Wander #17 - Finished! & Christmas Baking

Woo hoo - it's finished! I plan to frame each of the four designs in this series in matching frames and display them in the theological library where I work. The only change I made in this design is the car numberplate - it's supposed to say 'camp' but I changed it to 'HBC" which are the initials of the Bible College where I work.

And I'm very excited for my friend Judith who became a first-time Grandparent on Tuesday - congratulations! That will be the second stocking I have to stitch next year. The first one for a work colleague has already arrived and I'm itching to get started on it... but it might have to wait for the weekend as I'm going to the movies tonight to see 'The Dressmaker' which I've heard is good. 

For Christmas each year, I like to make something a little quirky for the kids. This year, I found something very easy, but quite cute - gingereindeer. So easy as they are just upside down gingerbread men shapes decorated with a red M&M, mini marshmallows and decorating icing - the arms and legs are supposed to be horns. I think they turned out pretty cute, but my husband just reckons they look like I did the face the wrong way up. Maybe if the body was a little shorter it might look better, but  a colleague at work recognised them as gingereindeer immediately, so I'll probably make some more for the Christmas table this year.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Don't forget my next pattern giveaway here.
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie 

Wander #16

Just the tops of the trees and a little back-stitching to do now...

Giveaway #4 - Emma/Itzy has kindly passed on her winning pattern and has nominated that it go to Jen, the other entrant, who would like to do it for her son. Jen please send me your postal address and I'll get it out to you asap. Lucky You!

Don't forget my next pattern giveaway here.
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie  

Wander #15

Last night, I started on filling in the bottom left corner and made reasonable progress...

 

I think I'll have this done in a couple more days - then I can start on a Christmas Stocking which I'm looking forward to getting into.

Don't forget my pattern giveaway here.
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie 

Wander #14 & Giveaway #5

I didn't have a good day yesterday. I was trying to do too much at work and stuffed up just about everything in some way or another. And then it continued when I got home - I stitched the border all the way around and then realised that the trees cut into it a bit so I had to unpick a fair amount. What a waste of time... oh well, everyone has those days. Hopefully I won't have another for a very long time.

Giveaway #5
 
The Lord Bless You (Bucilla)

Give Away is for the original chart only. I have used it, but it is otherwise unmarked.I originally stitched this in 2012 (see 2012 tab above). 

To enter, you must be a follower of my blog and you must enter a comment on THIS post stating you would like to be entered in the draw. Closing date is midnight Saturday 5th December 2015. A name will be drawn at random and you will be notified to send me a postal address so I can send your chart. Good luck!

This is my small way to bless you, my followers with something. I appreciate you all for taking the time to follow my stitching (and other) adventures . As I've said before, it freaks me out that there are people out there interested in what I'm doing - it's great!
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie

Wander #13, Robot ABC #14 & Giveaway #4 Winner

Over the weekend, we were at Aireys Inlet where I did a little stitching on the Robot ABC. I've run out of some threads though so I couldn't finish off how I usually like to. Must make a note to get to the craft store to get some more before we go back... I did get most of the N done.

 

Unfortunately, it's not just plain black that is used for the back-stitching, but a dark brown so I'll have to go and get the right colour.

Then when we got home, I settled in for an afternoon of stitching whilst watching the first ever day-night cricket test between Australia and New Zealand. It was a very exciting match, but eventually Australia won - yay. I'm surprised I managed to get the whole car filled in, but that's what happens when you sit and stitch for 7+ hours! Gosh, I can't believe I was stitching for that long, but I was... and it was good!

Give Away #4
Now, the time passed and no-one had entered the draw, so I've allowed the 2 entries that did make it in the next day to participate. And I asked one of my work colleagues to pick left or right, and in the hand they picked was Emma/Itzy - congratulations!
Please send your postal address to xstitchlibrarian[at]gmail.com and I'll get your prize out to you asap. I'll pick something for Giveaway #5 tomorrow.

Happy Stitching,
Kerrie

Wander #12

I forgot my camera on my desk again so I had to use my phone to take a picture of last night's progress. I'm quite excited about the outline of the car - it looks great. Can't wait to start filling it in.

 

We're off to Aireys Inlet tonight for the weekend so Wander will have to wait. I'll get some more work done on the Robot ABC which I haven't touched for ages.

Don't forget my pattern giveaway here.   I'm surprised no one has actually entered the giveaway for this pattern yet. It was a joy to stitch and the bright colours would be great for any child's bedroom.
 
Have a great weekend everyone...
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie

Wander #11

Bottom right corner - finished!
That's all there is to say today...

Don't forget my pattern giveaway here. 
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie

Wander #10

A bit more border and some more trees meas the bottom right corner is almost done.

I'm excited because I'm going to have 2 Christmas stockings to stitch next year. One for a work colleague, and another for my crafty friend's first grandchild. I've got one already to start when I finish this Wander design, and I'll find out what the other one will be later this week. So excited - the Dimensions Gold Christmas stockings are fairly involved, but they are SO worth it and look completely amazing when they're done.

Don't forget my pattern giveaway here.
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie

Wander #9 & Giveaway #4

Got some of the trees done last night. This area should be fairly quick as there is no back-stitching involved.

Give Away #4
 
Happy Friends

Give Away is for the original chart only. I have used it, but it is otherwise unmarked.I originally stitched this in 2011-2 (see 2012 tab above). 

To enter, you must be a follower of my blog and you must enter a comment on THIS post stating you would like to be entered in the draw. Closing date is midnight Saturday 28th November 2015. A name will be drawn at random and you will be notified to send me a postal address so I can send your prize. Good luck!

Happy Stitching,
Kerrie

Wander #8 & Giveaway Winner

The winner of Giveaway #3 is Cazpups from Toms River in NJ - congratulations. Please send your postal address to xstitchlibrarian[at]gmail.com and I'll get your prize out to you asap. I'll pick something for Giveaway #4 tomorrow.

Over the weekend, I made a little progress - finished off the backstitching on the top half of the border, finished the wording on LOST and started on the trees for the picture below. Not much, but we had a busy weekend in the garden and I was too tired to concentrate.

Happy Stitching,
Kerrie

Wander #7

Didn't get much stitching time last night as we had dinner at my parent's place.

It's been warming up here in Melbourne the last few days so poor Clarence is pretty worn out. I did manage to get this cute smile from him last night inbetween naps...

Don't forget to check out my Give Away here.
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie

Wander #6

I did the border filling last night and started on the next word - lost. Still got to do the back-stitching around the border and then the top half will be done.

Don't forget to check out my Give Away here.
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie  

Wander #5 & Give Away #3

Did a bit more of the border last night. I'm definitely going to run out of black which is used for all the outlines. Lucky I bought several spare skeins last time I went shopping!

Give Away #3

Sunflower Street

Give Away is for the original chart only. I have used it, but it is otherwise unmarked.I originally stitched this in 2012 (see 2012 tab above). 

To enter, you must be a follower of my blog and you must enter a comment on THIS post stating you would like to be entered in the draw. Closing date is midnight Saturday 21st November 2015. A name will be drawn at random and you will be notified to send me a postal address so I can send your prize. Good luck!
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie 

Wander #4 & Prize Winner

Lucky Linda is the winner of my second giveaway. Congratulations! Please email me your postal address and I'll get the patterns for 'Chocolate' and 'Balanced Diet' out to you straight away: xstitchlibrarian [at] gmail.com

I had a great weekend of stitching on the Wander design. It's almost half done!

Tonight I'll pick something else for the next give-away... stayed tuned.
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie 

Wander #3

Only had a short time to stitch last night as we had dinner at my parent's place and we got delayed planning for our holiday next year - they will be coming with us.

Don't forget my Give Away #2  - see post on Tuesday 10th November for details.

Happy Stitching,
Kerrie 

Wander #1

Yay - the postie delivered my parcel of goodies yesterday so I had no choice but to start one of them straight away!

Very happy with my first night's progress. It looks like it might be a fairly quick stitch.

And don't forget my Give Away #2  - see post on Tuesday 10th November for details.

Happy Stitching,
Kerrie