What did I do ?

 Noticed I have lost six followers since this morning , wow , I must have been a very bad blogger.

  No stitching to show , been very busy wrapping and stuff , but want to leave you with a lovely pic of the beautiful sunrise from the other day .

Cath

GIVE AWAY !!!!!

Thanks to everyone who voted in my poll. It seems that people would prefer to receive something hand made , closely followed by stash , so that is what I am going to offer up .

 So , if you would like to receive something made by me , and a little stash to go with it ,here's what you have to do ;
  1) Leave a comment on this post only stating that you want to enter the giveaway.
  2) If you have a blog and post about the giveaway on it , let me know and you will be entered a second time .
 To be fair , if you do not have a blog, tell me something about your favourite thing to stitch , and you will be entered a second time too.
 You must be a follower to enter (ie ,listed on my followers) , though new followers are very welcome to join in .
 I don't know what the giveaway will include yet , as I will try to suit the winner , and obviously for something hand made , it will take time to be sorted .
 Closing date will be midnight (British time) on the 18th March , and I'll let you know the winner sometime after that .

 Now , a shout out for someone who is trying to get to 100 followers , when she will have a giveaway. Please visit Karens' blog and join up, and don't forget to tell her I sent you ,lol .

 Take care , and have a good week,
 Cath x

Three cheers .

Happy Valentines Day everyone , especially if you are doing something special .  We don't do Valentines. We say "I love you" pretty much every day , so no need to make a special day for it . It has been very sweet though , as my six year old son has made two lovely pictures with hand written messages for his sweetheart at school , and he brought home two pictures from her , which has made his day ,lol .

 Anyway , on to other things. The other day saw the arrival of the last of my stash .

 This had somehow gotten missed from my order from Anita, so I e-mailed her and she very kindly sent it on. Looking forward to stitching these later in the year .

 I had a little finish last week . Whilst sorting out some stuff I came across this just started cover kit and decided to finish it. It's nice to have something that is easy to pick up and put down as well as a main project.

 Not sure what I'm going to do with him yet, though I'm maybe thinking of making up a little dolly bag , we shall see .

 And , I am up to 200 followers - yahoo!!!, so that means a give away is coming up . I am going to leave it until next month , as it's half term next week and there are things going on etc, plus I would like to know what people would like to win , so I'm going to put a poll up on the sidebar .Please either vote in the poll or leave a comment with what you think would be a good give away prize .

The other big news , is my progress on Butterflies Galore. The face is done !
 The confetti was a pain in the derry , and to be honest , I'm not totally sure a lot of it was necessary. That said , I am loving stitching her and already looking forward to the next one ,lol .
 So , I'm hoping you want to see pics .

  I have done a little bit more since taking these photos , but you get the idea. I am really pleased with how she is turning out .
 Thanks for dropping by ,
 Cath

GREETINGS

Just want to say Happy Easter Everyone . And , welcome to the new followers . CathX

I'm so excited .

Look what came in the post this morning .

I was very lucky to be a winner of Lisas' blogoversary giveaway , and today my prize arrived.

Isn't it beautiful .

The chart is "Queen of Hearts" by The Sampler Girl and Lisa used 28ct linen and the called for DMC floss , it is just gorgeous .And look at the lovely fabric on the back . The buttons were made by Lisas' DH , and the pictures do not do them justice . Also included were some skeins of DMC in lovely pinks .

Thanks again Lisa , I love it and can't wait to put it on show.

And now , I have to get ready for my own giveaway , just look at my followers ! Yee haaa . I have made it in blog land , lol . Sorry to get so excited , but it is really nice that so many people appreciate my blog and stitching efforts . So , my next post will be a giveaway , and it will be a biggie !

Thanks for dropping by ,

Cath

Snowman.

No , thankfully we have not been blessed with more of the white stuff , I have been busy working on my Christmas Recipe.

I have had a couple of days of serious stitchers' butt , one day each of the last couple of weekends , and boy did I enjoy it .

This is what it looked like after last Saturdays efforts :

And here is how it looks after this past weekend

The bits of pink paper are covering up my kids' names . I decided to personalise it with all our names , so have added some extra boxes.

I'm really enjoying working on it again ,and looking forward to a finish .

This is my start on my proper square for the fund raising quilt. It's a Greek couple dancing and as we went to Greece for our honeymoon , I just had to stitch it . There are lots of squares from around the world , so I'm sure the quilt will be lovely when it's finished .Still no stash from Thread Bear . I'll leave it a few more days then get in touch to see if their order has arrived yet .

After a lot of deliberating , I've decided not to start my Dads' sampler yet . I just can't cope with having too many projects on the go at once , I can't decide which to work on so end up doing none of them , lol . Still , hopefully I'll have another finish soon so I feel more able to get on with it .

I'm still gobsmacked at the number of comments on Dandy Dreams , so a big Thank you again to everyone .

I'm on 97 followers now , so only three more to go and I'll have a giveaway .

Thanks for dropping by ,

Cath

The dandelions are growing ...

Slowly , lol .

I haven't had as much time to stitch as I would have liked this week , with one thing and another , but I am enjoying working on Dandy Dreams again . Here's a quick pic of the progress :

It looks a bit dark as it's very grey , foggy and yucky here today .

I've also done a couple of charity squares . These butterflies are for a personal quilt for Anna , one of the girls in Rachels' Place . I loved the chart for the rainbow one , but the light blue seems a bit bland . I think I'd have preferred a brighter shade really .Love the little owls .

And , remember this ? Well , I was really pleased and excited when I got a message from the designer herself. Rhona Norrie has just started her own blog , so please visit here to say hello and give her a nice blogger welcome (I'm sure a few new followers would be appreciated too ;-D ) . I have to say , it's given me a renewed enthusiasm for carrying on with this piece , so I really want to get cracking on Dandy Dreams so I can restart this and start my Dads' pic.

Thank you everyone for the comments on my last post . I appreciate each and every one of the 17 comments , just got to keep aiming for more , lol . And thank you to my new followers too , I'm up to 85 , woo hoo . When I hit 100 , I'm planning a giveaway , not sure what yet , but I do have a few ideas , so spread the word !

Thanks for dropping by ,

Cath

HELLO

And welcome to my new followers . It is really nice to see you there , but don't be shy . Please come and leave a comment so I can get to know you. It's funny isn't it ? We all love to receive comments but sometimes struggle with leaving them . I made a point towards the end of last year to try and comment more on the blogs I read . No mean feat , as I am currently following over 170 blogs ,and like to have a look round at others to find new ones too . I don't leave comments on every blog or every blog post but I am trying to leave more , so if we all do the same , we will all get more comments and hence be happier bloggers :- D so come on everyone , leave those comments . Thanks , Cath