Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Hi everyone, here is my latest mini cat design for 2016, the free pattern is below, just click on the pattern and then right click to save to your computer.

This is my last post for 2016, I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, see you in 2017.

Christmas ornaments finished

Hi everyone, I have finished some more Christmas ornaments, the sleigh I have already shown but the music ornaments I have just finished.

Heaven and Earth stitching progress and socks finished!

Hi everyone, I have some progress to show on my Heaven and Earth work in progress, I love this pattern!

Sock knitting and a project bag

Hi everyone, here is the Jardin Prive sheep design finished into a project bag, I think I will be making many of these in various sizes!

Freebie Friday - Love to cross stitch mini cat!

Hi everyone, it's Freebie Friday!

Gift for my husband

Hi everyone, I have never stitched anything for my husband until now.

Christmas stitching, Jardin prive stitching and a thankyou!

Hi everyone, I have finished this little ornament for a little  Christmas gift for a family member.

Random act of kindness, nominated for British Craft Award and a small giveaway!

Hi everyone,  here is the secret piece of stitching that I have been working on for the past year or so, tah dah!!!!!

Bookmark, heaven and earth design work in progress and stitching a freebie.

Hi everyone, here is my latest finish, a bookmark from Cross Stitch Collection Magazine August 2016. I have never made a bookmark before but I love the way this has turned out, the colours are so pretty together.

Friday Freebie Love to Read mini cat bag

Hi everyone, Freebie Friday! I have designed this little bag to match my Love To Read cross stitch pattern, hope you like it!

Just click on the image and then right click on the image again to "save as" to your computer and then print. 

Enjoy!

Boo Halloween cross stitch and Love to Read

Hi everyone, here is my latest cross stitch design, Boo Halloween, I do hope you like it!

Snowy Christmas Mini Cat flatfold and perforated paper cross stitch

Hi everyone, this week I have been playing around with perforated paper and I love it!

Freebie friday - Tea Time MIni bag download

Hi everyone, its Freebie Friday!

The Tea Time Mini Cat Bag that was in the giveaway is also available for you to download, see below.

Tea Time Mini Cat Bag

Click on the image and then right click the image again, click "save as" to your computer.

There is a tutorial here to show how to put the bag together 

Until next time, Happy Stitching! 

Work in progress, Christmas gift and winner of giveaway announced!

Hi everyone, today I announce the winner of the giveaway, thankyou everyone for entering my giveaway, your comments were appreciated.

Two Turtle Doves, podcasting and knitting.

Hi everyone, thankyou to everyone who commented on my giveaway in the last post, I am so glad you liked it, there is still time to enter here, the giveaway does not close until September 18th 2016. 

It's a giveaway!!!

Hi everyone, I thought it was about time I put together a small giveaway and here it is!

Christmas stitching, Laduree and Craft Room news.

Hi everyone, glad you liked the Paris fashion show in the previous post!

This week I have been doing a little Christmas stitching, A Partridge in a Pear Tree and Two Turtle Doves.

Paris fashion exhibition

Hi everyone, on Saturday morning I was reading a blog that showed photos of a fashion exhibition in Paris, I mentioned to my husband that the show finished on Sunday evening, much to my disappointment, however, he then asked if I would like to go to Paris for the weekend!

Friday Freebie gift bag,tags with tutorial.

Hi everyone, here are the digital downloads I promised, I have also put together a little tutorial for the gift bag.

Home Sweet Home and digital designing for Freebie Friday

Hi everyone, Home Sweet Home, I just love that saying, in my case that is so true, I just love being home tucked away in my house, for me there is no nicer feeling.

Freebie Friday - Autumn Cross Stitch Pattern for Seasons 2016 and a gift bag to match!

Hi everyone, it's Freebie Friday today, here is the next design in the Seasons 2016 free patterns, I have already completed Summer and now Autumn is ready too. They are really quick to make, which is always a bonus!

Kims beautiful gift, a free pattern in progress for Autumn

Hi everyone, look at this beautiful gift I received from Kim at Wisdom with Needle and Thread blog, 

isn't it amazing!

Lots of mini cats!!!!

Hi everyone,  I am back after a blogging break, hope you are all well?

Freebie Friday - Needlebook pattern and free gift bags

Hi everyone, its Freebie Friday, here is the needlebook pattern I promised in my last post, I have also designed a couple of gift bags to compliment the cross stitch pattern.

Sew pretty needlebook to match sew pretty pin cushion

Hi everyone, I have just completed the finishing on this needlebook to match the sew pretty pin cushion I finished a few weeks ago. Both are free patterns from my blog, you can get the pin cushion pattern here and the needlebook pattern will be available on Friday.

Freebie Friday - All you need is love and a cat!

Hi everyone, its Freebie Friday so I thought I would show you my latest mini cat bag and loveheart box, it is very similer to the other blue mini cat bag I designed but the wording and design are slightly different.

Friday Freebie mini cat bag, seasons cross stitch bags and loveheart box

Hi everyone, it's Freebie Friday and today as promised in this last post  the Love to knit mini cat bag and the little loveheart shaped box is here for you to download.

Right click the image and "save as" to your computer.

Love to knit mini cat finished.

Hi everyone, here is a little gift set I put together using the Love to Knit Mini Cat Pattern, I designed a small loveheart shaped box for chocolates or for a small gift to pop inside, I also made the matching little bag, the free downloads for the bag and box will be available on freebie friday this week.

Free gift bag and tags to match free Summer cross stitch pattern

Hi everyone, here are the free gift bag and tags that I designed to compliment the free Summer cross stitch pattern, they are available in this post to download, I do hope you like them!

Friday Freebie Summer Pattern

Hi everyone, here is the friday freebie cross stitch pattern as promised in my last post here.

Wonderful day at a cross stitch exhibition in the Dordogne!

Hi everyone, I attended my first Salon de la creation a'laguille in Dordogne France on Monday and what a wonderful day we had,  I have taken some photos to show you the beautiful cross stitch on display and purchased a few items.

We packed up the motorhome ready for our long journey but it was a lovely sunny day and we saw beautiful scenery along the way.

Summer Pillow

Hi everyone, here is my latest cross stitch design for the Summer, I will be making three more to go with this series, Autumn, Winter and then Spring,  all freebies of course. The pattern will be available on Friday as a Freebie Friday pattern with bee gift tags. The pattern is now available here.

Friday freebie in French and English, Birdie cross stitch and matching gift tags

Hi everyone, it's Friday freebie day, here is a pretty little bird for you to stitch up pretty quickly, it would make the perfect small gift.

Sew Pretty Mattress Pincushion and another project

Hi everyone, remember the free pattern I posted here on my blog a couple of weeks ago, well here is the design finished into a mattress pincushion, I decided to change the design slightly by adding more flowers, you can download both versions of the pattern here from my blog.

Home Sweet Home, Two Turtle Doves, a knitting mini cat, bedroom decor and some stitching stash.

Hi everyone, I have quite a busy post for you today, I have finished stitching Two Turtle Doves from my last post, stitched a free pattern in triplicate because I like it so much, purchased some stash and a gorgeous Paris design Duvet cover and pillowcases.

Last chance for Craftsy classes today!

I love Craftsy classes, you can learn so much, they have covered lots of different subjects from crochet, knitting, quilting, bag making jewellery to painting and photography! 

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One of my favourite classes for a beginner cross stitcher can be found here where Jeanette Douglas takes you through the basics of cross stitch and beyond.

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Here are a few samples below, I think I am going to check out the free class for socks!

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Happy stitching!

Christmas stitching

Hi everyone, I have been doing a little bit of Christmas stitching, it is a Twelve Days of Christmas design that can be stitched as ornaments or a one piece design, it is one of my favourite cross stitch projects.

Lucky Pinkeep up for auction!

Hi everyone, I have finished Lucky Mini Cat into  a pretty pinkeep, I think he is quite cute!

Friday Freebie and Peggies finishes

Hi everyone, it's Friday so it's freebie day!

Lucky mini cat stitched

Hi everyone, it's St Patricks Day today so I thought I would stitch the freebie I designed, unfortunately I was hoping to get it finished into a pinkeep but ran out of time, I will finish it over the next few days and show it in my next post.

Freebie Friday - St Patricks Day Mini Cat

Hi everyone, freebie friday again so here is a St Patricks Day Mini Cat pattern, I have designed two, a large one and a small one.