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Tuesday 17 January 2012

Catching up .

Hi everyone .
On Thursday 5Th Jan I got myself a serious case of Stitch Butt. Both kids were back at school , school went back the day before but my boy stayed off for the first day , still recovering from his poorly ear . He had a type of abscess behind his eardrum which eventually burst , leaking blood and pus for a few days , but thankfully he is now back to his usual mischievous and cheeky self .
Anyway, my first day of peace was spent in stitchy bliss , well mostly , I had a lot of back stitch to do ,lol .
So , I got myself a finishThis Tatty Teddy has now been sent to Love Quilts UK , to be included in one of their named quilts. Not usually the sort of thing I like stitching . My only other Tatty was my daughters' birth sampler ,and I have to admit to making the back stitch up as I go along as the charts do my head in. I enjoyed it , but I'm glad it's finished .
I also wanted to share this lovely sunset from the other day. We are getting a few nice ones lately,as it has turned colder . Frost all day for the last few days. The sunrises are really pretty too , but we don't get a clear view from here .

I have been doing a little more stitching. I've started a small project which will hopefully become one of my RAKs, but it's slow going . Not a hard chart , I've just been distracted. I have been spending some of my Christmas money on books , so have been reading a lot. I've missed being able to buy new books so picked up quite a few . Luckily Asda have been selling some off for £1/£2 so I've gathered a few from there as well as a couple of others and also got one for Chrimbo from my hubby , so that was the first read of the year . I've just started number six, but think this might be a little harder going as it's been translated from Swedish, but we'll see.

Catch you soon .

Take care ,

Cath

14 comments:

Chris said...

Beautiful sunset. The bear is very sweet.
Glad to hear that your son is feeling better!

Denise said...

That sunset should be converted into a pattern to stitch - gorgeous! Love your tatty bear - some child will love him.

I've been reading like mad too - think I'm on my 9th book since Christmas. I better slow down!

Julie said...

Super finish, love the sunset, picture postcard stuff.

Lesleyanne said...

A lovely finish. A great picture of the sunset. You should get yourself a kindle if you are a reader. I love mine.

Mouse said...

oooo well done on the TT finish and that you've sent it to be made in to a quilt :) sorry to hear the wee one has been poorly and gorgeous sunset you got there tooo :) love mouse xxxx

Dawn said...

Cute bear :)

Lynn said...

Your bear finish is so sweet! Well done! It will look wonderful on a quilt.
That sunset pic is just incredible.

cucki said...

hello dear, its me cucki your new friend and follower too..beautiful blog and lovely stitching..
nice picture of sunset..
big hugs cucki xxx

Topcho said...

The Tatty is just so cute! But I agree that the backstitching is not the funnest part if working on it! I've stitched only one Tatty so far and I'm not repeating in near future, lol!
Have a nice read with your new books! :D

Sally said...

What a cute finish Cath!

Love the sunset. There have been some really pretty ones these last few days but now we're back to rain:(

Glad your son is feeling better.

Rhona said...

Glad to hear that your son is better. Love your TT finish....everyone complains about the backstitching on them! I think it's wonderful that you stitch for Love Quilts...so a big well done to you!

♥ Nia said...

Congrats on your finish! So adorable!! :D
I've never seen such a pink sunset! :D Thanks for sharing =)

Caitlin @ Naughts Cross Stitches said...

such a cute finish :D

Patty C. said...

The Tatty Teddy is so darling - Great Finish !!!