Thursday 6 January 2011

stitching to my heart's content

These past few days I have been fitting in heaps of stitching. I want to have some christmas stitcheries ready to make up into gifts. I think I will try to make some runners that will accommodate the stitcheries well and also some decorations.
These two are designs I was lucky to win from Helen Stubings blog. There are some more designs that I will also get done.
I just need to finish something by the 25th!
I also want to make some pin cushions and scissor keepers.
Seeing as it's holiday time I fished out my Boys story stitchery that needed to be finished. Now I can sew up another block and make a start on the next stitchery. This quilt is a slow work in progress.
 Today I worked on a pressie for an overseas friend. I used some stitcheries from the Life is Beautiful patterns and thought I would make a table runner. Looks like it will be the year of the Table runner!

I also wanted to show off my surprise Christmas present from DH. He said he wanted to buy me something  as a surprise as we usually buy ourselves our Christmas gifts, something small to put under the tree.

He surprised me with a super dooper pair of dressmaking scissors and a pair of embroidery scissors.
I have always wanted to have a pair of quality 'proper' scissors. Ones that wouldn't double as paper scissors, hair (human and canine) scissors, chicken cutters, toe nail cutters,  etc etc Now I have them. I have warned everyone they are not to touch my scissors under any circumstances unless they have a death wish!
They cut like a hot knife through butter. I love them!
Hope you are getting heaps done!
Cheers
Marina

10 comments:

  1. Some wonderful stitcheries Marina. Oh and some fabulous scissors. Nothing like a pair of proper dressmaking scissors is there?! Yes dreading having to wear glasses for close work, but needs must!

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  2. Great to see more of your beautiful work. Your table runner is fabulous.

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  3. Wow you have been busy haven't you?! And those are three very different projects. Keep up the good work. Among other things we went for a picnic today in the gardens, and I sat under a palm tree stitching - it was magic!

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  4. Don't you just love getting new scisssors. That is one of my favorite things when starting a new project. Steph

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  5. Great idea with your LIB blocks!

    Hubby is a keeper.

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  6. Lovely stitcheries Marina. Lol, my good sewing scissors have a piece of bright green ribbon firmly knotted onto one side of the handles so no one has any excuse to say "I didn't know they were the sewing pair".

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  7. What a nice way to reuse your LIB patterns. And I love the little christmas stitcheries.

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  8. I like the way you have used those LIB blocks. There are so many beautiful stitcheries in the project that look so good on their own or in smaller projects. I think you will have more than I thing to show on the 25th,

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  9. Gorgeous projects you have been working on - Table runners are fun, must make some more of those for gifts.

    Nice scissors, can't beat a good pair of scissors.

    Enjoy.

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  10. A great start to 2011 with some lovely work!
    The 25th will be here before we know it so I better get rolling ;)

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