Stitching frenzy

I've got quite a bit of stitching done this week for a change. I did some more on Moonlight Bay and gave it it's own folder in my photos. I also did pretty much all of the dark skirt I could within the hoop on Feathers & Friends. Though I did frog a little bit cos I wasn't concentrating properly. I still haven't bought bobbins so haven't finished that yet. I will by Monday!! I did buy a very cool chart though. MONOPOLY!! Loads of people on the group have been chatting about it and so I finally had a look at it this week and thought it was pretty cool and so did Craig so we went mad and got it on Ebay. It came to $20 ish in the end. Bargain!! All I need now is an American Monopoly set so we can use it as a game board when I've finished it!

More bobbins and a UFO

Well I managed to wind and arrange all of my DMC threads into boxes. I only have duplicates/triplicates left to do and I need to buy more bobbins to do that so off to my LNS tomorrow. I'm dead proud of how neat they are so I'm showing them off LOL! And no, I didn't use a bobbin winder I did them by hand. The pics actually look real cool as a desktop background too. I took some close up pics of the floss and it looks good on my screen. It won't last long though because Craig will want it off as soon as he sees it!
Anyway, last night well, this morning actually at a stupid hour, I got the urge to work on my UFO Moonlight Bay. Don't ask me why cos I don't know! I can't remember the last time I picked it up. I stayed up til 4am stitching and did a little bit more when I woke up. I spent quite a bit of time marking off on a working copy where I'd got to so I don't have a whole lot to show stitching wise but here's a pic anyway:

This is what it looked like before:
And this is what it's supposed to look like finished. I bought this years ago in a sale for £4. I'm not so keen on it anymore and have no idea what I'll do with it when it's finished but who knows maybe it will grow on me.
Anyway I think that's plenty enough of an update for now. Have a good weekend everyone!

Winding bobbins

Well this week I'm trying to reach a few major goals. One of them is to wind all the floss I have lying around onto bobbins. Last Saturday I spent the entire afternoon sat out in the sun winding bobbins and now have a nice tan on my arms! The last few days I've been winding them while watching tv or checking e-mails. I'm getting there slowly. Anyway, I'll be well chuffed when they're done cos that means I've reached one of my goals!! The others aren't really stitchy related so I won't go there. I'm getting ever nearer to finishing the first half of Heart Strings. For such a small piece it's taken me ages and ages to do. I've just got some backstitch and the wings to finish and then it's off to the framers. I can really get going on the second half then. I want to get back into stitching Feathers & Friends too but we'll have to see how everything else goes. Anyway I'm gonna go and get on with winding my bobbins.

If you're Craig DON'T LOOK!!

I'm SO excited! Friday I went and had my wedding dress fitted. I haven't seen my dress in ages so it was really nice to see it and try it on again. It needs quite a bit of length taking off it as I'm such a shorty LOL! I got to bring my veil and tiara home too. My veil is even nicer than what I remembered. I haven't got pics of my veil yet but I will at some point.Here's a pic anyway:

White Cliffs of Dover

So last week we went me, Craig and his mum to visit his bro and family. It was the first time I'd met them. I had to get used to people calling me Auntie Azzie or Auntie Angharad! My niece to be, Sydney, is an absolute gem! She's so polite and very sweet! She's coming up to 3 years old but you wouldn't think it from looking at her. Here's me, Sydney and her mum Claire at Dover Castle:

We all had a wonderful day at Dover Castle. It was the only day when the weather was glorious! I also got the chance to ride on one of Claire's Shire horses! They're huge! It's the only thing we didn't get photos of actually. It was a really nice break away altogether. Oh and we were fed really well!! His bro is a chef and Claire is a great cook too. It was like I'd died and gone to food heaven! Anyway, I'll try and upload all my photos to my album tomorrow for people to nosy at!

Apart from that I'm having a real horrid week but I won't go there or I'll be here all night. 'Til next time enjoy the view: