Tiny Treasured Diamond

I've just realised that in my last post I didn't add a photo of the Christmas present Rachael sent me.  It's really cute.  Obviously she has very good taste in stitching stash!!

Tiny Treasured Diamond
Mill Hill

Tiny Treasured Diamond
Mill Hill

 I have just finished the bottom middle page of the Cut Thru Garden Shed.  As the last 2 pages are both half pages, I am going to work on both of them at once.  I have a bit of the backstitching done but will save the rest until I have finished the stitching now.

Having joined WIPocalypse, I am now going through all the blogs and have discovered some lovely new ones that I've never found before.  So not only will I get all my WIPs finished this year (yeah right!) but will also have new blogs to read too.  

Happy stitching!

Still not much stitching news

I can show 2 things I have stitched recently. One is an exchange for Lori through Cross Stitch Floss Swap. Her info said she liked red and dragons so I combined the 2 to make an ornament for her.




The second one is of a Mill Hill Tiny Treasured Diamonds which I made for my mum. She sent me a text today to say it arrived and she was absolutely thrilled.

On Monday I was part of a group of teachers and teaching assistants who took about 60 children to MEN arena for the Young Voices choir which is where around 8000 children and young people come together for a concert. We have been practising all the songs since September. It was long night in the end. We left school around 1 ish and arrived back at just gone 10pm. It was really fabulous though and the children were all brilliant.

And........another Christmas ornament

This is the one that Colin chose which took a couple of days to stitch up. It looks much better in real life. For some reason I couldn't get the camera to really make the beads pop. Now to decide if I carry on with some more or go back to something else, like the Snappers!

These are quite addictive!

Another little Christmas finish!

Well after doing Luke's tree ornament, I had to do Rachael's too. Hers was a really quick stitch as it was all beading apart from the metallic threads. She was really pleased with it this morning when she came down.

Colin has chosen one for himself now so that means I am doing another one. Rachael went through the rest and decided that she wants another too. Well never mind perhaps I can get them all done and have them on our tree this year.

I love these Mill Hill designs. I think I will have to have a look and see which ones I don't have yet!

A little Christmas finish

A while ago I bought a load of Tiny Treasure Diamonds by Mill Hill off a seller on ebay. Both the children chose one that they liked and I said I would stitch them for their Christmas trees this year. I had the one that Luke chose in my handbag but it wasn't a very good choice really as you can't bead on the move! When I cleared out my old bag last week when I bought a new one, I decided to get it finished at home. After 2 days stitching and beading, here it is..........

Luke was a little superstar and helped with beading the final piece of fringe, only dropping 2 beads! Not bad for a 7 year old who is clumsy at the best of times. Then he helped me to shred the filling and to stuff the ornament. Well done Luke!