Holly & Ivy ScissorKeep

For the LHN/CNN Exchange, I finished the Holly & Ivy Sampler from Country Cottage Needleworks into a scissor keep for Suzanna. The scissor shield is glued to the interior to prevent the scissor from poking thru the stitched piece.

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Holiday Exchange - Easter

You don't find this design any where... I decided to create my own stitch pattern for this exchange. After plouging thru my stack of stitching magazines, craft books  for inspirations...... and this design is born. It's stitched one-over one on a 28 count evenweave. I finishes it with magnetic squares to house the needle threader and needles; and handmade the tassle. Hope you like it Barbara :).
Hmmm... I should have use a digital cam rather than my phone. The pictures did not turn out well here.

HOE2 - LHN/CNN Exchange Received

Received this beautiful work from Jayne.  :) The stitch pattern is part of  'Morning Berries' by LHN and Jayne finishes it as a needlecase and a thread tag.... Included are stitching needles, milk chocolate ( yum yum... eating right now... heehee) . Thank you so much Jayne for the wonderful exchange.

Cross Stitch Freebies by Ria Lanser

A collecton of free monochrome samplers designed by Ria Lanser.

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Free Charts by WindyWillows

Free cross-stitch charts from Ayoka. Japanese site

http://windywillows.web.fc2.com/wwindex.htm

HOE Xmas Ornament Exchange 2009

Yeah!!! I finally managed to find this photo from my junk folder. I know I have taken a snap shot of it but can't recall where I saved it to..... blur me lol . These 2 cute ornaments were stitched for my exchange partner, Mary Jo, in the recent HOE Xmas Exchange. Cindy jokingly ask me .... "Where is the S-size ornament?" lol...

HOE Christmas Ornament 2009

I received this christmas ornament from Jean yesterday. It's a cute snowmen peeping out of the christmas wreath. Red buttons and red ribbon dress-up the ornament nicely.
Thanks Jean for this special ornament.

HOE Summer House Exchange Sent

Jayne has received my stitchwork. That was fast. I stitched this LHN Wool Needlebook for her. To personalize and fit the Summer House theme, I changed the colour of the house and add a pathway with bright flowers at the sides. I also include Jayne's initials. This is one of my favourite design from LHN. Would love to stitch one for myself some day.

HOE Summer House Exchange Received

I received this beautiful work from Jeanie. I love how she personalize the design by placing our nation flag beside the house. :) Yes, we will be celebrating our nation 44th birthday... how appropriate.
This is Jeanie's first attempt with the finishing and she did it so well. Thanks Jeanie... those melons really make my mouth water in this hot summer day.

No news is bad news?

I have mailed my Woodland Exchange out on the 20 April 2009, till now I don't hear a word from my partner whether she has received it. Mine was sent via registered mail and the log shows that the item was received on the 29th.... Her blog was not updated since 19th May.... ??

I am glad that I sent it via registered mail. At least I know the item has reached the destination and is not lost. Hope everything is fine with her.

Any way, this is what I have stitched for her :) . A beautiful work to part with. A joy to stitch.

HOE - Woodland Exchange Received

My woodland exchange has arrived and it's from Cari again. She stitched a beautiful 'Yellow Lemon Tree Fob' that was done one-0ver-one. You may also notice a few ripe lemons on the ground lol. The floss colour she chose are so matching. Look at the back of the fob. From afar, it looks like stamp printed on the fabric. Cari includes some extras.... GAST floss, a belfast linen fabric... they are way beyond my expectation. Once again a big THANK YOU to Cari. From where I am, these are not easily available here.

While you are here... take a look at the blue pinkeep she did for me in year 2007. Woooh... how time files...

Mystery Work

Update on my mystery project. Glad to finish a big portion of the stitching during the holiday.

Woodland Stitching

Finally get to mail my woodland exchange out. I can now continue with my mystery stitch.

Morning Sunlight

This photo was shot at around 7 am in the morning from my bedroom's window. :) Love the light contrast shown on the fabric. Thanks Lesley, for sharing the tip on natural daylight photo.

I have also sign-up for an exciting HoE exchange organized by Edgar. It's the Woodland Exchange. For this exchange, we should think foresty... woodsy... jungly... rainforest... small creatures... Can't wait to see what we stitchers can come out with. :)

My Second Angel

Managed to finish a second angel this week. :) It's a cute angel sitting on the floor stitching.

Hmmm... still can't capture the right shade of the fabric.

Sh... !!! Angel stitching

Not much work done this weekend. Spending my time trying to recover my crash system.
My angel now has a seat. The letters are stitched using Vicki Hibiscus.
I am experimenting with using macro to take closed-up pictures... some how the colour of the fabric changes. Is it because of my lighting condition?

Mystery Project

Unable to sleep well lately, many stitching thoughts and plans comes to mind in the nights. So at the end, I decided to start a mystery project on my own. I will show you the many stages of my stitching as times goes by. Two very contrasting colour Nile Blue and Hibiscus (both silk floss from Vickki Clayton) will be used. It will be a 1-over-1 stitch on 28 ct silkweaver fabric.

Here is the first stage after 3 nites of stitching. (The purple lines are my dividing or guiding lines. :) )

SBEBB Frosty Friends Exchange - Received

I received my exchange package from Laurie yesterday. She stitched a cute design from Helga Mandl titled "Peppermint Paul" on her own hand-dyed fabric. Isn't the snowman cute? :) Pop-ing candies and walking merrily at the same time. Helga Mandl Designs is new to me. A search in the internet ... HMD is a Croatian Cross Stitch design company that specializes in easy, quick to stitch, funny and colourful designs. Will take a look at what design pattern they have later.

Laurie also includes extras: a round white doily ( she crochet it herself... :) ... a woman of many talents ....), chocolate bar, varigated floss and altoid tins that are listed in my wishlist. I have been lemme for altoid tins for some time ever since I bought the tin topper chart. It will be great to house my stitching needles in the 'stitched' tin. Thanks Laurie.

Below is the closed-up of the snowman. Love her stitch work. So neat and tidy. And those are red and white beads.

SBEBB Frosty Friend Exchange 2008 sent

Now that Gaby has received my package, I can show you what I have make for her. It is a design by Prairie Schooler titled 'Let it snow'. I finished it as a hanging pin keep. This design is also one of her 'wish to stitch' christmas ornament collection. :) . Glad to know that she likes it.

I have not being very active with stitching since January. Firstly due to 'lazy bones' and with the current economy recession.... my battery mood being pretty low. With the company globalizing, meaning more working hours, less stitching time. And with each hot awful nights, sleep has not come easy too. Is age catching up? I wonder. :(

SBEBB Christmas Ornament Exchange

I received this lovely ornament from Su last week and manage to upload it to my blog today. Being pretty busy for the last few weeks due to work. Su stitched a design from Blackbird Design titled 'Holly Hill" on a white sparkling fabric. I love the way she finishes it with small bom bom at the bottom and buttons at the top. The pom pom makes me think of snow flakes :) . Su also includes extra goodies and some are useful for my future exchanges. Thanks Su. It's a great exchange.