Well I got this back from the framers yesterday and although i was having a huff and puff about the cost of it last week, I am so happy with it this week lol! I've now got it stashed in the back of the car so that dh doesn't see it but I cannot wait to give it to him, i wonder if I can hold out till Christmas .

also got the background done for the advent calender so should have that all finished up this week as well. After that i think my stitching time will be slightly diminished as we are getting the new kitchen starting week after next and the electrics rewired so chaos will ensue for the next couple of weeks - bring it on ....

Advent

Okay. All my little advent pillows are stitched and sewn up. Now just to get the background made and should be good to go for 1st Dec.

Took lee's present in to get framed.£80 effing quid! Nearly fell over, as i know it'll look great and it will be in the house I can just about cope with it but reckon I will have to just frame stuff myself from now on.

Only two weeks to go
till meet up with the girls from friendly stitchers in harrogate-cannae wait!

And then getting my new kitchen fitted in December , its going to be a busy few weeks coming up.f

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the perils of wearing socks

It would appear that wearing socks while walking down the stairs is not the most sensible thing to do. One tiny slip and off we go, one leg going one way and the other going in the completely wrong direction lol! Hobbled about on it on Sunday but decided by Monday that i should maybe get it looked at, so went up to my local accident & emergeny department (my old work - where they all had a good laugh at me) and came out wearing this ridiculous big stookie! apparentely i have a subtle fracture of the lateral mallelous but this requires a completely unsubtle plaster.

The most annoying bit was that we were due to go away for a few days over this week as it is the school holidays but me being the only driver this has had to be cancelled - we shall just rearrange for the spring instead.

The good part is though that i am getting lots of stitching time yay! Working away on my advent calender which is making up 25 little pillows - only got another 5 to do and then the fun begins of sewing them all up...

take care all and remember don't wear socks going down stairs!

yay! a finish...

Finished up pressie for dh. now just to put it away and remember to get it framed before Christmas. I have so loved working on this sparklies fabric, defo getting some more in the future.

now going to do a few more squares for an advent calender, mind I'll be pushing it to have it ready for this year but I can try.

at least I'm off work tomorrow as it's a local holiday, taking the kids to xcape in Glasgow for a bit of sledging - might even have a go myself for a laugh.

right off to watch corrie. night night.

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first symbol update

well this is my first update of hubby's pressie. He has a huge led zep fan and has been wanting me to do their symbols for ages. i finally got round to choosing the fabric and went for Ink from Sparklies - I am loving it, just the colour i wanted, it is a bit darker than shown here. Guess where i'll be stopping at first when we hit Harrogate this year!

Some more pictures of our trip to Culzean and yes Gillie, this is where the Eisnhower Apartment is, this was given to him after the war. However as far as I am aware now you can actually stay there as it is part of the National Trust and they have various residences as holiday lets.

Am now back at work but back off again next week - here's hoping the weather actually improves, it has been so miserable here for the last few weeks, the day i took these photos has been about the only time the sun has been out lol!