And This Little Pig said Stash and Family Sampler SAL

Well it has been a great day all round, I received two much expected packages from America.

First was a chart from Diane, that I won last month for participating in the Family Sampler SAL on the Little House and Country Cottage Needleworks Group. It is called "Tall Pines."

The second package was from Stitching Bits and Bobs ONS, and as usual great service from Bobbie. With the Aussie dollar so strong, I have been on a little bit of a shopping spree. Lets just say Christmas has come early, or right on time.

Little House Needleworks Ornament of the Month Series 2010.

Country Cottage Needleworks "Pumpkin Cottage and Little House Needleworks "Pumpkin Hollow Farm", along with speciality over dyed threads. 

I have become slightly addicted to these to wonderful designers!

And last of all an update of my LHN Family Sampler... I wish I could get a better photo, it looks a little yellow, at least to me, so might try outside next time in natural light.

LiBBiE in Oz

And This Little Pig said I'm Back with a Family Sampler Update

So it has been six weeks since I last blogged, life has been hectic, and can only get more so on the lead up to Christmas, I will try to do better.

Have taken lots of photos, I just have to sort through them, at the moment I think I will be satisfied in posting before the month of November ends in 30 minutes.

Onto my LHN Family Sampler, I am really enjoying this Stitch A Long... progress so far...

19 October -- Finished the "Family" letter, with my own little spin

This is 'Hoppy' my icon chook

24 October -- progress

Another close-up of Hoppy

I have been stitching other things like this small which I couldn't resist, I still have to decide on how to finish, leaning towards a pinkeep. Freebie chart 'Midnight Garden' by Bat Wrangler.

See you next month :D

And This Little Pig said I'm Back....

I'm back! Life has been busy, our local agricultural show was on at the end of September, and I am on the committee, keep telling myself that this year is the last, and I am going to resign, in all fairness I have been on committee for close to 20 years, just have to wait and see what happens.

Aside from running the Dairy Goat section of the show, and serving on the bistro and bar, myself and another dear lady do all the schedules, this was our 8th year. And while it is a lot easier than when we first started, it still takes anything from eight to ten weeks (weekends) out of our lives. There are 18 sections to produce along with a full schedule. We winge and whine every year, but we do have fun.

Mum came down for the show, I will put pictures up tomorrow, with our results.

Then we had a holiday weekend, so I off I went to Mum's. Which involved the following... goats, pick up hay, kids, unload hay, goats feet, chickens and a 24 hour milk production test for our milk awards, then back home and back to work for a rest.

I have joined the Little House Needlework SAL for Diane's Family Sampler, and my pattern and Crescent Colours floss arrived last week, I am so excited, this is my first LHN.

Like all LHN patterns it is just beautiful, but with this one you get to personalise to fit your family. I have had a wonderful time working out how to fit everything in. Graph paper, pencils and eraser has gotten quite a work out. I think I have got it just right.

Finally this weekend I sat down and started, my fingers are just itching to go back to it.

Also spring is in the air, and my roses have finally started to open. Three weeks too late for the show. I won Champion Rose last year, and this year didn't have a single flower out to enter, but they are just beautiful. Well as long as you don't count the sooty mold, which has been a bugger to get on top of this year :(

The results have been worth the wait.

Red Vase - red rose is Topsy Turvy, red and white stripe Scentimental (my fav) and the red with red strip in the middle Red Intuition.

A new rose from last year, this is a French Delbard rose Alfred Sisley, part of their Painter series.

And two macros--Centre

And petal edge