And This Little Pig said Pups & An Exchange

Evie is such a laid back mum.

All of the Magnificent 7 pictured. Can you find them all?

 My black and cream boy, just like his big sister Podge. 

 Podge taking a look over the side of the whelping 

box. My God 6 boys!

 Podge checking out the brothers & sister, under the watchful eye of Evie.

 Two black & creams together.

Friendly Stitchers Fall Exchange this is what I sent to Mary in France.

 

And the beautiful exchange I received from Mary, 

which sits proudly on top of  my bookcase.

Well, I'll try and post tomorrow, but Sue and I are off to see Ben Affleck's new film "Argo", can't wait.

See you next time... LiBBiE in Oz :@

And This Little Pig said Bookmark Exchange

I recently took part in my first exchange, from one of my groups i-love-cross-stitch.

The exchange was to include a cross stitched bookmark, a couple of skeins of floss, and a pre-mixed drink. You know tea, lemonade, margarita :D Well seeing as Oz has some very strict quarantine laws and I didn't want to end up on one of those 'Border Security' television programs, with my parcel being sniffed out by a sniffer dog, I asked my swap partner to leave out the pre-mixed drink.

Look at the wonder exchange, by partner Heidi sent me... Oops my partner was Terri... Sorry and thank you.

A lovely bookmark, of course, five skeins of lovely summer coloured DMC floss, a key chain, and fridge magnet. Now that is what you call going over and above the call of duty.

Now for what I sent Heidi, I also opted not to send pre-mix drinks, because, well they were hard to find here, so I sent two bookmarks.

One a complimentary chart from Papillon Creations

The other Australian Wattle.

I dyed the linen, with Parisian Essence, instead of coffee or tea, it was a suggestion from one of the girls at my local LNS. It was so easy. I just kept adding a few more drops until it was just a little darker than I wanted, let the linen soak for 20-25 minutes, quick rinse, then ironed dry while the material was still damp.

The floss included was Australian from Dinky Dye, over-dyed silk, the golden/orange is called Outback, and the green/grey Kakadu, after one of our beautiful national parks in the outback.

Oh I also included chocolate, you can never go wrong with chocolate.

I really enjoyed the exchange and now that I have done one, look forward to doing more.

LiBBiE in Oz

And This Little Pig said le Pig No 2 and Updates

Had not realised I had been so quiet, and that is because I have been busily stitching, and getting ready for my annual pilgrimage home for the kidding season.

I have night watch, which means getting out of a nice warm bed in the middle of winter and traipsing up to the shed/barn several times a night and sometimes settling down in a quiet corner to watch. We have five or six Does due between 16 to 19 August, and this is only the first wave.

So I plan on a lot of baby goat and farm photos in the 9 to 10 days I'm away.

I have been busy stitching, but only smalls, I found I couldn't resist and have started another le Pig. Isn't she lovely, reverse colours this time.

Plus I have been getting ready to participate in my first exchange, I am so excited. A stitched bookmark, well I have the stitching done, just have to finish. Which I am still trying to decide how, then post. 

See doesn't it look lovely...

Sorry if all of a sudden you were going no... no... don't show us :D

I have been so in the mood, that I have started another simple little bookmark, this one is different, plainer and Australian. I may as well finish two as one. Have offered to be an angel stitcher if required. Don't quite know what has gotten into me.

And yes that is frogging holes you can see, I wasn't happy with the border colours, so decided to change them.

So if this bookmark doesn't end up with someone special, I might just keep for myself or it may become a RAK.

Rambled and prattled enough.

LiBBiE