My Round Robin has finally came home!!!

This RR makes me want to update my blog instantly! I took part in this RR organized by Malaysian Stitchers Yahoo Group. This is my first RR and I don't regret joining though there were many glitches here and there.. It was suppose to be a year long RR but it came to 2 years! Yes, I got it back after nearly 2 years but I don't mind cos it sure looks stunning. The picture was taken with my handphone . Didn;t know my handphone took such clear and lovely pictures. LOL.. Okay, ogle all you can but it's mine! yup MINE!!! LOL.

BTW would love to see how the other RRs turn out..

P/S I would like to thank Zarina, Margaret, Lillie, Rozita and Zalita for the work put in which follow so closely to my heart's desires. I love all the designs put together.

PS Exchange from Sandra in Barbados

I haven't been updating my blog for quite a while and friends are asking me what I've been up to. It's a combination of year-end workload and just plain laziness! I just have no mood to even pick up the needle! No reading nor visiting blogs either. Don't know what came over me! I have to apologize to Sandra for not getting the pictures up on my blog immediately after receiving it though I have done so on the HOE board.

I have never before have anyone from Barbados as my partner and I'm thrilled to receive such a sweet package from Sandra. She stitched for me a very gorgeous "P is for pincushion" pincushion. Isn't it lovely???This is one of my "to stitch" project but never got around to stitch it.. Now that I've got this, I can scrap this project off of my list.. lol.. Sandra also included a timble from my wish list and this is my second, the first one from my friend Frances. I hope to build a collection of timble from all over the world *hink* hink*.. I love the pretty mirror, postcard and pins too! thank you so much Sandra for all the goodies!

MY PS exchange to Brigitte in Germany

Read on the HOE blog that Brigitte has received my exchange. So take a feast at some of the pictures here .. I have run out of ideas what to finish the PS pattern into. Since I'm on a scissors pocket roll, so here's the end result.

A beautiful gift from Lillie

Yoohoo.... another floss tag for my collection! I am jumping with joy for this cute little floss ring that Lillie sent me. I was dead tired coming back from work and this gift cheered and lifted me me up. Of all the Aury animals quaker freebies, I love this one the most. I have a soft spot for anything sheepish and eweish ( are there such words???) LOL..

Lillie, thank you so much for this sweet floss ring . You have made my day!!!

Motifs & Ciseaux Scissors Pocket

Let me share with you my lastest finish. I had it all stitched up & tassles and all last night but my camera was out of battery and so had to leave it until today to post. My connection is really back and it took me ages to upload these pictures!! Argghh.. As you all have guessed, I am in a scissors pocket roll besides the floss tag roll. LOL... ( my 4th since the first one that I stitched for an exchange with Aniza ). It's getting easier and easier to assemble ;)). I really love how it turned out except for the cotton fabric. I had in mind a maroon fabric but couldn't find any in my stash, so I had to settle for pink??? { grin } Stitched on 32ct white linen with DMC variegated 75..I was thinking of using variegated 115 but finally set my mind on 75 as the colour is a little lighter that 115. The original design is a tad larger and I downsized it to fit my 4" scissors.

Did I mention that this is a freebie? You can download the chart here

By the way I would like to thank everyone for the kind words on my work. My heart burst with joy whenever I read the lovely comments. Your visits and comments mean very much to me as they keep me motivated.. ;))

Rose pin pillow and WIP

The Olympics Games is here and how spectacular the opening ceremony was! I finally made a decision to switch my astro fun channel to Sports a day before.It usually takes 24 hours for it to take effect but the lady was so nice and promised to switch it as soon as possible ( It only took 4 hours). It seems that they have so many requests asking for a change of channel.. Two thumbs up to her! ;))

I have seen many projects by talented stitchers on these specialty stitches and I told myself that I will try these out one day. So, while watching the olympics, I stitched this on pink check hardanger. I didn't even realized I have this in my stash. I must have got this many years ago and put them somewhere under those piles of fabric! LOL.. I actually made a blunder of it as you can see that it's not centralized! LOL.. I don't know what these specialty stitches are called ( must look them up ;) but I think one is the spider web roses? LOL. Whatever ! Anyway, I find this very very interesting to stitch. Design is by Atalie.

I also started on another small project. This is a freebie by Carrine.

New floss Tag

I'm on a floss tag roll. LOL. Pattern taken from part of EEF Bunny. This is very quick to finish.

In the pink scissors pouchette

Well, I had a hard time deciding what to do with this design. You see, this was the wip that I did not finished when Yuko sent me this exact design finished into a pinkeep. I love how hers turned out because she uses the recommended 32 ct linen and threads whereas mine is stitched on 28 ct linen with converted dmc colours. The threads didn't cover the fabric well and I did not have the mood to finish it. LOL.. I had it put aside and only recently thought about finishing it. So what better way to finish it than into a scissors pouchette. This way, the bareness of the design is not so noticeable. Also I already have the pinkeep and I think this compliments it very well..

Some new finishes

My sis-n-law invited me over for a stitching meet up and last Tuesday I went down to Alor Setar. We had a fruitful 2 days and managed to get some finishings done. I had 3 finishes whereas Lee Fun had 2. Since the day she got me the eyelet puncher, I couldn't wait to use it and so when the opprotunity arose, I gathered some of my stitching ( which I couldn't finish due to lack of finishings - beads, ribbons etc..) and went over. We shopped for some fabrics for my pinkeep and found a very matching japanese cotton.I love doing the floss tag and i guess it must be the joy of using a new toy! LOL. I'm still using the old big ring as I had forgotten about getting some smaller rings.Nevermind, will shop for that later ;))

Besides the floss tag, I also finished a pinkeep and a scissors keeper. The greenich gold pinheads and ribbons are from her stash. Actually, we made the pins using tacking pins and pearl plus beads as we couldn't find any nice one here. It was my first try at doing the pins and I'm quite thrilled how it turned out. By the way, the design is a freebie from an italian site which is no longer available. You can see more pictures here

Kreativ Blogger Award

Wow! I feel honoured to be bestowed such a prestigious award by Joei ! I am neither creative nor innovative but nevertheless, I'll accept it proudly! LOL.

Ok, here's the rules :

1. The winner may put the logo on her blog.

2. Put a link to the person you got the award from.

3. Nominate 5 blogs.

4. Put links to the blogs.

5. Leave a message for your nominees

There are many talented and creative bloggers out there so it's no easy task choosing 5. Ok, here goes :

1. Aniza
2. Noreen
3. Dania
4. Angel
5. Ros


Have a nice day!

HOE Freebie Exchange to Nela

My Hoe exchange to Nela in Venezuela finally reached her after more than a month. This is the second time it has taken so long. I was about to stitch a replacement like the last time when Nela emailed that she has received it at last. Phew! I was relief! I was about to be put off of exchanges but I couldn't resist seeing so many lovely and gorgeous exchange pieces on the HOE blog. LOL. I hope this time around, my PS exchange will get to partner on time. I must make sure to send maybe a few weeks earlier?? Ok, here's a picture of the piece that I sent to Nela. Two Carnations is a freebie design by PS. This was in my 'to do' list for God knows how many years and I'm glad that this exchange gave me the opportunity to stitch it for Nela. As you can see, I don't have nice ribbons or pins, just the normal ones but I'll shop for better ones the next time I go to a bigger town. Nela, glad that you like it.

Edit : Nela, I think I missed a few stitches ( the leaves ). Hopefully it's not too obvious. LOL