In The Nick Of Time

The last stitch was done on this little stocking just minutes ago. Thank you to Kaaren for the lovely design.

This is what we woke up to this morning. Beautiful snow.

Next to having all my kids here, this is my Christmas wish, a white Christmas, and it's still falling. We're under a blizzard warning, wonderful. Call me nuts, but this Aussie loves snow.

My heartfelt prayer for you is that your Christmas would be filled with the peace, love and joy of knowing that our precious Savior came to this earth over 2,000 years ago for each and every one of us.

May you be surrounded by the ones you love, and for those of us with loved ones far away, may we know that our love travels the distance to reach each heart.
Thank you for a wonderful year of friendship and stitching. Thank you for sharing with me my joys and my sorrows. I look forward to year of new beginnings and continued friendship.

Happy Christmas
Linda and Family.

Angels

Angels come in different shapes and forms. Here's a shot of our resident angel, all decked out in her holiday gear, tutu and bow. Add a pretty back drop and a little fur and you have an adorable photo opportunity.
Then there's the angels we don't ever have the opportunity to have the privilege to meet in person. Carol Lee is that type of angel. She lives in Australia, I've never met her, and never had any contact with her until a couple of weeks ago, when she contacted me about the Embroidered Village Bag book. She read that I was looking for it and very kindly offered to send me her copy of the book. It arrived and it's been thumbed through, looked at and admired.

Thank you so much for your generosity Carol. I'm looking forward to making a start on it in the New Year.

Life's been quiet here, we've all had a good dose of the winter flu and it's kindly revisited me for a third round. So my head feels like a pumpkin, and my body feels like I've been flattened by a steam roller. So not too much of anything going on here, especially nothing in the crafty department.

Only a few days until Christmas is upon us. Am I ready? No, I'm not. Holidays tend to remind me of how much I miss my family, but I've decided I'm going to stop talking about it and do something about a trip home next year, before any more years pass.

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas, filled with love, joy, peace and family.

Linda

Sewing Space

I was having a bit of a chat with Stephanie this morning about the size (or lack of size) of my current sewing space. I mentioned that it wasn't big enough to swing a cat in there, which happens to be one of those common Aussie sayings. So I decided I'd take a photo of my space and let you decide if you think I could successfully swing a cat in this space.

Now if you're wondering where this little space is, you'd better put any liquid refreshments down. I'd hate you to shower your pc screen with tea or coffee. The only reason I warn you is that I told Jenna on the weekend where I was sewing and I thought she was going to injure herself from the reaction I got from her.

Can you guess where it is? No, well then, I'll tell you. I've moved from a bedroom, (which is now occupied by Hollie and sweet Tayla). This new space is off the main bedroom and holds the hot water tank and is next to the laundry room,
otherwise known as a closet.
Now you may understand why Jenna thought it was so hilarious!!

I'm thinking that this is the main reason why I have no desire to sew, like I said at the beginning of the post, it's not big enough to swing a cat in there, let alone sit and stitch, but I haven't let it deter me too much. I've moved into the living room on a few occasions to do a little creating. Hollie thought it absolutely necessary to have a tutu for Tayla, so a tutu it was.

Then she asked for hair bows that could be attached to soft headbands, so hair bows it was.
The last request was for a pair of frilly knickers for Tayla, otherwise known as a diaper cover, but I think I need my beautiful model to show these off and she's sleeping at the moment. so that will have to wait for another time.

Until then,

Happy Stitching,

Linda.

P.S. For all you Bronwyn Hayes lovers, she now has a blog. You can find her here.