Work in progress and Spring design nearly ready.

Hi everyone, I have nearly finished stitching the Winter freebie......

Santa's Village Cross Stitch nearly finished and new mini cat design!

Hi everyone, I just thought I would show you my latest progress on Santa's Village that I started a couple of years ago......

Free winter mini cross stitch pattern and mini cat updates for 2016

Hi everyone, I know I said I was having a blogging break but I was in the mood for designing a free cross stitch pattern for you all, hope you like it!

Hello everyone, Bonjour!

Hi everyone, we have arrived in our new home in the countryside of central France and love it here, the weather has been so lovely, I have been wearing short sleeves ever since we arrived which is nice, nothing but gorgeous sunshine!   

Hello!

Hi everyone, still around, somewhere in the south of England!

My little craft space and where am I now?

Hi everyone, I thought it was about time I gave you a little update on my travels.......

Friday Freebie - October Mini Cat for Halloween and Free Think Pink Gift Tags

Hi everyone, I have lots of time to design mini cats now, so here is the October Mini Cat freebie!

I feel free..............

There is something rather free about driving around in a motor home, if you don't like where you are you can always change your pitch, free is the word that springs to mind!

Think Pink Breast Cancer Care

Breast Cancer Mini Cat Pattern now available from my blog.

If you would like to order from this page just  click the donate button below, no paypal account needed.

All proceeds to breast cancer care.

£2.50

Time to say goodbye............

It's time to say goodbye.....................

Rose Cottage Mattress Pin Cushion

Hi everyone, I finished Rose Cottage, (my latest cross stitch design) into a sweet mattress pincushion.

There are over 200 french knots but I love stitching them so it was easy, can't say that about the finish though as I always find mattress pincushions to be quite fiddly and this was no exception. 

When I was a little girl I used to draw a cottage with a picket fence and roses around it, this is where the inspiration came from.

Hope you like it!

Happy stitching.

Love to Quilt Mini Cat Stitched

Hi everyone, here is Love to Quilt Mini Cat completed, hope you like it!

The pattern is available here 

Love to Quilt

Hi everyone, here is my latest mini cat design, Love to Quilt.

One for me!

Home Sweet Home, I simply had to do one for myself!

Home Sweet Home!

Hi everyone, I have been stitching a little gift.

Sept Mini Cat pattern and Breast Cancer Charity Mini Cat pillow.

Hi everyone, here is September mini cat all ready for school!

Freebie Friday - August Mini Cat Gift Tags and new mini cat blog!..

Hi everyone, here is a small gift for you, it is a set of mini cat gift tags created from my free  August calendar cross stitch pattern.

Free Summer and Autumn Cross Stitch Patterns

Hi everyone, I was in the mood for making some tiny quick stitch patterns for all of my blogging friends and here they are, I do hope you like them.

Strawberry Tea Time Mini Cat and Rose Cottage sneak peek!

Hi everyone, this is what I have been working on over the past few days, a new  mini cat design!

Roses, lettuce, a shawl and some cross stitch.

I love this time of year, simply because I love the roses blooming in my garden, they are such beautiful flowers and are my absolute favourite flower.

July mini cat progress and August mini cat out now!

Hi everyone, I have been stitching July mini cat and the August design is ready,

Knitting, crochet and a pretty shawl.

I am in a knitting and crochet mood, I made this pretty silk shawl in a couple of nights, it was so easy!

July mini cat pattern ready now!

Hi everyone, I received some photos today from Peggie, a lady who loves my mini cat patterns, just look what she has made using my patterns, these lovely framed pieces!

June mini cat stitched

Hi everyone, here are all the mini cats stitched up so far, I completed June mini cat a few hours ago.

June Mini Cat Pattern - Out now!

Hi everyone, June Mini Cat pattern is now ready!

A gift from Val and June mini cat preview

Hi everyone, I have been a little busy lately and have had no time for blogging!

May mini cat stitched and free labels

Hi everyone, I have finished stitching May mini cat for the calendar collection.

Tea for Two blog hop

Hi everyone, its Tea for Two blog hop day!

Winner of MIni Cat giveaway announced and May mini cat stitched.

Hello everyone, I have been stitching my mini cats again and today I announce the winner of the mini cat giveaway.

May mini cat pattern now ready!

May mini Cat pattern available now........

Hi everyone, I was in the mood for designing May mini cat and got it finished sooner than I first thought, click on this link which will take you to the page.  

You can see this design finished into a mini pillow here 

Enjoy!

Tea for Two blog hop and new mini cat cross stitch

It is such a lovely day outside today, the sun is shining and the weather is just perfect to go for a walk in the hills close to our home, but before I do I thought I would show you a sneak preview of the blog hop I have signed up for.

Meet and Greet...........

Hello everyone, today is Meet and Greet day!

This idea was from Mdm Samm at Sew we Stitch blog here, where you can see a list of bloggers that are involved in the Meet and Greet.

What is it about?

Well, we introduce ourselves to new readers, talk a bit about ourselves and   show at least three photographs of our favourite finishes. 

I have been cross stitching for 28 years, I also design cross stitch patterns, in particular my free mini cat designs, that are available on my blog and in my Craftsy store here I also love dressmaking, crochet and polymer clay modelling. I frequently finish my cross stitches into boxes and show my tutorials on my cross stitch finishing blog.

 I apologise to my regular readers but you have probably seen these photographs before.

This is my handmade box and toblerone needlecase with accessories, they were made from a flat piece of card and finished into these stitching items.

I hope you enjoy these photographs!

This little pink set is another of my favourite boxes.

I really enjoyed making this little selection. 

One of my favourite mini quilts, I stitched this using a pattern from Bronwyn at the Red Brolly Blog. I made matching tags and sent this to a partner in a gift exchange.

Until next time, happy stitching!

   

A box for my sister

Hi everyone, it was my sister's birthday this week so I decided to make this box as a keepsake gift.

It's a giveaway!

Hi everyone, I thought it was about time I put together a small giveaway, included is this little pillow hand made by me together with some cute matching gift tags designed by me in Photoshop Elements. Now closed!

Free April Mini Cat pattern now available

Hi everyone, here is the mini cat design for April. I do hope you like it!

March Mini Cat stitched and Craftsy Sale on until Sunday!

Hi everyone, I have finished stitching March mini cat for the stitch along, this is the small version that is designed to match all of the others in the stitch along, hope you like it!

March Mini Cat pattern released and February Valentine Cat finished

Hi everyone,  I have finished February's Valentine Cat into a small pillow and the March mini cat pattern is now available.

Sneak peek of March Mini Cat

 Hi everyone, here is a sneak peek of March mini cat that will be available on Sunday's post.

Mini cat valentine quilt

Hi everyone, my mini cat series has now been extended into a mug rug!

January Mini Cat stitched

Hi everyone, I have finished stitching January mini cat from the stitch along!

Show and tell

Hi everyone, this week I received some lovely photos of mini quilts made by one of my blog readers Maria, she made three little mini quilts from my cat patterns.  Thankyou for sending me the photographs!

Freebie Friday - New Mini Cat Patterns for January and February and then every month of the year!

Hi everyone, Happy New Year!