Just a few bits for spring

I got Doodle Stitching as a gift for my birthday. So these are just a few stitchings that I have done from the book. I really love this book. It's cute and the designs are so versatile. Her blog, Little Dear Tracks, is full of gorgeous stuff. I am a regluar reader.

a mermaid made for a birthday card


little bunny



This last picture is from Urban Threads, made for a valentines card.

New Year Nothingness

I have not felt much like doing anything lately. Maybe it's the weather. I have got my eye on some embroidery books, with my birthday looming some of them will be birthday treats to myself. And I am about to start to stitch this for a valentines card.
I have also discovered White Lies and have been listening to To Lose My Life pretty much all the time. Their new album, Ritual, has just been released which I think will be among my birthday treats. Happy bunny.

Merry Christmas

I tried something different this year with my cards. I normally make them with cross stitch but I tried embroidery, making Christmas trees with lights on. On some I used green organza, some a piece of green fabric (bought with a bag of fabric scraps), and some using a stitched outline of a tree using split stitch. I enjoyed making them, they have been much quicker to make than cross stitch. I enjoyed being creative and making each one individual.

a lark in the evenin'...

this was made for a birthday present. The chart is from JBW designs and I used "Eve's Apples" thread by Crescent Colours.

a bird for autumn

my finished bird for autumn. just winter to go...

apples

these a few designs I made for Apple Day, to sell on the stall. I made them into cards.

beautiful autumn

Autumn
by Emily Dickinson

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry’s cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I’ll put a trinket on.