And This Little Pig said Cow-Day-Wednesday

Cow-Day-Wednesday, has become Bull-Day :@

Only had time today to quickly snap one 'beast' and this boy certainly took my eye.

Can you tell why?

I have been so very slack... before Christmas, yep last year I won a giveaway held by Maggee - Stitching Devotee and with the Christmas mail it arrived in the new year, and WOW there was so much in that parcel, that it took three photos to take it all in. So many charts, designers and magazines I had not seen.

Thank you Maggee, I am looking forward to going through it again and again to pick some out to stitch.

Oh last week we more rain!!

Which was part of a big storm, and the pub across the road, every work place should have a pub across the road, we have two :@ Well one was struck by lightning.

The fire brigade along with some firemen... turned up, but there was so much rain, which was very heavy, there was thankfully no chance of fire, but the pubs, the butcher and the gourmet pizza shop still do not have phones or efpos.

Stitching update tomorrow.

Catch you all later... LiBBiE in Oz

And This Little Pig said A Fellow Blogger's GiveAway

G'day All

I stumbled across a beautiful English blog, of a fellow stitcher, a couple of weeks ago.

Nicola of Stitching By A Cornish Sea Shore who is also have a wonderful giveaway.

LiBBiE in Oz

And This Little Pig said... And The Winner Is?

We have a winner, but first I would like to thank everyone who entered, I was truly overwhelmed.
The lucky person, has my marvellous Miss Meah to thank, as she did the 'pickin'. All the entries where printed out, recycled paper from work, cut into strips and scrunched into little paper balls.

Little paper balls drive Meah insane, she loves to chase them, catch them, and usually tear them to pieces as she tries to undo them.

So a photographic journey of the draw... yes I am keeping you all in suspense.

First the entries.

Miss Meah diving in. 

The winner... The Devine Miss Deborah of Cranberry Samplings

Did I do good job Mum? Yes Meah, I think you are now Deborah favourite dog.

I could have another go?

And another...

No once was fine Moo, you did a perfect job!

Now Mum might just put my photo up on wall like Stella (darn cat!)

Congratulations Deborah, can't wait to see it stitch, you do such beautiful work, off to send you an email.

Blogoversaries are exhausting, have to start thinking about next year :o

LiBBiE in Oz

And This Little Pig said Blogoversary

Today is my Blogoversary Number One! And January 2011 Crazy Challenge finish No 7... Little House Needlework 2010 Ornament Winter Sheep.

I really enjoyed stitching this boy or girl, I call him my Latte sheep, I changed the colour of his body and legs. Also I couldn't fine a cardinal button, so stitched one in, and then gave him a branch to sit on.

 

You know how you get that nagging feeling that you have forgotten something? Well I have had that feeling for the last couple of days, and it hit me today, I had not dyed the piece of linen to go with my Blogoversary Giveaway.

I hand dyed this evening a piece of 32 count linen, using tea. Specifically Dilmar Exceptional Berry Sensation. 

I soaked four tea bags in a small porcelain mixing bowl, which I then sat in the sink in a hot water bath. After around 20 minutes I add a cup of very salty hot water to help set the colour, soak for another 5-10 minutes, hang to drip dry, and then iron when still very damp.

Well I thought the colour was a little dark, so rinsed. Well the salt worked, so not having any bleach... go figure it's now on the shopping list. The next best thing I could find that I thought just might work was hydrogen peroxide, using a very small amount, I managed to lightened the linen just a touch.

Tea dyed, and very nice smelling linen lying on a piece of white linen.

So happy blogoversary to me :D And there is still time to enter my blogoversay giveaway, link above. Drawn Sunday evening Australian time.

Nite LiBBiE in Oz

And This Little Pig said Blogoversary Giveaway!!!

With 8 days or 9 days, depending on which side of the international date-line you live, I will be having my first blogoversary May 26th. Also so close to my 100th post, might just have to make them coincide.

So a giveaway is called for, decided to do up a kit, first the pattern...  "Winifred Gardener - A Stitcher's Home (Jenny Bean)" by R & R Reproductions.

Also in the kit are all the threads called for... Sampler Threads Faded Rose, Sampler Threads Tradewind, Belle Soie Silk Floss Berry Cobber, Belle Soie Silk Floss Pecan Pie, Crescent Colours Hazelnut, Silk N Colors 0181 Golden Pines, along with DMC 310, 869, 3362, 3781, 3787.

Will also include linen, just have to go through my stash, and hand dye a piece, so the kit as it stands at the moment, and a great addition to any stash!

Contest Rules... Well no fancy rules and regs, just comment in this post and please make sure I have a contactable email, wouldn't like you to win, and have no way of contacting you!

Don't have to be a follower, but it would be nice, and feel welcome to spread the word, but that is up to you, the less entered, the more chance you have of wining :D

Giveaway will be drawn the evening Saturday May 28 Australian time, this should cover Aussie time versus English time, versus Americian time, and all the times inbetween.

Good Luck

LiBBiE in Oz