Gifted Gorgeousness March 2016 - It's a Finish!

Hello everyone!

As it's the 15th it's time for the Gifted Gorgeousness check in hosted by the lovely Jo at Serendipitous Stitching.

The idea is you work on something that is a gift in some way, it could be the fabric/floss/chart was gifted to you or the final product is intended for a gift.

This year so far I have had to get the good old shoehorn out and be creative, stating this piece is for my future married self. Well that will come to an end with this check in as I have a finish!!!

Yippee!!!

Vault Boy & Girl by HappyStitchNet on Etsy

Stitched two over two on 28ct Lugana in Oatmeal by Crafty Kitten Fabrics

Start Date: 2nd January 2016

End Date: 14th March 2016

I'm so pleased with the final result! I know it's not a "traditional" wedding sampler but it is very us, we are gamer geeks to the core and if it wasn't for computer games we would never have met! I now just need to find the perfect frame then it can take pride of place in our geek room :)

For the next few months at least the GG Sal should be easier for me, as my next main project will be a baby sampler for some good friends of mine who are expecting, I just have to get the supplies together so I can begin.

Speaking of which, my evenweave of choice is Lugana but I am struggling to find just some plain white! Do any of you stitch on Jazlyn or Jobelan? What are your thoughts? How do they compare to Lugana?

Until next time!

Emma xo

March TUSAL Check In

Hi everyone!

A day late with this post (again!) but again I did take the photos on the right day I just didn't get around to writing a post yesterday for Daffycat's TUSAL

So here is how my ort vase is looking at the moment...

More colours added again this month thanks to my Pumpkin Passport and my Fallout piece.

Speaking of which...

It's coming along nicely! In my last post about this I said there was only two more colours to go, I was wrong! When I looked at the chart there was in fact four colours to go. Urgh. But nevermind, the grey for the shoes was fast as was the dark blue for the shading. Even the brown in her hair wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and I managed to get most of that done in one stitching session.

As for the blue...urgh...it's starting to feel never ending but I hope if I can just do a couple of lengths of thread here and there it will get done soon enough - fingers crossed!

Until next time!

Emma xo

Happy March!

Hello!

How on earth are we in March already?!

I hope you are all well? I must admit I am far, far behind on my blogs readings so I hope you are all doing ok and getting lots of lovely little stitches in!

Here is my current progress on my Vault Boy and Girl

The skin is done! Hooray! Only two colours to go. I want to say I will have this done by the end of March but we shall see.

My stitching time has taken a bit of a hit recently thanks to a game I have being playing on the computer with friends...I even uttered the words "this is my new World of Warcraft" and anyone who plays that knows how addictive it is! For those who wonder it is Ark: Survival Evolved I have been playing.

But, having said that I promised myself I would have the skin complete before the next installment of the Pumpkin Passport arrived, and that I have done as that will arrive in my mailbox tonight while I sleep :)

Until next time!

Emma xo

Gifted Gorgeousness - February 2015

Greetings!

Yes I know this is a day late for the Gifted Gorgeousness check in but I didn't arrive home from my weekend away till late yesterday afternoon so didn't have chance to sit down and write a post (although I did take the photo yesterday!)

This month again I am getting that good old shoehorn out and cramming my Vault Boy and Girl in to the theme - it's a gift for the future married us so it totally counts!

I've also had some more progress on it since I last showed you, I've now added the white to the mouths and started on the skin.

I'm really enjoying working on this, I'll continue to work on it and hopefully get the skin on both of them complete then it will be tackling a huge amount of brown or blue!

For those who asked the weekend was very productive - the bridesmaid now has her dress and my Dad also has his outfit sorted and we have a wedding car (aka my Dad's car) sorted! I will just need to buy some bows and ribbons to dress it :)

Until next time!

Emma xo

February TUSAL and lots of Yellow!

Hello!

Better late than never here is my TUSAL update the for month, as you can see a few more colours added this months thanks to my Small Sal piece and the Pumpkin Passport.

Stitching wise I have worked on Vault Boy and Girl a little, and all the yellow is now complete!

What colour to do next - we shall have to wait and see!

This weekend no stitching will get done on this as I am away down to Yorkshire to sort some more wedding things out with the Bridesmaid and my Dad. I think David is please he gets away without doing anything for Valentines since he is staying home!

I have a long train journey on Friday and Monday though so I am thinking of taking a small with me and to make the most of that time, perhaps I will get my piece for the Small SAL complete early this month too?!

Until next time!

Emma xo

Fallout Vault Boy & Girl - A Dash of Yellow

Happy Weekend All!

First, I want to say Hello to my new followers! Thank you for joining me on my stitching journey! Secondly, I hope all my American readers are stocked up and safe from the crazy snow storm which is been reported on the news - I hope you all get the opportunity to make the most of it and have a hermit/stitching weekend :)

This week seemed a bit of an odd one, every time I planned to sit down with my stitching something came up which needed doing instead, never mind, these things happen I guess. But, some yellow was added, his hair is complete and the inside of his jacket is well on it's way!

This weekend I will be returning to my Pumpkin Passport - fingers crossed my stitching on that will be productive!

Until next time!

Emma xo

Fallout Vault Boy & Girl - Outline Done! / Gifted Gorgeousness

Good evening everyone!

I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend. Just a quick post from me today - as the title of the post states I got the outline done on my Vault Boy and Girl - YAY!

As this has been the only piece I have worked on so far this year, luckily I can shoehorn this in to the Gifted Gorgeousness SAL hosted by the lovely Serendipitous Stitching as this eventually will be a gift for me and my future Husband for our wedding day...that totally counts...right?!

So this means next week the "colouring in" will begin :) It will be fun to get those bright yellow and blues done!

This weekend I will working on part one of the Frosted Pumpkin SAL which arrives due to the time difference at 1am Saturday morning for me. I'm looking forward to see what it has in store!

Until next time!

Emma xo

Fallout Wedding Sampler - We have a Vault Girl!

Good evening everyone!

I hope you all made in through the first week back to reality as pain free as possible. We have snow here currently so it's looking like it might be a quiet weekend in for us, and that is perfectly fine by me! My blog feed is currently going crazy with all your updates, seems a lot of people are doing the 15 starts in 15 days this year, they are always fun to see. I hope to get caught up on my reading this weekend!

So I have more progress to share with you - the outline of Vault Girl in done!

Now she just needs her Vault boy and colouring in of course but I've decided to stitch the outlines of them both first then work on the colours.

I'm still loving working on this at the moment so I am going to continue on it until the 15th as that is when part one of the Frosted Pumpkin SAL arrives! I am also excited to start that too - so my plan is to stitch that up and then return to this. Fingers crossed it will work out like that...

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Emma xo

The First Stitches of 2016!

Hi everyone!

I guess most people are back to reality today, looking at all the depressing posts on Facebook this morning it certainly seems so anyway! Thankfully, today is a bank holiday in Scotland so one more day before the routine returns.

I had a good stitching session over the weekend - I sat, watched the BBC Pride and Prejudice and stitched away on my New Year, New Start project.

This is my Fallout Wedding Sampler for me and David, I have to say I am loving it so far! My first time using 28 count fabric and stitching over two and I must admit I am finding it very enjoyable and easier than I thought it would.

I'm enjoying this so much I'll be continuing with it for now.

Until next time!

Emma xo