Gifted Gorgeousness in May

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.

We've had new ladders put in to access our loft making it easier for us, especially me. The plan is to have a good clear out but a bit at a time. So far I have sorted all my old frames and cross stitch, I have quite a few to put up but I'll share those another time. These have now been gifted (regifted) to our children. 

I did the Christmas tree names many years ago, I probably have the charts in a box in the attic somewhere. It's not so clear upright but they are our children's names, Michael and Philippa, and are being passed back for them to keep. 

The owl is something my Mum stitched for us and it has been on our walls but not for many years. Our son and his girlfriend are now the guardians of Mr Owl.

It has recently been the Spring/Easter Exchange at Needlecraft Haven. My gifts were from Julie and she also gifted me these kits that still have plenty of thread in. I have found some bookmark aida in my stash and have nearly finished the bookmark already, I only needed to find one length of blue, probably because I doubled the left hand border to fit my fabric, just shows how much extra thread is in a kit.

For the exchange Julie stitched a beautiful hanging spring ornament, such a delicate hanger. My exchange parcel also included some Spring themed threads, a card, some Spring candles and although I didn't choose Easter as my preference Julie sent some Easter chocolates and a card - a lovely exchange, thank you Julie.

My exchange went to Gill who had no preference to her theme but I chose Spring as I have been wanting to stitch this chart for ages, it's one of my magazine page saves from years ago. It was lovely to stitch and fun to make up. I included some matching colour threads and Easter chocolates.

A good month for gifts, given & received. I have a few more I hope to give them soon so I'll share next time.

May's Fully Finished Objects

 Thank you Rachel for hosting another opportunity for us to share our finishes. Pop over to Rachel's blog Ten Hour Stitcher to find the links to everyone's FFO posts.

You may have seen this in my April Gifted Gorgeousness post but I stitched this bookmark for my step dad's birthday. It was a kit gifted to me so it felt good to gift the finished piece.

April 20th was Needlecraft Haven's Spring/Easter Exchange, we chose which design we would like. My partner didn't mind which but as I have been wanting to stitch this design for many years I thought I'd do spring. I have a few folders of old magazine charts that I would like to do, easier than keeping the whole magazine each time but there are certainly more filled folders than time I will have to stitch,

I'll share more details of our exchange in my GG post for May. I haven't been stitching much and what I have stitched are for gifts yet to be given but hopefully this month and next I'll be able to share. 

I'm hoping my stitching increases too as I no longer pick up a needle every night and I'm not sure why, I'm sure life will work it all out for me one way or an other.