A fairy stitched and a towel received!

Here's the fairy that I stitched on Bren's RR - it was a very quick stitch, but I had to order the floss for the outlining, then when it arrived I didn't get around to stitching it for ages - now it is in the post to the next stitcher. It was lovely to stitch, and the finished piece is going to look wonderful! Finally - here is the lovely towel that Janaina stitched for me for the PIF that I signed up for. I did stitch the little dog pincushion for her as a little return present, but it got lost in the post :o( I shall have to think of something else for her...

Three stitchers and an ornament

Well, the weather here has been awful, and it seems to have driven three of my children into stitching, lol! Bridie is doing her first ever stitching - a small Daisy Designs kit - I'm trying to ignore the topsy turvy stitching and stitches through fabric not holes! She's having fun. Teresa (14) has also gone back to stitching, after about five years not interested - she's doing a bookmark by Travellers Tales that I was looking forward to stitching! Will post a photo when she's happy with progress. And the most surprising - Ruairi (11) has asked for a kit - so I got him a bookmark on plastic canvas - and he seems the most addicted of the three of them. It's lovely to stitch with them - I never ever push them into stitching - it's my hobby after all, not necessarily theirs, but I'm so happy to help them along the path :o)

Here is my August ornament - another Mill Hill, surprise, surprise - this one took a little more assembly than most, but I'm happy with the finished ornie! As always the photo really doesn't do justice to the beads and colours.

And finally - a couple of family photos - the first is of Tom - ready for his Leaving Prom. Actually, he's not leaving, he's going into sixth form, but they have a big 'do' at the end of Year 11. Somehow he managed to get himself into a stretch limo group with eleven of his friends - three boys and eight girls, lol. He's always been so quiet too! He had a lovely time - they went back to one of the bigger houses of his friends for a sleep-over, and had a wonderful evening. A couple of his friends are leaving to go elsewhere, hopefully they will all stay in touch.

The second photo is CRAZY - it is of my eleven year old, Ruairi - they had a 60's day at school, and he went as a hippy! What's sad is that I can just about remember people who dressed this way for real (though in the 70's rather than the 60's, honest!). Happy Days.