The Suddenly Kate Show

So, I had it in my head that I would stitch some more of the Ed Hardy skull before I started any new projects BUT..yes, that inevitable BUT..I got distracted (who me?) and thought I would stitch a pumpkin for Halloween.

The pattern suggested Black or White 14 ct aida and 3 shades of orange, 2 shades of green and a black.  I didn't have black or white aida and the only colour I had from the list was black! Did I let that stop me? Noooooo!

I found some dark green aida that I had and decided that would be instead of black. I didn't have any orange DMC but I did have a random bunch of unknown make threads. A bright orange was waving at me and even a lighter orange, a dark green and a black.  I used a rust colour which I inherited from somewhere (ANC 1004) and selected at random two greens I did have. The light green is DMC 164.

Once I started I couldn't stop (even when I went a bit wrong, I just made it up) and am pleased with how it looks. What do you think? The colours are much…

This is what I saw around me on my way to work this morning...it was a bit creepy...end result was 26C by the afternoon.


...time to dig out a halloween design :)

I just wanted to quickly add my tuppence worth regarding this hoo-ha with Heather from Stitch in Thyme and the criticisms she had.

I too was shocked to find that she had been given this feedback! I have always been a stitcher but it has only been in the last two weeks that I have connected with people online and started my blog. I can honestly say that the people whose blogs I have read and who have commented on mine are THE nicest people and I have been surprised at how positive, nice, supportive and friendly they have been. I have joined a yahoo group and a forum and am now recognising peoples names and starting to feel part of it.

I have for the first-time (last week) stitched a design for an exchange. It is a small design and I just need to do the finishing before I post it..I was excited..but now I am not so sure!

As all of us stitchers know it takes a lot of time and dedication to stitch and finish something and I know that I would appreciate that more than the finishing. I also s…

I decided yesterday that whilst I was waiting for some linen to turn up and for October to start that I would start on the Breast Cancer Care Mandala.

I have done it on 18ct white aida and it is quite small and hopefully I will get it finished before next weekend.  It is also only 4 colours! I have also tried drawing on the squares (a new technique for me) and this will maybe make me less likely to go wrong. I picked the colours at random and as you can see from my picture below I have chosen to use quite a dark pink variegated thread. This is DMC# 99 . The pale pink of the bow is DMC# 225. and I am going to use DMC #962 for the darker outline. This thread will also be the colour of the other bows and the will have a dark outline in DMC# 3731. I am going to use it in a box lid and give it to my mum as she is a breast cancer survivor. Related articlesFit Quiz: Breast Cancer Factoids (fitsugar.com)

It has been 3 days since I changed over to wordpress from blogger and I feel like I have moved into a village from a town. I have finally worked out how to put an RSS feed onto this blog from my new one and of course I still stop by here to see what everyone is up to on my blogroll.

So I just wanted to give everyone a big wave!!

Apologies for the quality of the wave! lol

I have decided to switch back to wordpress.com (it has less glitches i.e.none) and I hope those who follow me will still do so there??  I have a big job ahead of me now and will work on getting it all sorted out tonight - ready for a  launch tomorrow. If you do decide to then click on the link above this post (My wordpress blog)

I am feeling positive as I have finished my Lizzie Kate Friends SAL exchange - yeah, I went a bit crazy with that one :) I am just waiting for Xeihua address to send it to her and then when she gets it, I will post a picture.

Also, this Saturday is girls night and I am giving the Mabel Lucie Attwell piece to my friend (I will post a picture of it framed soon) and I am nervous that she won't like it. Fingers crossed that she will though. It will also mean a night of laughing and talking about the hottest blokes on TV. They are supernatural fans and reckon that Dean  is much hotter this season (as opposed to Sam last season). I only started watching it this se…

Morning!

I just wanted to say thank you to Sara for replying to all my questions in a previous comment, if you are like me and obliviously unaware then check out her responses that are in the comments to my post entitled: Is it just me

Subsequently, I have joined a Lizzie Kate Friend SAL -so watch out for progress. All I need is a Lizzie Kate chart, lol! I do like the designs as they are quite simple and not swamped with confetti (check me out using stitching terms!).

I hope you all have a good day :)

P.S I have brought my Ed Hardy stitching to work...to do some in my lunch hour..in the church park!

I have just found a free chart for a lizzie kate design called Friendship grows at: http://www.lizziekate.com/free.html

and as it is small and sweet I will stitch that for the SAL, I may also try rail-roading it with traditional stitches! I might even change some of the flower colours - ;) If someone wants to join me, we can always make it an exchange?