Wednesday, 16 April 2025

Gifted Gorgeousness April 2025

Yesterday was the 15th so it is Gifted Gorgeousness time hosted by the lovely Jo at Serendipitous Stitching a lovely chance to share our latest gifts. These can be gifts given or received, or any item made using fabric, threads, buttons, ribbon, chart, backing fabric that has been gifted

My stitching is certainly slower this year and I'm not sure why. I have some new glasses coming so maybe they will help.

Anyway this is a double GG as I received this lovely bookmark kit from Gill. I like a tudor rose design, this looked lovely.


And so I stitched it for my step-dad's birthday as he's an avid reader.


I do have some projects on the go and hopefully will have more to share next month.

Thursday, 10 April 2025

April's Fully Finished Objects

Many years ago ... probably 10 or even 15 these were a Round Robin and they have been in the drawer ever since.

I finally had some frames made and have now fully finished them. They are hanging in the conservatory. I might have Autumn and Spring charts somewhere but I have no immediate plans to do them too.

I stitched these years ago... yep more left in a drawer. I went off them as they do not start with capital letters but as I've stitched them it seems a shame not to show them so I had a small frame made to match my other monthly piece and I will change them each month too.

I have cut them to the frame size and used interfacing to back them so they don't fray. I keep them in a drawer between being in the frame so they are kept flat.



It is 40 years ago today I met my Hubby. I was in the Hawthorn Tree pub in Coventry in my Scout Leader's uniform selling raffle tickets 😊

Why do I remember it so clearly 🤔

Because not only did Nick buy a ticket (and in my opinion win first prize 😉) but it was the start of our many adventures, the first being to Lynmouth which we revisited last week 🥰

We would never have guessed back then what a super family we'd have and how many memories we'd make ❤️ 

Here's our first kiss and recent reenactment with the hotel which is now apartments. I have put a few more photos on Facebook 


I don't know where 40 years has gone but I do know I have lots of happy memories.