November - The month of Little House Needleworks!

...and a wee bit of Country Cottage Needleworks, too! Yes, I've really spent all of my stitching time in November on LHN & CCN designs. I'm sure I've mentioned before that one of my "projects" for this year was to stitch a bunch of these (adorable) designs for mum's kitchen for either her birthday (which is on 2 December) or Christmas... It took me longer than I expected to finish them up, so to avoid panicking, I've decided to give them to her for Christmas instead. ;-) I'll be taking them all in to get framed tomorrow.

To share those that I've finished this month (though I may have started some of these before November, but I didn't take any WIP photos).

The Tea Series
(Herbal Tea; Iced Tea; Spiced Tea)
Designer: Little House Needleworks
Fabric: Vintage Country Mocha Belfast Linen
more detailed (scans) below...

Coffee Menu
Designer: Little House Needleworks
Fabric: Vintage Country Mocha Belfast Linen

Ice Cream Sundae
Designer: Country Cottage Needleworks
Fabric: Vintage Country Mocha Belfast Linen

Gourmet Garden
Designer: Little House Needleworks
Fabric: Vintage Light Examplar Belfast (Lakeside Linen)

And those I finished earlier in the year...

The Coffee Series
(Caffe Latte; Frappuccino; Cappuccino)
Designer: Little House Needleworks
Fabric: Vintage Country Mocha Belfast Linen
You can see more detailed scans here and here.

Sweet Treats
Designer: Country Cottage Needleworks
Fabric: Vintage Lentil Belfast (Lakeside Linens)

I didn't love the colours in Ice Cream Sundae... I started at the top and it took me a while to get into a groove with it. I still don't love the colours and it isn't a favourite, but it grew on me and it's actually really pretty IRL. And I admit that I did get a wee bit bored towards the end there, but that was more to do with the fact that I only stitched these designs for about 4 weeks. Otherwise I really did love stitching each and every one. :)

At the current time, my mum has THIS up in her kitchen:

I stitched this when I was 13! Time to take it down, mum! (hopefully at Christmas!) ;)

Thanks for stopping by! I know I'm dreadful at updating my blog these days, so I appreciate anyone that still drops by from time to time. :)


P.S. I notice Boomspeed.com has been up and down lately, hence a few of my photos aren't always showing (i.e. the header photo!) Hopefully it'll sort itself out, otherwise I'll need to move them over to another photo hosting site.

A Happy Tina!

I wasn't expecting anything nice in the post this weekend, so you can imagine how excited I was to receive a little package from Barbara (one of my favourite people and bloggers - I always feel happy when I read Barbara's blog... between photos and stories of her beautiful family and her amazing needlework, who wouldn't smile when reading her blog?)

And then when I opened the package I was even more excited and touched!


A Brightneedle chart I've wanted for ages, a gorgeous van Gogh bookmark and the Tulip Pynkeep floss tag I'd been admiring on her blog only a week or two ago. :) This is more beautiful in person than any of the photos show. Though there is a much better photo of it on Barbara's blog here.

Thank you Barbara, you're an angel.


I'll maybe be back later on today with some stitching photos (yes, I really am still doing some of that!)