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For ages I've been promising an update on what I'm doing craft wise and here it is! Because I'm so busy at the moment with work and what not most of the craft projects I've been attempting have been quite small. On that theme this was the perfect project for me! I got this in kit form for Christmas; little enough that I could cart it around and simple enough that I could do it when I was really tired, it was great!

The kit had clear instructions and it was remarkably easy to follow the pattern, which I was pleased about because I haven't done any cross stitch in a very long time.

My only complaint would be that there was no quite enough green floss in the kit to finish the edging and I had to go digging in my stash to find a similar colour.


The finished article


For the sake of honesty heres what the back looked like! I really need to get neater!


With the backing on...


Put to good use!

All I need to find out now is where I can get that Adia fabric with the pretty edging on so I can make some more! I think they would make very good presents, and at the rate I sew I should be done in time for Christmas!

Happy Wednesday!

Lindy xxx

Up-ta-ma-date

Well hello my lovelies I hope everyone is having an excellent week.

The new job is going very well, it is possibly the most interesting job I have every had, which can only be a good thing. I've just done my first six days in a row without a break, and I am knackered. Completely so. When you combine working 37 hours a week at my new job, 12 hours at my old and then 6 at my 3rd job (yes I know i'm insane), 59 hours a week is pretty much killing me stone dead. And I don't know when my next day off is. Tragic!

Anyhoo I thought I would share with you the embroidery I did as a present for my Dad on fathers day a couple of weeks ago.



This was my first attempt at stitching letters, and I think it went quite well! Although it looks pretty, I have decided that stitching with metallic is one of my least favourite things to do! It just catches at every possible opportunity!


The quote reads, 'I will love the light for it shows me the way, but I will endure the dark for it shows me the stars' (Og Mandino)

I hope everyone is having an excellent week so far! xxx

Tea and Cake

Its a very grey day outside, with almost 100% cloud cover. The perfect kind of day to have green tea and homemade lemon cake. I'm also aiming to finish an embroidery project which I started months ago. Wish me luck!

Happy Wednesday xxx

Saturday Steals

So today’s Saturday Steals comes on a very different tack to the one I normally take. You will find no produce and no office clothes! Yep I was just a stunned - I have made it through a week without buying cut price produce and clothes! My bank account thanks me.

So this is what I have found....



Really high quality fabrics with which to make cushions for my new house and settee. I went for really neutral colours because the sofa is a really vibrant russet red which would be hard to match colours to.

The first one was only £3! I have about enough fabric to make about one medium sized cushion- a pretty good deal in my mind!



The second one was £4.57. (I know, a really random price!) This piece is a little bigger so will make about two normal sized cushions.



I was so very happy when I found these, cushions are defiantly on my to do list for next week!

Have a happy and relaxing weekend all xxx

(apologies for the photos, the light and my camera were not co-operating!)