Halloween Blog Hop (edited)

Huge thanks go to Jo for organising this Blog Hop.  As I told her before, it is my second favourite event of the year with her Advent Calendar being my most favourite!

Now I know if should be a finished piece of halloween stitching but I haven't quite finished him yet! However, this photo will be updated throughout the day until Drac is revealed in all his glory.

So my letter is O as in O dear what a mess he looks at the moment!

Next you need to follow this link which will take you to the next blog and you can find the next letter there!

 Keep Calm and Cross Stitch

Happy Halloween

And he is done!!!  (And on Halloween too!)

Stitching and cooking

Yesterday, Colin and Luke went to an away game - Forest Green Rovers v Hyde (football in case you've not heard of them!)  Rachael and I decided to have a Harry Potter day.  I stitched as I watched but couldn't settle to any particular design.  First I stitched on my Stable.

Bothy Threads - Cut Thru Stable

Then I moved onto Roses of Paris.

Chatelaine Designs - Roses of Paris

 And then fancied a little bit of snow.

Lizzie Kate - 6 Fat Men

Finally I couldn't resist marking out my fabric and starting this.  What is it Jo P?  I have marked it out as it is in the fabric layout chart but it seems to waste an awful lot of fabric in my opinion.  I am thinking about restarting it with just an inch and a half between each piece as they are cut down to half an inch left all round. What do you think?

What is it?

On Friday Rachael and Luke wanted to do some cooking and baking.  I'm currently on a bit of a health kick with regards to food so didn't want too many cakes.  In the end we settled on some chocolate brownies and some buns from a Weightwatchers book I had.  Then we made some spaghetti bolognese for the freezer and finally homemade pizza for tea.  Here are some photos of the finished items...

 This is the pizza before the cheese went on.  The kids were a bit heavy on the meat.  Mine only had tuna, mushroom and sweetcorn on so not worthy of a photo!  Luke's was a work of art!