking this isn’t going to be very comfy, riding the bike in wet gym clothes.. so i got past half way… and SMACK….. i got hit full force by the southerly winds and a hail storm…. the winds were so strong i literally could not move and they were sucking my breathe up before i could breathe it and i was hyperventillating and getting smacked on the face by hail, i couldn’t even turn around and i just stood there fighting to stand up and sort of crying except crying requires breathing and i was truly struggling to do that.. i was so scared i have never had my breathe just snatched away like that before i get the chance to breathe it.. which makes no sense , but i know what i mean. once i stopped panicking ( yeah 2 weeks 2 panic attacks this is not a good cycle to get back into leading into the “festive” season) i worked out if i crouched down and forced my head down i could walk forward and i got to a tree and regrouped behind it. and went on to the gym .. feeling absolutely exhausted, breathless and very wet and sore ( my face from the hail) , and sort of dazed

now my gym when you walk in there are always heaps of people all talking and i can usually slide in swipe my card  and slide into my class.. i looked so awful everyone just stopped talking and stared at me and the gym owner who never ever even acknowledges my existence ( long story not for public viewing) was the first one to speak and said my god will someone get the poor girl a towel…
Annettte the girl behind the desk said i can’t believe paul didn’t pick you up tonight, you should have rung him… umm yeah good one.. paul was in hobart, 6 hours away…

i did a really crappy ride in RPM , i wonder why..
then i had to trudge home and walk the dog cos paul was away . He was being shouted dinner at some fancy restaurant by his rich uncle and aunt in hobart… like sucks sometimes…
so now i have a really bad chest cold, i reckon my pathetic weak bronchials got inflammed when i was gasping for air and on top of my cold it has been too much…. I am ok though so no worrying i am an expert at chest colds and pneumonia , i have just been really lucky the last few years..
yes i will look after myself, no i won’t stop going to the gym, i know i am insane , you all knew that.

On a cheerful note i ordered our raspberries for xmas, so 1.5 kg of raspberries are being picked up on christmas eve for the pavlova  and general munching on, paul keeps telling me hae hasn’t sen any cherry signs on the highway so we are going to go lookingthis weekend, i can’t imagine i will be allowed into mums house without a few kilos of fresh cherries… am i making you Northern hemisphere  people jealous yet?? My sister drives past the big strawberry farm each day on the way to work so she has that under control…
Oh and i ordered my fine needles for knitting the pinballs they might arrive tomorrow so i will be able to test drive this itty bitty knitting thing and have it down pat by the time the book arrives.. if it ever arrives…waiting , waitng waiting for the release
i realsied i had not linked the pics last post so here is the front cover at least for you.. there are some amazing pics from the book at the needleprint yahoo group
oh and yes this half my present to myself… not telling you the second half, two people know…
giggle…..

how funny was that so many of us are freaks… apart from a perfectionist and a pushover and i must say hello to them as well..

I guess the thing is we are all cyber pals cos we recognise each others qualities.. it was actually really interesting reading about that personality type on the link provided in the quiz answer as a lot of it seems quite accurate for me.. and after all a lot of people would claim a love of 1×1 stitching makes us somewhat freakish even with in the xstitch community, but we all know we are the sensible ones.. lol
So anyway i have totally trashed all my stitching plans for next year..lol
is anyone surprised.. i’m not lol
this i know ..

there will be Models
there will be samplers there will be Maggie and Snow pixie for wednesday QS SAl’s
there will be the Characters Creation SAL with Sue and others
there will now be the xmas ornie SAl Nicki has organised

 But after that i am fuzzy, i can’t even decide my new start for the 1 year chart challenge on the BB the list keeps getting longer not shorter …

I am a lot clearer on what ornaments i want to do for the ornie SAl including some of the pinballs from the book Lindy and i have been waiting for eternity to actually be shipped… it said december when we pre ordered .. ITS DECEMBER!!!!!!! … and still we wait and i have made it worse now by finding pics from the book on the needleprintyahoogroup and it has just made us more antsy to get our hot little hands on it. I will be ordering some spools of silk from vikki to knit them, my big issue is needles atm… 0.8mm needles size 21/22 sourcing them is making my head hurt (or is that the hayfever and sinus attack i am suffering from….)
I made 2 ornaments over the weekend.. yayyyyyy 2 finishes, sorry no pics as always i can take pics with my phone but not liberate them ..

I also should complete 2 more feathery things on Elenia today… i hope to post a pic on wednsday or thursday with the whole left side complete
People i am sending gifts to.. i have a feeling a lot of you will be getting them late.. sorry but life keeps getting in my way and i just can’t get my act together to post them all

!!! i just found a site that explains the needles i want.. and they actually have them for sale.. but i am now going to try for something not on the other side of the world.. so i am getting close now

newsflash… i am a freak…
No i am not overly surprised either, i have always known i was different..