Stitching Show NEC, Birmingham

Last week I was on holiday, it was a very busy week but I did manage to fit in a trip to a stitching show at the Nec, the picture shows Sue Hawkins who is a talented designer on her stand, I have been fortunate to do many of her workshops and I have been on stitching orientated holidays with her and Jane Greenoff from The Cross Stitch Guild, I did of course buy some 

of Canvas Work kits as I love her canvas work but have not got a photo of the stash I bought. I also bought some delica beads from The Bead Merchant for a Workshop I am doing in September with Diane Fitzgerald who is an American Teacher who is coming over here to teach some workshops.

I finished Three French Hens for the Christmas Challenge 2009 blog and I have stitched together last months Two Turtle Doves these are from Just Nans 12 Days of Christmas.

Jayne

Hobbies

My Hubby and I have hobbies which are well matched, as you can see from the 2nd photo my husband and I were visiting a Flyfishing show in Newark on Trent about a month ago, a lady was sat on a stand with her husband who was demonstrating tying salmon flies and she was stitching to pass the time, I have passed many an hour stitching/knitting while my hubby was  fishing. I enjoy going to these shows as you never know what you will find which will be interchangeable, pike flies seem to be very popular and one chap was tying them with beading wire and didn't know where to get more so I was able to tell him where to obtain more, over the years I have bought all sorts and my hubby is always interested in my threads for tying flies especially the sparkly  ones. The other photo is me with Paul young he is an Actor who presents alot of Fishing programs that we watch so I thought I would be cheeky and get my photo taken with him.

Jayne

Spring may be here

I am at the Coast this weekend my mother-in-law has a static caravan near Filey, which we have opened up for the season. Today it is sunny and warm we are sat on North Bay at Scarborough enjoying the weather, we are going to walk the dogs on the beach shortly as it is low tide, then I intent to sit in the car and stitch and watch the world go by.

Jayne

Prairie schooler Exchange

Here is a Picture of the Mattress Pincushion I made for Kim in the Year Long  Prairie Schooler Exchange, I like doing this type of finish. I have been working on my Just Nan Ornaments for the Christmas Challenge and have completed 3 French Hens now but need to take a picture yet.

On Holiday this week, off to a needlecraft show  at the NEC in Birmingham tomorrow then off to our Caravan at the Coast on Friday to open it up for the Season.

Jayne

HOE Biscornu

Here is the Biscornu I stitched for Leigh in the HOE Biscornu exchange the pattern is from tantezelders web site they have some loverly patterns which would stitch up loverly as biscornu.

Jayne

Busy Week

This is 2 Turtle Doves for The Christmas Challenge Blog from Just Nan as yet I have not had time to put the ornament together yet, I stitched this and the Biscornu below while I was away at Wortley Hall.

Here is my biscornu for the Basket of biscornu challenge, I made it as a scissor keep for a pair of pinking shears I received for Christmas thinking the handles where grey/red I did it in those colours but when I got the scissors out to my horror I found the handles where actually grey/orange so I will have to make another one.

As I have already mentioned I have been staying at Wortley Hall this week doing a course I thought I would show you a couple of photos of what a beautiful place it was. Inside it was like a maze it took a long time to find my room when I booked in, the food was lovely, I had a very stimulating week doing Health and safety and did loads of networking with the other midwives on the course. 

Jayne

Health and safety

I am still away at Wortley Hall at the moment on my Health and Safety Course to be a Health and safety Steward for my local branch of the Royal College of Midwives. I am with a lovely bunch of midwives and doing alot of networking. The food is lovely so I am going to come back fatter after 5 days here.

Jayne

A lot of Vikings

I pinched these photos from my Husband, we live close to York and spent the day there shopping yesterday, on the way in on the radio we heard there was a Viking Festival my Hubby happen to have bought his SLR with him. The top shot is one of my hubby's street photography shots and the one's below are some of the Vikings we just loved the one who was texting.
Since I was in York we had to have a trip to the Viking Loom which is a needlecraft shop,  because I needed some threads!
Tomorrow I am off on a course with the RCM for a week, as I am the Health and Safety Stewart I am going to stay at Wortley Hall just outside Sheffield so it should be interesting I did have my arm twisted to do this just because I deal with the Health and safety Risk assessments on my Unit.

Jayne

HOE Biscornu Arrived

I had a parcel from Iceland waiting for me today in the post from Edda  it was the Hoe Biscornu Exchange 

it is a pattern by Papillon Creations published in The Gift of stitching issue 27. It is stitched in my favorite colour and finished with beads on the edge and is beautifully stitched . She also sent me a lovely Prairie Schooler pattern and some needles.

I have just finished stitching my Biscornu for the exchange I just need to whip stitch the edges then it will be ready to be posted hopefully by Saturday. I have been on Nights this week so have not had much time for stitching.

At last all the snow has gone and the weather has improved my hubby and I went for a walk this morning with our dogs, we went to the beautiful Harewood House the grounds are open now that it is half term week, the Red Kites were active and we saw them flying above us, I have recently seen them on the way to work so they are certainly well established now as there was a release programme about 10 years ago by the RSPB at Harewood House. 

Jayne

More Snow

I thought we had seen the last of the snow! but as I sit here and write this it is snowing and it has been for the last 4 hours, it is starting to settle trying to work up the energy to go to the gym.

I am working on a couple of exchanges so nothing to show yet.

Jayne