Gremlins have struck

Well hello my dears, what a week that was ,not a lot of working going on ,including stitching. The Gremlins have been visiting and we are now awaiting repairmen to call. Just hoping that fixing will be the order of the day and not having to replace. What has been going on I hear you say,(yes I can hear you lol). Well it started with the garage door breaking, if you could see what is in that garage ,no you wouldn't want to see what is in our garage,suffice to say it is Martins domain and I go nowhere near. I think I have said before that tidy is not a gene he possesses ,enough said!!! So we have to have someone come to repair it. The washing machine decided it had had enough and died on us.Have to wait until next Monday until the repairman (if it is repairable )comes.In the middle of the Rugby (was I cross) on Saturday the sky box or dish thought it would be fun to suddenly switch off and not come back on. It is Friday before they can come. Now enough, just need it all to stop. On a brighter note , Julie of Life through the Eye of the Needle was picked from the dish for the SB Merry Be chart. Julie e mail me your addy and I will send it on to you to enjoy. I did stitch on my bits and bobs this week and despite not stitching on my PS Santas as I said I would one a month I have stuck to my other nights . My latest SB Creepy Cushion is started and for 2 nights Monday last week and this week here is all I have achieved.Sorry the colouring is all to pot,the fabby is a dull green and the tablecloth is a dark blue.

Tuesday again doesn't look a lot but I have the big diamond finished and now can look forward to tonight ,hey ho Mr Stick cannot catch me!!I put the tape measure next to it so you could see how twee it is.

Wednesday saw Mrs Darcy named and standing on her lawn.

Thursday AND Friday was Elizabeth and her hot as mustard! dress.

Cannot show you Saturday and Sundays stitching. I can however show you something now that I had been stitching for my friend Janes Birthday. It was taken from a Blackbird Designs book

I made a wallet to put some goodies in for Jane , I know she likes Blackbird designs so I included the Gathering Basket chart and threads to stitch it with and a bird Needlenanny from Puffin designs which was in the parcel I was telling you about last time.

One day last week I captured (well not literally) this scampering across the wall just outside my stitching window.
He/She comes to eat the Sunflower Hearts that I put out for the birds.This is on its return journey. I think it is trying to do an impersonation of a red squirrel with the two tone effect.

Last but not least , I have a big thumbs up for Chris at the Nimble Thimble in Oswestry (I do wish she would have a web site)however I do get all my SB kits from her and she is always so helpful. Anyway I am stitching a kit for a friend and it told me to fill in with a certain colour. I got about a third of the way down and ran out of thread. Argh what to do as the silk SB use you cannot get here in the UK, (Don't get me started on that one) so I phoned Chris and explained, she was very sorry and promised to speak to SB and get them to replace it. The next day I have a phone call from Chris saying she had "spoken"to them and they would send me it direct. I thought I was in for a bit of a wait but this Monday an envelope dropped on to the mat,and sender was Shepherds Bush with an apology and a Shepherds Bush card and thread to complete the part I needed it for . How about that all in a week. I phoned Chris to thank her this morning and she was delighted I got it so quickly. So thumbs up for all.

I think she is at Olympia or NEC this week so if you are going and see her tell her I am impressed. So now my blogging friends.Thanks for the comments last week you know how much they mean. Hope your week has been a good one and this one will be too. No Gremlins please!!!!!!! Hugs n stuff Barb x