Feb's FNWF

I worked on several projects all while watching down loads of Vera a Detective series which I have continued to watch over the weekend now on series 4.

I started to make a bag for my cutting mat and rulers from my stash before Christmas,

This is the front

And this is the back

I attached the D ring tabs and put the lining in, then  it was complete I have already made the strap which is detachable.

I also completed this CCN ornament  "Fa La La"

I got this one out to work on that I had started another CNN "Merry Merry"

York

Out shopping in York today the river is in spate, 

Gifted gorgeousness

We are already half way through January it seems to be going fast or does it only appear so the older you get?

This is what I stitched for my Mum's for Christmas as gifts.

I originally made myself one at a class I attended at the Viking Loom with Stuart Hillard.

I had it finished by the end of class, they are maded using adhesive foam so they do not collapse.

I also made one of my friends a thread keep.

Friday night with friends

                                                           

I enjoy wandering through Blogland seeing what everyone is stitching, find inspiration from what everyone is doing.

Friday night was an eventful night it started out with going to York with Hubby as he had an exam to sit 6pm to 8pm so I got to sit in costa reading my kindle then wandering around Marks and Spencer managing to pick up some bargains in the sales.

Once home I had recorded Abyss which is over 3 hours long so I sat and watched it while stitching with friends all over the world.

This is what I was doing CCN Fa La La.

New Years Goals

Well it is the start of another year, already getting use to writing 2016, just finished 2 nights over new year. When I look back at what I stitched over the year it wasn't much, like many off us I dabble in many crafts such as knitting, basic crochet, beading, quilting and of course cross-stitch.I have many WIP's and last years goal was to finish a few, didn't really do that just added to my pile of WIP.  There are many SAL out there to join in I have decided that I am going to try some of them as a tool to try and help me finish a lot of my WIP's.

                                                           

I have decided to use the above group to try and help me focus, you post once a month on a specific date and you can dip in and out over the year.

The 1st work in progress I pulled out was this

This is one of the CCN's ornaments I received on auto ship last year with fabric and threads so far I have completed 2 of the 12 and started 2 more, one is the above called "Fa La La"

I did sign up to IStitch's Advent stitch along every day  in December till the 24th, you received a line to stitch so that you had an advent sampler by the end off course I started it then got distracted with other things like finishing Christmas presents!

Last year I dipped in and out of Gifted Gorgeousness this was stitching done for gifts or received as a gift or something  to stitch that was originally a gift or anything that you squeeze into the rules, I have signed up for this again.

While shopping at Morrisons before Christmas I received a voucher towards some flowers for my Birthday, so while I was shopping on Tuesday I treated myself to these Roses.

Swiss Glacier Express

Well this has been the best ever Christmas Day, we went to Switzerland and went on the Swiss Glacier Express from Chur to Andermatt, it was approx 2 hrs the most fantastic train ride I have ever been on,

We even saw people skiing.

After we got off the train we had to contend with walking on snow on Christmas Day!!

Now the Austrian twist on Christmas Dinner

We even had live music

Birthday Trip

Yesterday was my birthday, I can never usually have a weeks holiday at Christmas but since it was a special birthday I got the week off, we have gone away on a short trip with ledger.

We are on the "Four countries and Swiss Glacial Express"  Austria is where we are staying in Bludenz.

Sun set this evening, quite disappointed only snow on the mountain tops.

Today we went to Fussen a medieval town.

Then we had the opportunity to go and take photos of the Fairy tale  Neuschwanstein Castle where Walt Disney based beauty and the beast.

Tomorrow we go to Chur in Switzerland to catch the Glacier Express Train which I am really looking forward too. 

While we where shopping today I found these bottle brush Xmas trees seen them on other blogs never seen them in the UK only cost me a couple of euros.

Will need to find myself some large jars now.

Confused Poppy

We noticed this loan flower in the garden, it has been rather warm and I think my Poppy plant must think it is June.

There are also several more buds on it.

Upcycling

I am a bit Barr-Humbug at Christmas even though I tend to stitch loads of Xmas decorations every year, one of the girls at work showed me a picture in September from pininterest and said she was going to collect all the used plastic cups and would I order her some staples,

This is what she did with the cups. This the entrance to our Maternity unit.

Each snowman takes about 180 cups.

Gifted Gorgeousness 2015

I have enjoyed this sal as there was no pressure to produce or show anything each month at this time of year I am busy making gifts for Christmas so will share the in the New a Year.

I could almost call this upcycling I started with a several pices of fabric and ended up with this after a 

workshop with Stuart  at the Vikingloom in November.

A beautiful raggy wreath, I was gifted the ribbon from my mother-in-law it is wired edged and has sequins and beads on so when it catches the light it sparkles.

In the same day I also maded a Xmas Stocking 

Another afternoon I also made this.

They are all hung up at home.

I am a winner

Every year I go with my Mother  to her Flower club Christmas flower demonstration, my mother is on the committee and in charge of the raffle so I always go and help her sell tickets, I have never won anything in the raffle and usually quite glad as the flower displays for Christmas demonstration are usually so big I would never have got them in the car, but this year my numbers were pulled twice and even my Mother won a display as well.

The above two displays are what I won, my Mother also got another the same as the above, all three fit on my parcel shelf in the car. (We didn't get the tree branch just the display of flowers)