I love participating in stitched exchanges. I don’t do this very often because I am often late. But every now and then, when I know I have the time to meet the deadlines, I will sign up for one. I have long loved the Blackbird Designs, and felt that a Blackbird Designs ornament was within… Read More
After a long hiatus from stitching, and an even longer one from participating in an exchange, I have just signed up to a Blackbird Designs ornament exchange. The brief – to stitch a Blackbird Designs design, or part of a design, make it up into an ornament and send it off to someone somewhere in… Read More
A couple of months ago I signed up for the Hooked on Exchanging Fall Pyn Keepe Exchange. I was so excited to be able to participate after around about a year of not being part of any exchanges. I had chosen not to be involved in previous exchanges because every time I did get involved,… Read More
About 2 months ago I signed up for the Fall Pyn Keepe exchange over at Hooked on Exchanging. I had done the maths and had worked out that if I got stitching straight away, I could get the pyn keepe in the mail before the crazy fortnight leading up to the Deb Ball arrived. I… Read More
Out of respect for my exchange partner, I decided not to open the parcel from Poland until after I had sent mine of to Singapore. I count myself as blessed to have received such a gorgeous hanger, all stitched over one! And then the threads, fabric, charms and notepad that came with it! I was… Read More
Well, many weeks later, I finally sent off my exchange piece to Singapore, where it safely arrived this week. I had stitched for Ellen Little House’s “My Needle’s Work”. My original thought for finishing it was to try to work out how Natalie from the blog L’Atelier Perdu made a wonderful sewing accessory (I can’t… Read More
IMGP0755 Originally uploaded by Bette_h Well, I have now reached the point where I started stitching yesterday. Tonight I while watching NCIS I will continue stitching and hopefully will be able to put it together tomorrow while the girls are at Calisthenics. I have downloaded the fix for my scanner, but have yet to work… Read More
Shared with Flock – The Social Web Browser http://flock.com Yep, the title says it all. I have been furiously working on completing an exchange piece that should have been completed a month ago, put aside 2 hours today to work on it, and spent most of that time pulling out what I had done… Read More
This will be my last entry on my 2008 Christmas Exchanges. I received this wonderful parcel from my 2muchXS Secret Santa just before Christmas. Included in the parcel was the complete kit for Little House Needleworks Coffee Menu, some Vicki Clayton Hand dyed fibres, a tin of Altoids (one of the few things that I… Read More
I received these wonderful handmade ornaments from Michelle of Dream Candles as part of the Business Mum’s 2008 Ornament exchange. My little Christmas tree that is specific for the handmade ornaments is rapidly filling. At the moment I include handmade ornaments that I have purchased on the tree, or some that I have made myself,… Read More
