What damage nature can do,

No words for this, just shows how nature takes over sometimes, Damage from today's winds, stronger than i thought

I have done some sewing over last few days, will show later, its just been a stressful day,

Chesterfield steam fair,

Its been a busy last few weeks of summer holiday getting all school things together, lets hope we have not forgot anything, lol.

This weekend just gone there was a steam fair in Chesterfield it be on again in may, we had such a great day we will be going again,

Got done one more charity square for Jane hope to have more time to do more, when my 2 are back at school end of this week,

Had some bargains lately at our charity shops and car boots on fabric as well as few other great finds.

Past x-stitch,

This is just a few old cross-stitch designs i have done over the years that has been in bottom draw far too long,

I hope to add them now to quilts , wall hanging`s, or cushion`s,

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Good luck all

x

Few Picture`s

No major news to tell you about today,

Its been a busy 1st weekend of school hol`s and im sure the rest will be just as busy, hope weather stays good,

Over weekend i did just do a bit of sewing,

Started a charity square for Jane should get it done by end of today , as got to wait in for the plumber to sort taps in bathroom or replace them, Plenty of time to stitch, lol,

Also made a few quick hot plate mats, not too happy with the end result as i did rush these a little,

I do hope you all have a good day

Take care

Savannah`s prom, and new family pic`s

Hi Friends,

Its been a while again since i been here, I'm finally getting back to my sewing now I'm a single mum again, Hope to update you later in day of what i need to finish and what i like to start sewing



Savannah had a prom night last night she loved it so much, looks so grown up,



Plus Callum a update picture of him too, he hates his photo taken, lol,



Im on Facebook if you want to pop over for a visit,
Have a great day all

Take care,

My x-stitch up-date

I am ment to be resting today which I'm not good at for long, I'm one for getting up and doing things, Reason is I'm getting lots of bad ear ache`s maybe a old dental issue from years back they caught a nerve taking a tooth out, its not a ongoing problem but has bit bit painful last few days.

So it be a good day to get some stitching done which has been lacking in my life.

Can you also remember i had problems with my hands all ways getting sore well i have had some allergy test done and waiting for more, 2 main things is Latex and concrete plus some others too many on list to put down. but now they are under control ( fingers crossed they stay ok for a while or for good )

These are the 3 main stitching projects i have on the go at moment, may look thou my charts to see what small design i can do.

9 patch

Its been a great week here with the weather cold and frosty most morning but the days have been very sunny,
Good news and sad news today,

Good news im getting more sewing done just cant show you any pictures for a while.
I may not be able to add pictures for a while due to me losing the wire connection for the camera , no pictures of what I'm doing for a bit but in time i can add at a later date.,
Last week i started a 9 patch quilt top with a Navy blue border edging at moment its a small lap quilt size and growing slowly,
spent some time on my hexi quilt too that's going very well now all hand sewn which i do find very relaxing .
Not done much with my cross-stitch for a while with the better weather and brighter days i be able to sit and spend time on this.

Sad news,
A Early post said we took a rescue dog in called Jack well sadly we had to give him up plus all the other pets we had, they was not helping my hands and since then my hands have been much better still sore in places,

Take care

Tracey

Sewing space

Just like to say thank you for comments and the personal comments on my hands being so sore, at moment i have to carry on with creams till march when i have some patch test`s done to find out whats going on, it looks to me like it will be a long journey, today is a good day there not too bad maybe due to some tablets i have to take, One other thing I'm not aloud to do is any washing up or cleaning that's to do with water, other jobs OK as long as i use plenty of cream before & after.

Onto some sewing talk, well i like to show you my new sewing corner which Mick made for me just before Christmas but now is in more use, now that i have sorted all the things out in the right place.

Mick has still to put shelves up for me so all those boxes will be of the work top so then will have more space to cut and sew.

Also this is just some of the projects i have on-going the hexi quilt will take me the longest the one with all the 3 patch shape wave effect, the one with the round circle hexi quilt should be a quicker job,

The Chinese wall hanging is nearly done i hope to finish today just got the top ties to add on.

Have plenty of x-stitch on the go to i will show them at a later date,

Late or Early

Well this can be a Late or Early Christmas stitch, As i always leave everything till last few months nearer Xmas this will have to be classed as early i think you agree, As i spent some time browsing my mags i came across this little Santa stitch he looked bright and cheerful this was the reason i felt like doing him, i don't seam to get as much time to x-stitch or work with my fabric like i used to due to family life and sore hands,

I will keep you posted as often as i can,

More pictures will follow soon,

xx

still here

Hi Friends

Well it has been awhile, time has just gone so fast with so much has happened,
My last post was in the beginning of November and since then been mostly family things going on, but now Christmas has past & with Mick making me a sewing corner out I'm slowly getting back to stitching when my hands let me, as over the last few months they have become very sore and painful, I'm due to visit the hospital about them in February so fingers crossed they with improve,
No camera as yet so no pictures to show but i hope to replace the one i had soon

Watch this space for pictures soon

Take care all,

Very Happy, Meet Jack

Last few days at home has been full of excitement due to Mick giving me a wonderful surprise, all my life i have loved dogs and Collies are one of my top favourites, well on Friday afternoon while he was out he passed a dog kennels that also re home unwanted pets, well on this off chance he said he just poped in and there was this collie only been at the center a short while, so Mick kept it a secret till next day when he took me out for a drive with our 2 girls to go and visit the collie called Jack and take him for a walk, well i totally fell for him, His name is Jack and only 10 months old, so we said yes to taking him home, it lucky we had our home check on the same day as we met him, so by the following day we was able to go and fetch him, He has been as good as gold since then,

If i can get him to sit still for a short while as all he want to do is play ball no-stop i will get some better pictures,

Rooster finish

I added the last few back stitches to the Rooster this morning,

In time over the next few weeks i hope to make it into a very small wall hanging or something else, look great in the kitchen, i enjoyed this design i hope to do the others that was in the same magazine soon,

I still have 3 big x-stitch designs on the go, and some un-finished quilts to do, due to holidays i may just do small projects till there back at school,

take care

School Holidays

Well its the 1st week of the school holiday`s, no plans to go away but hopefully have some great days having fun,
Catching up on my garden is one job for me this next few weeks, got loads of plants too move around, wanting to make space for a small fruit and veg patch,
Love life is still going well,

Hope to get more done on that blue quilt i was doing a few weeks ago its been on hold but now need to restart it,
My rooster is almost done just the back stitch to do.
Take care all

2nd Border

Thankyou to all who has e-mailed me with get well to Callum, he is doing ok his temp has gone down but still very unwell , It always takes longer for Callum to get better than the rest of us when we are unwell.

I did this second border few days ago but with whats happened not had time to take a photo and tell you about it, I`m keeping to same colours for this whole quilt top, the second border has just 2 of the colours i used, so the next border will be just the plain light blue.

Mum says i should keep to just adding the last plain blue border,

What do you think ?

If i did add other border was thinking of flying geese pattern strip.

Thankyou Mel

Wow Mel, Thankyou so much,

A while ago Mel from melsownplace had a draw and i was very lucky to be one of the winners,

My wonderful gift arrived today, and what a treat i had when i opened it up, Just look at the great Autumn fabric, i shall enjoy looking for the right pattern for this fabric, some great buttons and as you can see other wonderful bits and bobs, love the triangle pattern too,

Thankyou again Mel, a true friend,

Pc fixed and Callum

What a few day`s i have had,
Some of you may know ( from my old blog ) that Callum has had some health worries in the past due to a common cold giving him kidney failure in 2004 with a result of spending time at the kidney unit at Nottingham Hospital, well a few months ago he had a check up and was given 99% clear and next test he be due they may take him of there books as he was doing so well ,
Well yesterday morning Callum woke up not too well, cough and sore throat as there is alot of this flu going around at moment i got a bit worried, phoned doctor to be on safe side, well he has just got back and they say he has not got the flu but a very bad cold, fingers crossed he gets well very soon,

My pc is fixed, it was just a silly little problem that was fixed with in minutes so im back on line,

Take care all,

Pc Problem``s

Just a quick message due to my PC playing me up again , I'm very limited what i can do on it at moment, so please bare with me till i get this problem sorted, if you need to chat to me try my e-mail addy and i hope i will be able to get back to you at some point, fingers crossed all be ok soon.
E-mail TracF774@aol.com
Thankyou.

Take care all.
Tracey

Lazy afternoon stitching

After a busy weekend i have spent a few hours enjoying this new x-stitch chart, while looking in my stash of mag`s, came across these sweet little chicken and cockerel from the Cross stitch Collection April issue magazine , so here it is so far,

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Afternoon stitching

Yesterday i was cutting up squares ready for this quilt I'm working on now, Since yesterday this is what i have done this afternoon, not following a pattern so building layer`s as i go,Hoping to keep this to a blue shades quilt, maybe with a dash of white added in.

This part is the main center now I'm ready to think of the next section to go around this may do a plain strip border 1st then add a design strip of some sort of design next,

I also have some un-finished projects which need to be looked at i will show you in the next post i do what they are.

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Bag done, and a new idea

Last night added the bag handles to the bag Savannah wanted me to make her, i think now it looks much better as a bag than the quilt design i had planed for it,

She is so frilled with it it has been everywhere with her since last night even had to hang it on the back of the chair while we had breakfast.

Yesterday after a little tidy up of my fabric i sorted some pale blue fabric and some printed fabric, I have a idea in my mind what i will do with this so far just cutting out some squares, and see how i go from there,

Take care all,

Tracey

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Growing & a change

A long time ago i started a quilt with a flower pot design and yoyos for a border, but i was not truly very happy with this, so it just got put back to the pile and forgotten about, Other day did a bit of a sort out and had a re-think, so started by unpicking the yoyo squares then my daughter Savannah came in and said "can she have a bag made with it" , so off i went at making this up, adding a inner lining of pink fabric, now just got to add some sort of handles to it now.

One side of bag ( handles yet to add )

Other side of bag

Also you may remember from the hexagon group i was in i was working on a hexi`s lap quilt well this has been growing slowly but going well, am in need of some more fabric to use for it, trying not to use the same fabric twice on the colour bits,

Some stitching at last

Its so nice to get back into my stitching again, I can`t remember when i last posted the charts I'm doing on my old blog but i did find in my files the pictures that i did so at least i can show you a past picture and up-date picture of where i am at now . Yesterday i spent most of my time on Angel of hope, and few days ago the Little china chart, not yet touched the Elephant maybe i will try that later. But can show you a bit of change to this .

Before

After

BeforeAfter
After ( Cant yet find the Before picture of Little China , but its the orange flower and a bit of the light blue shade ,i have done since last time i did on my old blog )

I'm keen to spend more time on my fabric stitching too next week try to get my Hexagon`s quilt done a bit more and other fabric things more about this in later post .

Take care all,