iStitch Designs 2015 SAL and Merry Christmas!

Evening all!

Well we are almost there - less than a week till Christmas! Not that it is really feeling like it at the moment - the weather is strangely warm here in Scotland for the time of year and I will be working up to and including Christmas Eve so until the evening of the 24th it is business as usual here!

That been said it has been a busy week getting jobs done in preparation, writing cards, wrapping presents, food shopping...along with a few other things I will tell you about in the new year. So, not a whole lot of stitching has been done. However I did sit down this afternoon while watching Willie Wonker's Chocolate Factory and stitched away for a couple of hours.

I got just short of another 2 days done on the iStitch Designs Advent SAL - definitely not going to be caught up in time - but hey, maybe I will get it done for next Christmas ;)

Please excuse the lighting, it is hard to get it to show up great when it is dark outside but in real life this piece is looking great and I am enjoying working on it a lot - when I have the time!

In other news two more pieces of hand dyed fabric arrived from Crafty Kitten this week. These are the two pieces I picked for my two wedding samplers I am going to start next year. I think they are just perfect for what I have in mind.

The first is more pinky shade called Vintage Petals...

And this is Oatmeal...

They are both 28 count which I have never stitched on before but I am excited to give it a go!

Well I am guessing this will be my last post before Christmas so I hope you all have a great time.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Emma xo

iStitch Designs Sew Advent 2015 and Stash!

Good evening all!

I hope you are all rested up this Sunday evening ready for the working week ahead and all your Christmas plans are coming together!

Just a few more presents to wrap and a few cards to write and I will be done - I can't believe Christmas is only 12 days away now!

This weekend we went to pick up our Wedding Invitations - it is all starting to become very real now! They are perfect, once I have them wrote up and sent out I will share with you how they look, but we are both very happy with them :)

Stitching wise I managed to stitch days two through to five this week - not as much done as I had hoped but it all counts...

I am loving how delicate it is looking on this fabric and stitched over one - fingers crossed I will get some more done this coming week.

Stash wise the post box has been very busy this week much to my Fiancé's bemusement but as I pointed out to him some of this was ordered weeks ago it has just so happened they have all arrived at a similar time... ;)

First up was my Needle Minders from Lisa at No More Lost Needles. I will admit I had forgotten which exact ones I had ordered! The personalised one which is a picture of me and David was a prize I had won.

Then my fabric and floss turned up for the Frosted Pumpkin Passport year long SAL which starts in January - this was my first time using The Homemakery but I was very impressed! So I am all ready to go come the 15th of next month :)

Finally two pieces of fabric arrived from Crafty Kitten - I just love them! 

Not sure what they will be used for yet, but I have a couple of ideas ;)

My plan this week is to catch up on blogs again - my reader has somehow crept back up to over 400 posts! 

Until next time!

Emma xo

Stitches and Stash!

Good evening!

I hope you are all well and had a pleasant weekend, and all the Christmas planning is starting to come together :)

Last weekend rather last minute I decided to Join the iStitch Designs advent stitch along - meaning I get sent a section of the chart each day from December 1st to December 24th.

Here is day one...

Yes...I have fallen behind already, but it's totally ok - I plan on stitching away this coming week and hopefully at the weekend. Some people are doing great at keeping up and the piece is looking lovely already - I can't wait to crack on with it!

Other than that just some new stash in the post this past week - my first two Soda Stitch Patterns.

I picked up The Little Kingdom...

and Petite Palace...

I thought they were so cute!

The Little Kingdom is actually 50% off at the moment on Sew and So as it's apparently a discontinued pattern.

Other than that not much to tell this week - we pick our wedding invites up this coming weekend - eek! :D

Make sure you come back on Friday when it will be my turn to host day 11 of Jo's Advent Blog Hop!

Until then!

Emma xo