Sunday 11 January 2015

Something new.....



Hello wonderful friends...

As the wonderful header says,  I am trying something new!! 

I bet your all wondering what and OMG! is she side tracking again!? lol

I cannot take all the credit for this... I actually saw a fellow bloggers post and thought... hmmm that sounds like fun!  It was on Deborah's Bits and Pieces blog if you want to take a look :)

Thank You for the inspiration Deborah :)

I joined a facebook group called Joyful Embelishments run by Valerie Bothell.  Over the course of 2015 the aim is for her to post 5 new stitches every week.  Then come the end of the year there will be a total of 260 new stitches to use!! WOW!!!

I had an idea to make a booklet.. with all those stitches I am going to have to do it by month.  So for the month of January I have started my booklet and done the first 5 stitches.  I am really pleased with what I have done... considering I have never done anything like this before.

Also the idea of the booklet was purely for my memory sake I think.. you all know with my learning difficulties I do and have forgotten things.  I thought this would be the simplest way to 'keep' all this new information.  And I can refer to it at any stage.

Here are my first  stitches.... oh yes they are stitched on a square of beige linen... which was actually some new linen cloth napkins my my acquired many years ago.. I cut each one into 4 and used each quarter to stitch my design on.  I am using cross stitch threads and beads I already have.

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I hope you like what I have done so far.. like I say its something totally different... oh but a lot of fun!

It seems....


As I had a great time putting it all together and now cannot wait for the next weeks stitches!

Oh dont worry I will be cross stitching too!!  I have so much time on my hands right now I thought why not!!

I hope your all having a wonderful weekend....

Smiles to you all :)


Oh yes!!

Thank you all so much for your comments on my last post.. I have not had a chance to reply to you all... so sorry :(

I am usually really good at replying too  :)

Note to self... try harder!!! 

Smiles :)

xx

11 comments:

  1. Wonderful idea. Your book is already looking good

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  2. Oh! Such a pretty idea! I love what you've done so far!

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  3. Your stitches are beautiful and I love your idea of making a book.

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  4. What a great idea...your stitches are lovely!!!

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  5. Very pretty stitching, I can see you making some wonderful things in the future using these new stitches.

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  6. Oh wow! Those are really neat!

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  7. Good idea!
    Your stitching is beautiful, even with beads:-)))

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  8. Great work Jaquie!! Love making lazy daisies...so fun to try out new stitches isn't it?!! Still want to send you a little something but have been busy with my bday, Christmas and now a flu so have patience! Hugs!

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  9. Oh such an interesting idea! I dunno if I could bring myself to make one per page though. I would cram a whole garden of stitchy flowers on one page if I could. But learning the new stitches looks so fun. :D

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