Happy Dance!

It's Happy Dance Time.  I've got not one, but two finishes to show you.

The first is a Margaret Sherry design of a cat.  I just love her cat designs.  It's going to be my friends Birthday card.

A Margaret Sherry Cat Design.

The next is a Fizzy Moon design for the birth of a baby girl.  I've been stitching this for around 9 months.  I might stitch a few more details of the girls name and date of birth on it.

Fizzy Moon design for the birth of a baby girl.

Freebie Designs

I've been looking at some lovely freebie designs from Cross Stitch Collection, which I want to share with you.  

Little Fairy Design by Lucie Heaton.

A Lucie Heaton Design.

http://www.crossstitchcollection.com/2014/08/02/weekend-collection-free-chart/

A beautiful Art Nouveau design by Maria Diaz.

A Maria Diaz Design.

http://www.crossstitchcollection.com/2014/08/09/weekend-collection-free-chart-2/

2 Summery card charts by Lesley Teare. 

http://www.crossstitchcollection.com/2014/08/16/weekend-collection-free-chart-3/

2 Birthday cards by Angela Poole.

http://www.crossstitchcollection.com/2014/08/23/weekend-collection-free-chart-4/

2 Teddy Bear Charts by Lucie Heaton.

http://www.crossstitchcollection.com/2014/09/20/weekend-collection-free-chart-8/

Gardening designs by Leslie Teare.

http://www.crossstitchcollection.com/2014/09/06/weekend-collection-free-chart-6/

2 Art Nouveau glamour designs by Leslie Teare.

http://www.crossstitchcollection.com/2014/08/30/weekend-collection-free-chart-5/

Happy Stitching Everyone.

I'm back! And some stitching to show.

It's some time since I last posted anything.  I have no excuses to give.  But I would like to share with you all what I have stitched.

First of all, it was a special birthday for my daughter, so I stitched her one of the freebie Hardanger designs from Nordic Needle, called Hardanger with Crystals #4 (just scroll down to find it).  I found her favourite colour in my collection of threads and used beads instead of crystals.  I also decided to put a different filling stitch in the middle of of Kloster blocks.  (I do like to changing things sometimes.)  After looking through my stash I finally found a card to put it in.

You might see the detail better in this photo.

And finally here is the baby card I stitched for my hairdresser.  Its a Sam Hawkins design.  I just used up some of my odd threads, and I'm pleased how it turned out.  As you can see, she had a little girl.

FREEBIES

There are some great freebies to be found on the webb.  Here are a few that I have found.

Passione Ricamo.

Brookes Books Publishing has started a new series of Advent Animals, and the charts can be found here (just scroll down the page).  Please note that I have not stitched these designs yet.

I just love Christmas designs.

Well, thats all for now.

Happy Stitching Everyone.