tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19033038585337705762024-03-05T22:51:44.751+03:00Miniz DiaryThis blog is a journal of my hobbies like cross stitching, knitting, travelling and cooking.Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-55427252446096097692024-02-06T13:51:00.000+03:002024-02-06T13:51:09.194+03:00Hi, it's me!!Hello Blog world, Its been two years since I posted on this blog, not sure if
anyone follows me now. <div><br /><div>Its a new year, best time to start /restart something ..It
has bugged me a lot that I gave up on blogging for such a long time. The main
reason I wasn't blogging was I wasn't cross stitching ...as this is mainly a cross
stitch blog , I couldn't find a reason to blog. </div><div>Not sure if anyone noticed my
absence or cares ...but I still feel I owe a reason for my disappearance. I lost
my father in May 2021 ...and it just turned my world upside down.
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Within a span of next 3 months, I lost my paternal aunt, my maternal aunt and a
cousin to COVID. Though these family members weren't directly involved in my
hobbies, I lost my motivation to do anything creative with so much sorrow in the
family. </div><div>I cross stitched a total 5-6 days on 2022-2023, so don't have much to
show. However I recently finished a project I started in April 2021, will share
it in next post if there is some interest.
</div></div>Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-11447054134678503172021-04-15T18:56:00.002+03:002021-04-21T05:57:58.070+03:00Gifted Gorgeousness SAL April 2021 update<p> Hello Friends,</p><span style="background-color: white;">It's that time of the month when we show what gifts we have been working on or/and what crafty gifts we have received. If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/gifted-gorgeousness-2021-sign-up-page.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white;"> blog for more info. This is an easy SAL where you have a choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23Y-u-gnqq04y5hQ04Wq3JCqJRRQ_NnTHOpPtg8fzGgwnMKYIfkOW4p-36rr7xm8ZGeENM1Yu1PaTciAlw2Ak4oafFTX4I9XmtZL6F6xT0GramhmKic57-NYLQ9TFDjV0Lf4m8EncTzQ/s1600/GG+Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23Y-u-gnqq04y5hQ04Wq3JCqJRRQ_NnTHOpPtg8fzGgwnMKYIfkOW4p-36rr7xm8ZGeENM1Yu1PaTciAlw2Ak4oafFTX4I9XmtZL6F6xT0GramhmKic57-NYLQ9TFDjV0Lf4m8EncTzQ/s320/GG+Logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div><span style="background-color: white;">I can't believe I'm posting on 15th itself...its a miracle. Also my first GG post for the year.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">First up is a gift I made for my mother , a pillow ornament which turned out to be bigger than expected.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">The pattern was a part of subscription gift of India's only craft magazine "Anchor Needle n thread " , it was a cover kit with fabric, floss and pattern.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">This was my first time stitching on canvas and second time stitching with metallic thread. I'm rather proud of my hand sewing skills here.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo95QTgu1BPEMbZqiOxh_HjWr4vNATiik4ZdKHERUpxFTHlXUzzdZRGNMiSICfzNk_gVrCJ5qqh84v2-L7CJjhxYbfCW_g6sBuRWyuhcf96LBwJuAyZhoAzmfn-eehDp34yiEbXocsKUE/s3024/20210103_170448.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo95QTgu1BPEMbZqiOxh_HjWr4vNATiik4ZdKHERUpxFTHlXUzzdZRGNMiSICfzNk_gVrCJ5qqh84v2-L7CJjhxYbfCW_g6sBuRWyuhcf96LBwJuAyZhoAzmfn-eehDp34yiEbXocsKUE/s320/20210103_170448.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pattern from Anchor Needle n thread magazine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white;">In January, I got around to getting my few of my finished projects framed. Below piece was delayed for framing as I wasn't able to get a proper charm. I had to get it reframed as the first time the fabric wasn't properly aligned. This was a birthday gift for my husband last year.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHmspijPaHWySzPyqQFZU3Cg1NrgSNIeVuJdzFYSDsYxal1hFUrxgKHNThsv2SUz2wBu6DrNgfeDglGZqYRJ0yH-ARGzjgkLRCNpMtYTHr7rht6lbDRVfXSH4YWeoJQv18RU05-uBs_k/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-15+at+21.19.01.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHmspijPaHWySzPyqQFZU3Cg1NrgSNIeVuJdzFYSDsYxal1hFUrxgKHNThsv2SUz2wBu6DrNgfeDglGZqYRJ0yH-ARGzjgkLRCNpMtYTHr7rht6lbDRVfXSH4YWeoJQv18RU05-uBs_k/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-15+at+21.19.01.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Pattern name :Without a Cat<br /></span>Designer: Jan Eaton<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Pattern source: Tom Pudding Designs</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white;">I'll save the other framed pieces for next month. Feels nice to post on time..</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">Take care and stay safe</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div></div>Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-50280227261064859112021-04-04T06:58:00.000+03:002021-04-04T06:58:06.998+03:00Let the People Choose-April 2021 Update<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hello Friends,</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">First Saturday of the month I join Jo for <span style="color: #333333;">The People's Choice SAL, however its been half a year I last joined. Jo takes a poll for people to choose a topic for the month and the participants then post about stitchy projects related to that topic.</span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DS9ryb7tSo68mEPM2TeNgN0X-tiOgy39g5P43NyT7p6ZvENs4IFtPQLXVErse8qEGMhQSJ8Un-KMWJZSEZC1RVHi1RV5OQgTshZOdZNCj1-CBwtfzRR2-jnGqtwmP0zKfd0uxSHUlLk/s1600/You+Choose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1287" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DS9ryb7tSo68mEPM2TeNgN0X-tiOgy39g5P43NyT7p6ZvENs4IFtPQLXVErse8qEGMhQSJ8Un-KMWJZSEZC1RVHi1RV5OQgTshZOdZNCj1-CBwtfzRR2-jnGqtwmP0zKfd0uxSHUlLk/s320/You+Choose.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #333333;">This month's topic is </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span>Blue. Blue is a lovely color and at one stage of my life, most of my clothes were blue.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span>As blue is such a lovely color, it finds its way in many cross stitch designs . I will share few finished projects which are predominantly blue:</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #4c4c4c; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGJNNOZi7QG87e120HiFhQeK02_HKgzMTBtbcZlLxOR9Ei1NAE5brYwk5Bn_ef5VjMi2ylMWd1VtLxENhWK0vY_ZSNRiBTa_9wiNE63tVdT7zt2ozwJDNEeov0nger-Y5UHTOsx8ZIz0/s2048/IMG_20150703_145520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGJNNOZi7QG87e120HiFhQeK02_HKgzMTBtbcZlLxOR9Ei1NAE5brYwk5Bn_ef5VjMi2ylMWd1VtLxENhWK0vY_ZSNRiBTa_9wiNE63tVdT7zt2ozwJDNEeov0nger-Y5UHTOsx8ZIz0/s320/IMG_20150703_145520.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #333333;">Annee Du Lapin<br /></strong>Freebie by <a href="http://gazette94.blogspot.com/2011/03/2011-annee-du-lapin.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Gazette94</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nzqi-tgLI42gUJQXKkPjxY5XXk26r4ne0Ae6WEhXL5dGtfjfgFk_glFKTu0oBalsOP6nGes8d-L-8Yg73MnGKKP0CxQo2S3WQDa8e1ugjBgDFbP-onBuudqVSeCxLFrB6qnLVwF-WGU/s2048/IMG_0104.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nzqi-tgLI42gUJQXKkPjxY5XXk26r4ne0Ae6WEhXL5dGtfjfgFk_glFKTu0oBalsOP6nGes8d-L-8Yg73MnGKKP0CxQo2S3WQDa8e1ugjBgDFbP-onBuudqVSeCxLFrB6qnLVwF-WGU/s320/IMG_0104.JPG" /></a></div><div style="color: #333333;"><div>Say it with stitches</div><div>Designer: Rhona Norrie</div><div style="color: black;"><span style="color: #333333;">Pattern source: Freebie from </span><a href="https://www.gathered.how/needlework/cross-stitch/free-fun-wall-hangings-cross-stitch-patterns/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black;">Gathered.how</span></a></div></div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #4c4c4c; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4cwGKBYxOcM3La_pFVySz8KJf8rDLPGyWd1UNpL6Fjmc5SW59czQcTgmgmLQ8ZuwJcZsTULl9eUIakC8UPCYZFBLrmAL6p7S8F1cSzhlwsau8x6sA-oxafaNs9PT2nXyW81e-kLAe8k/s2048/IMG_20150314_181747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4cwGKBYxOcM3La_pFVySz8KJf8rDLPGyWd1UNpL6Fjmc5SW59czQcTgmgmLQ8ZuwJcZsTULl9eUIakC8UPCYZFBLrmAL6p7S8F1cSzhlwsau8x6sA-oxafaNs9PT2nXyW81e-kLAe8k/s320/IMG_20150314_181747.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;">Designer: Susan Bates<br />Freebie from gathered.how</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Oit8OXA6g_ujcuqUVpSdGTfiyfFQw1_JalYHC72Y4yGQ5Ijv1tFusb5ufS6IOoCp_9iJz-RXm5bLVzln0wNZPMn4lx6tnfmEIYlS-dmbTayia7mmIOs8KasuhePnlIL2R7oXCu_xoGM/s4032/5AF173E8-7B2D-4F94-BDBE-7F02AED929ED.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Oit8OXA6g_ujcuqUVpSdGTfiyfFQw1_JalYHC72Y4yGQ5Ijv1tFusb5ufS6IOoCp_9iJz-RXm5bLVzln0wNZPMn4lx6tnfmEIYlS-dmbTayia7mmIOs8KasuhePnlIL2R7oXCu_xoGM/s320/5AF173E8-7B2D-4F94-BDBE-7F02AED929ED.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;">Cat Trio<br /></span>Designer: <span style="color: #333333;">Durene Jones</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="color: #333333;">Pattern source: TWOCS Magazine,Feb 2016</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #4c4c4c;">One that is a long time WIP:</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVQBt7MhSE3ZXiKbxLYpPLjup8x88Ktz2WqdJk9FZrD92pSKlVHwauKD9e_4z6WkDVha2QpFBI7u10dUS9xfOaXI8cJp2DAuCe17QXUG-Tw4YBRqgGbTp_0eGFjvbwr0ADvqCkDjutmw/s2048/collage+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVQBt7MhSE3ZXiKbxLYpPLjup8x88Ktz2WqdJk9FZrD92pSKlVHwauKD9e_4z6WkDVha2QpFBI7u10dUS9xfOaXI8cJp2DAuCe17QXUG-Tw4YBRqgGbTp_0eGFjvbwr0ADvqCkDjutmw/w400-h300/collage+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sDfZpSd7eTnLRqBpX6YyzwPo64tGK_nzicRqARv3828r5xqo_kVA7v7GPhytcuFDSuqwyr_69cPIjxGvgPEDrXMBDPkdGPlWkGaox5QvjPTb8HuUUhTq6sD3Ob8PEK4hvM1feAZIvZY/s320/3c3c131668d2d5547064719baef38879.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="190" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sDfZpSd7eTnLRqBpX6YyzwPo64tGK_nzicRqARv3828r5xqo_kVA7v7GPhytcuFDSuqwyr_69cPIjxGvgPEDrXMBDPkdGPlWkGaox5QvjPTb8HuUUhTq6sD3Ob8PEK4hvM1feAZIvZY/w238-h400/3c3c131668d2d5547064719baef38879.jpg" width="238" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Indian Peacock By Dimensions<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">There are few other blue projects I have finished, I will save them for future themes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Happy Sunday.</span></div>Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-90109634874331555542020-12-24T17:31:00.003+03:002020-12-24T17:31:52.906+03:00Gifted Gorgeousness SAL December 2020 update<p>Hello Friends,</p><span style="background-color: white;">It's that time of the month(I know I know, its late to say that) when we show what gifts we have been working on or/and what crafty gifts we have received. If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-gifted-gorgeousness-sal-gg.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white;"> blog for more info. This is an easy SAL where you have a choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGeG0uUgLeoTWEuMF63R_o4uL4sa0AB4ioJvVKBEql4qSU-LiWFaZpEEM4lYA1Tuw-h-mqd6b6y73p5BoGwqLq0z5U2dD3dFUp11Y-0JwEsmy2UvYi20IoE7n2O8Ni5ft1ESeCC59338/s688/collage+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGeG0uUgLeoTWEuMF63R_o4uL4sa0AB4ioJvVKBEql4qSU-LiWFaZpEEM4lYA1Tuw-h-mqd6b6y73p5BoGwqLq0z5U2dD3dFUp11Y-0JwEsmy2UvYi20IoE7n2O8Ni5ft1ESeCC59338/s320/collage+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Not much stitching happening these days, that's the reason I'm not posting here. Wonder if anybody even noticed my absence?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">Clare sent me photograph of the fully finished flower I stitched for her Church Christmas tree . How very kind of her to remember to send pics to the contributors!</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">She finished it beautifully in a flat fold ornament, you can read about her tree <a href="https://aimetu-clare.blogspot.com/2020/12/bouquet-of-flowers-st-laurences.html">here</a>.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0bYBnqV40MBNfYmok4qH-0NggDguCwypHFyHLlDkMZlMMhf16LFS65YT9XXG67oewi0RpXGbrbcGDTr_DGFZzISXtCJTuu6Qww-JRyQ9VwqY_xY2k8ve3WPKm9hXO8RRN2sodk7DUkc/s1144/20201205_202400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="694" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0bYBnqV40MBNfYmok4qH-0NggDguCwypHFyHLlDkMZlMMhf16LFS65YT9XXG67oewi0RpXGbrbcGDTr_DGFZzISXtCJTuu6Qww-JRyQ9VwqY_xY2k8ve3WPKm9hXO8RRN2sodk7DUkc/w242-h400/20201205_202400.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;">Another gift which was stitched in 2018 but was used now is this ornament I gifted to my penpal for her birthday today.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">This was a cover kit from The World of Cross Stitching Magazine and was received in an exchange with Kerry, who no longer blogs.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuKTFHx9Lct-eYdb36xyoiitHmW0ZsYZFTcULlPUgOo8jerJlNsuhXmuVepY8K9MTo2fpwa2uAx6-FNhmIDDM4SpHSmyUTXYpJcQSixmUDcKtHigXI3Mftd1aw8NWlitje_FT_f84BMg/s4032/3CEDA7AF-54D4-4DD3-A8E0-6A18FBCB4D18.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuKTFHx9Lct-eYdb36xyoiitHmW0ZsYZFTcULlPUgOo8jerJlNsuhXmuVepY8K9MTo2fpwa2uAx6-FNhmIDDM4SpHSmyUTXYpJcQSixmUDcKtHigXI3Mftd1aw8NWlitje_FT_f84BMg/s320/3CEDA7AF-54D4-4DD3-A8E0-6A18FBCB4D18.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-77998964446720718452020-10-17T06:20:00.002+03:002020-10-17T06:20:36.396+03:00Gifted Gorgeousness SAL October 2020 update<p> Hello Friends,</p><span style="background-color: white;">It's that time of the month when we show what gifts we have been working on or/and what crafty gifts we have received. If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-gifted-gorgeousness-sal-gg.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white;"> blog for more info. This is an easy SAL where you have a choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGeG0uUgLeoTWEuMF63R_o4uL4sa0AB4ioJvVKBEql4qSU-LiWFaZpEEM4lYA1Tuw-h-mqd6b6y73p5BoGwqLq0z5U2dD3dFUp11Y-0JwEsmy2UvYi20IoE7n2O8Ni5ft1ESeCC59338/s688/collage+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGeG0uUgLeoTWEuMF63R_o4uL4sa0AB4ioJvVKBEql4qSU-LiWFaZpEEM4lYA1Tuw-h-mqd6b6y73p5BoGwqLq0z5U2dD3dFUp11Y-0JwEsmy2UvYi20IoE7n2O8Ni5ft1ESeCC59338/s320/collage+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;">I have a small gift to show you this month . I was finally able to stitch and send a flower for Clare's flower bouqet. Second week of March I found Clare's post where she asked<span style="font-family: inherit;"> "</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Could you help me make a bouquet?". I emailed her about the requirements and address. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And then the pandemic started. Mail service was shut down from March to July. When mail service resumed in August, I sent a test mail to UK to see if things were working. Thankfully the mail reached and I started stitching flower for Clare's bouqet.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybtUn2juS3aYEEVEPsj6EfOnbWf5rTDecZ3f9cBBbW1T2OOGihM3nJQ3U-KapLuKlzk_spGwwiloYRG_-2pviK88eUGiHFmfQdgjRracgp0vxN51XZ8Pmx3LzHc4afezqcBI9r77UjUg/s2048/20200925_234406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybtUn2juS3aYEEVEPsj6EfOnbWf5rTDecZ3f9cBBbW1T2OOGihM3nJQ3U-KapLuKlzk_spGwwiloYRG_-2pviK88eUGiHFmfQdgjRracgp0vxN51XZ8Pmx3LzHc4afezqcBI9r77UjUg/s320/20200925_234406.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LWdeNGOiV9Af2NwVZJkDf5ReLGjFIQcuFrjDffiRXOVE6EoJgpJQ4vbZ3PB8sQJocf7XiAoCE8YLUVpnxVVaYWa41QL3JdDwIyF58bjRS42iKoBJGvQTqSBrlXtBO0xEfd8Eo2YJIus/s2048/20200925_234424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LWdeNGOiV9Af2NwVZJkDf5ReLGjFIQcuFrjDffiRXOVE6EoJgpJQ4vbZ3PB8sQJocf7XiAoCE8YLUVpnxVVaYWa41QL3JdDwIyF58bjRS42iKoBJGvQTqSBrlXtBO0xEfd8Eo2YJIus/s320/20200925_234424.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;">Magnolia</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;">Designer -</span>Amanda Gregory</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual;">Pattern from Ultimate CrossStitch Flowers, 2016</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual;">I'm glad to report the Clare received the flower .This is Amanda Gregory's pattern taken from Ultimate CrossStitch Flowers, 2016. The magazine was a free gift for I-phone users.</span></span></div><div>Cross stitching has taken a back seat and I have been participating in snail mail and postcard swaps.</div><div>Not cross stitch related but I though I will share with you guys anyways.</div><div><br /></div><div>In July, I participated in Junk Mail swap. The idea was to use stuff we have in our stash and not buy anything new.</div><div>I made a coaster from an old T-shirt , upcycled some packing materials to make postcards and envelopes.I also made these Yo Yos from extra fabric I had from a dress.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNwfL9SEsFxsF5dOhR-Kk3al6kQVm6efdzsbe9F0HUYTmU7Z377WlSEaYBgRSPtzGfZq4vpLxkXGOnYu6hR2mbGqJpyJNytiStPvSU14GXr1o6QbI0sgNRxBxo0Nt8clNbprMglfGol0/s2048/20200712_135614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNwfL9SEsFxsF5dOhR-Kk3al6kQVm6efdzsbe9F0HUYTmU7Z377WlSEaYBgRSPtzGfZq4vpLxkXGOnYu6hR2mbGqJpyJNytiStPvSU14GXr1o6QbI0sgNRxBxo0Nt8clNbprMglfGol0/s320/20200712_135614.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDFqSQQYkfrVoEDBwrxd7pghsJXkq41IuaIhglIxN5iUuGo2VdFjIPUklgDFoJypI0I_GfRUI_4JkUCRYIzmviwrP7MqW05akrrSnbiAhjwVlbL3eWt_KLwJ6uuvmEbwBOKv_BdbFzNY/s2048/20200714_100042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDFqSQQYkfrVoEDBwrxd7pghsJXkq41IuaIhglIxN5iUuGo2VdFjIPUklgDFoJypI0I_GfRUI_4JkUCRYIzmviwrP7MqW05akrrSnbiAhjwVlbL3eWt_KLwJ6uuvmEbwBOKv_BdbFzNY/s320/20200714_100042.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfU0kroiRSs3-H54w45RqO7Vwx_Cr_7mdfXb_Js5zSolg62uxeg_h5TW2Vm5FMp82jtpsf2-P-n7ET7KhMMtBw_IWe-T8QzxU3dzOr1QXmAb7JPQLfgzcSOppBjzUYy7xjffJZOBqvpw/s2048/20200722_092916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfU0kroiRSs3-H54w45RqO7Vwx_Cr_7mdfXb_Js5zSolg62uxeg_h5TW2Vm5FMp82jtpsf2-P-n7ET7KhMMtBw_IWe-T8QzxU3dzOr1QXmAb7JPQLfgzcSOppBjzUYy7xjffJZOBqvpw/w480-h640/20200722_092916.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>In September I participated in Rain postcard swap. I didn't have any printed postcard for the theme, so I decided to draw some.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOhZ8SfvZdtRZFF9M5Lfzsj-0g98pOzfdWtBthlHzKZ7qEe09FPOZB-mVGdYH96DpN3pWPBKKy9vc_vCopv6EAS_5ma_QY99xQmccZ5O7EF5-IcSxLIsmLnxFFJlxtOG5CCVPxi4jz8E/s2048/20200911_090115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOhZ8SfvZdtRZFF9M5Lfzsj-0g98pOzfdWtBthlHzKZ7qEe09FPOZB-mVGdYH96DpN3pWPBKKy9vc_vCopv6EAS_5ma_QY99xQmccZ5O7EF5-IcSxLIsmLnxFFJlxtOG5CCVPxi4jz8E/w300-h400/20200911_090115.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>October was Mini Autumn swap, again I didn't have any printed postcard for the theme, so I decided to draw some. The requirement of the swap was to write a letter, include a bookmark or tag . Thankfully I had a perfect bookmark , which I made in May, for the theme.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzCOF1w3At9tm7k824fL0iK4WE56A1QIoLuelHlvIKioxw-KBcyjCTmV-NwET9F_elNAKXTOHEshI4Oq7KUPNqlcqFM7OtNQp06dElXj8zCtlrDYSUJo2DvD2_yFE3CGEaYYPNJv_OyE/s2048/20200930_114200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzCOF1w3At9tm7k824fL0iK4WE56A1QIoLuelHlvIKioxw-KBcyjCTmV-NwET9F_elNAKXTOHEshI4Oq7KUPNqlcqFM7OtNQp06dElXj8zCtlrDYSUJo2DvD2_yFE3CGEaYYPNJv_OyE/w300-h400/20200930_114200.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>Happy to report all the swap packages were well received. I had so much fun making these packages , it pushed me to try my hands at doodling , not to mention take a good look at my stationary stash.</div><div><br /></div><div>The pandemic situation hasn't improved in my city , however things are opening up for business now.</div><div>Hope you guys are safe .</div>Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-40661937322606728432020-09-17T08:03:00.000+03:002020-09-17T08:03:02.427+03:00Gifted Gorgeousness SAL September 2020 update<p>Hello Friends,</p><span style="background-color: white;">It's that time of the month when we show what gifts we have been working on or/and what crafty gifts we have received. If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-gifted-gorgeousness-sal-gg.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white;"> blog for more info. This is an easy SAL where you have a choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGeG0uUgLeoTWEuMF63R_o4uL4sa0AB4ioJvVKBEql4qSU-LiWFaZpEEM4lYA1Tuw-h-mqd6b6y73p5BoGwqLq0z5U2dD3dFUp11Y-0JwEsmy2UvYi20IoE7n2O8Ni5ft1ESeCC59338/s688/collage+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGeG0uUgLeoTWEuMF63R_o4uL4sa0AB4ioJvVKBEql4qSU-LiWFaZpEEM4lYA1Tuw-h-mqd6b6y73p5BoGwqLq0z5U2dD3dFUp11Y-0JwEsmy2UvYi20IoE7n2O8Ni5ft1ESeCC59338/s320/collage+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;">After a month of no cross stitching, here I am presenting a small gift I made for my mother's birthday which is today.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzyMSaefnTOLQ4n60qzYGW1_tGwJHSzBJCz4N7OMI2SpJ45VndGY_EoAkypfobHpDYODvA4V0f51bl7qVLbOvutz_bmy94bivuYhQn0OUDb9Kao5UdwQYduC4qg0hCe4FVgpookxoeb5o/s4032/20200909_094128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzyMSaefnTOLQ4n60qzYGW1_tGwJHSzBJCz4N7OMI2SpJ45VndGY_EoAkypfobHpDYODvA4V0f51bl7qVLbOvutz_bmy94bivuYhQn0OUDb9Kao5UdwQYduC4qg0hCe4FVgpookxoeb5o/s320/20200909_094128.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pattern name :All My Love<br />Designer : Lesley Teare<br />Pattern source: Cross Stitch Crazy Magazine, Mar 2016</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcOXCEqbCq4Hk_A7VYmO0If5lGc2cIZmqmwkmzHXBK9Sn3ov5ZlH-BsZ9w0BYHyLurmOkC89ECCJuy3P3r8__B1_gKLYnmiyGSNvNHUTmZX6fhA7fEwigPpuUN6Yqx3jO_CcNTP02_Ww/s4032/20200909_092602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcOXCEqbCq4Hk_A7VYmO0If5lGc2cIZmqmwkmzHXBK9Sn3ov5ZlH-BsZ9w0BYHyLurmOkC89ECCJuy3P3r8__B1_gKLYnmiyGSNvNHUTmZX6fhA7fEwigPpuUN6Yqx3jO_CcNTP02_Ww/s320/20200909_092602.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">My mom visited us in January and liked the basket of cross stitch ornaments I had on display. Since then , she has expressed her desire to make some for herself but she didn't have the supplies. So I thought what better idea gift than something she wanted to make herself.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">She liked the gift and hinted that she would like some more. That should give me some more entries for GG posts .😀 </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">As its her birthday today, I would like to share something about my mother. My mom married at an early age of 21, moved to live in a state the language of which she didn't speak. She learned the language, changed her dressing style ,learned the cuisine of the new state along with other challenges of married life . For those unaware, language , cuisine and attire changes across every state of India.</span></div><div>My mother has been the main force behind my brother's and my education and career. She wanted us to do best in our fields even if it meant defying the norms for young girls specially.</div><div>Every craft I know has been taught by mother. She knows knitting, macrame, crochet, cross stitch, Indian embroidery, sewing to name a few.</div><div>She is an amazing cook and loves to feed people. Even with limited income of my father, she helps needy now and then with food and paying the school fees.</div><div>She is protective of family, is always there to support them thru tough times. She encourages me to pursue hobbies when I get busy with job and life.</div><div>She inspires me to be a better person everyday.I know she won't read this, but I felt like sharing it with you ladies.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, a very happy birthday to our wonderful GG SAL host Jo, who amazes me the amount of stitching she gets done with work and family, hosting SALs and blog hops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_59ZhmT1hv6tNu-laq_61ZkoQMraQD5losYnIw4BbUTVipLQHSu4fOzg8nDBmWRsmK9f2j9cZS9MuQsNL-NtKN25X7yVvdNgr9yGysDPTRbmhhWpnZ_usOiHpGKNP_f5sgyIPZXREpLg/s644/688b68c4ec4733ff7b72443cba0f193f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="510" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_59ZhmT1hv6tNu-laq_61ZkoQMraQD5losYnIw4BbUTVipLQHSu4fOzg8nDBmWRsmK9f2j9cZS9MuQsNL-NtKN25X7yVvdNgr9yGysDPTRbmhhWpnZ_usOiHpGKNP_f5sgyIPZXREpLg/s320/688b68c4ec4733ff7b72443cba0f193f.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Wishing you a great stitchy year ahead Jo.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hope everyone is keeping safe and healthy.</div>Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-71779743181219440672020-09-13T07:38:00.000+03:002020-09-13T07:38:11.487+03:00Let the People Choose-September Update<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hello Friends,</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">First Saturday of the month I join Jo for <span style="color: #333333;">The People's Choice SAL . Jo takes a poll for people to choose a topic for the month and the participants then post about stitchy projects related to that topic.</span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DS9ryb7tSo68mEPM2TeNgN0X-tiOgy39g5P43NyT7p6ZvENs4IFtPQLXVErse8qEGMhQSJ8Un-KMWJZSEZC1RVHi1RV5OQgTshZOdZNCj1-CBwtfzRR2-jnGqtwmP0zKfd0uxSHUlLk/s1600/You+Choose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1287" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DS9ryb7tSo68mEPM2TeNgN0X-tiOgy39g5P43NyT7p6ZvENs4IFtPQLXVErse8qEGMhQSJ8Un-KMWJZSEZC1RVHi1RV5OQgTshZOdZNCj1-CBwtfzRR2-jnGqtwmP0zKfd0uxSHUlLk/s320/You+Choose.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #333333;">This month's topic is </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span>Geometric.I love Geometric patterns, though I actually don't stitch as many as I would like.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The project I'm most proud of , under this theme is this Fractal I stitched back in 2014. I was a beginner then, still I didn't get intimidated by the number of colors (90) in it.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIq9It_BDeCm-K_YFHdpWiTkYKSWlaTS01eMRayqdCdlW8rDbTuG8uo7377w0ksMzPm7KTqgKH9Tyk_r7jXPhEg5Yx3_vYj3e_HN99ExTBlQSv2lJ8aL5T2OhPbAJCBw81hNOJi-cPmQ/s1600/IMG_0526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIq9It_BDeCm-K_YFHdpWiTkYKSWlaTS01eMRayqdCdlW8rDbTuG8uo7377w0ksMzPm7KTqgKH9Tyk_r7jXPhEg5Yx3_vYj3e_HN99ExTBlQSv2lJ8aL5T2OhPbAJCBw81hNOJi-cPmQ/s320/IMG_0526.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span>This was a freebie from Cross Stitch Collectibles.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another geometric project I stitched pre-blogging days as a beginner is this freebie from About.com.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75YoLkGnor-oreQBjToU6F2Gc7XaOXDj38K2yQNZ8AGqTOsYxeCXj8ktXOXiBLXidZOiwmRfCQSXKCe2Mz_GXGKtJcgqy-Y4_0GUQ_iirNBRCGew-W-E3tUnSkhT6ylHyC4sSJ2-HoC4/s2048/DSC04870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75YoLkGnor-oreQBjToU6F2Gc7XaOXDj38K2yQNZ8AGqTOsYxeCXj8ktXOXiBLXidZOiwmRfCQSXKCe2Mz_GXGKtJcgqy-Y4_0GUQ_iirNBRCGew-W-E3tUnSkhT6ylHyC4sSJ2-HoC4/s320/DSC04870.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: left;">The geometric shape I love most is Heart. I have stitched a few small ones ,you must have seen them before many times on my blog.</div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAHROh-t0iaN0oAp8ZIcLgD1pmxVRjo-FiC30w7ZBFMSJnrymRWev3uY8W6rDJI51K3zKaTG0pDWxIPYDyngt-fyDAqF334moPqJrCiR7ULik-eRl5SGfrFtd0YcikcK3CGA9muEfVtQ/s2048/IMG_20150619_225633.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAHROh-t0iaN0oAp8ZIcLgD1pmxVRjo-FiC30w7ZBFMSJnrymRWev3uY8W6rDJI51K3zKaTG0pDWxIPYDyngt-fyDAqF334moPqJrCiR7ULik-eRl5SGfrFtd0YcikcK3CGA9muEfVtQ/s320/IMG_20150619_225633.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGJNNOZi7QG87e120HiFhQeK02_HKgzMTBtbcZlLxOR9Ei1NAE5brYwk5Bn_ef5VjMi2ylMWd1VtLxENhWK0vY_ZSNRiBTa_9wiNE63tVdT7zt2ozwJDNEeov0nger-Y5UHTOsx8ZIz0/s2048/IMG_20150703_145520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGJNNOZi7QG87e120HiFhQeK02_HKgzMTBtbcZlLxOR9Ei1NAE5brYwk5Bn_ef5VjMi2ylMWd1VtLxENhWK0vY_ZSNRiBTa_9wiNE63tVdT7zt2ozwJDNEeov0nger-Y5UHTOsx8ZIz0/s320/IMG_20150703_145520.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcYWTQgxp3dbMqdrk3XfdQcVuLgFCmY3Lpg2K_D3uNYXKsn3KcDEh7imRRKoJ15Ie8muzqAaAc4HN2i5kMjZ05uDQ0dCQGSwHL5aOJ6OVxI2FyB0632Lteunu2ShOOFwkx6_VRUcV5Cs/s2048/IMG_4878.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcYWTQgxp3dbMqdrk3XfdQcVuLgFCmY3Lpg2K_D3uNYXKsn3KcDEh7imRRKoJ15Ie8muzqAaAc4HN2i5kMjZ05uDQ0dCQGSwHL5aOJ6OVxI2FyB0632Lteunu2ShOOFwkx6_VRUcV5Cs/s320/IMG_4878.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6h0TRf5ozYco2U9VqrX3Ei2Bqa6IBZZqpdQBRtDkacMoNY2tm2Psffii6VamrSMSIxMMOhIbPgdqCL4rh8hzFHa9fMPJl-mfBkTpYp_SZMPRo5GmMNyIdktB3xsQ0DsYgC7o-iak1Zc/s4032/B4C1B0C6-9930-4A0B-982D-BFEA644A0423.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6h0TRf5ozYco2U9VqrX3Ei2Bqa6IBZZqpdQBRtDkacMoNY2tm2Psffii6VamrSMSIxMMOhIbPgdqCL4rh8hzFHa9fMPJl-mfBkTpYp_SZMPRo5GmMNyIdktB3xsQ0DsYgC7o-iak1Zc/s320/B4C1B0C6-9930-4A0B-982D-BFEA644A0423.jpeg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebBX1jn4jQfhyphenhyphenlXVnwMdRsPmTLzpSYvk_k8ppGd9AZBNj45Ln-xAl1XdlZBGBzwMhER7fM9SBZSBSukA5C5mzvEdL_E-gYH6zkHwgucWoXp9iDLxe0rH5vBAOJxdiwllr1-_vChdze1w/s2046/IMG_4128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="1700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebBX1jn4jQfhyphenhyphenlXVnwMdRsPmTLzpSYvk_k8ppGd9AZBNj45Ln-xAl1XdlZBGBzwMhER7fM9SBZSBSukA5C5mzvEdL_E-gYH6zkHwgucWoXp9iDLxe0rH5vBAOJxdiwllr1-_vChdze1w/s320/IMG_4128.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hope you like what I have shared here<span style="font-size: 14.85px;">.</span></span></div></span></span></div>Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-68619114248954690322020-08-16T14:23:00.001+03:002020-08-16T14:23:23.751+03:00Let the People Choose-August Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First Saturday of the month I join Jo for <span style="color: #333333;">The People's Choice SAL . Jo takes a poll for people to choose a topic for the month and the participants then post about stitchy projects related to that topic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">This month's topic is </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Freedom.I have to be honest that I had no clue which project I can show for this topic , so I waited for Jo and other's interpretation.I was very tempted to copy Jo and Rachel's interpretation. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;">Over the years I have seen tons of designs related to American Independence and patriotism but there aren't many related to other countries specifically India. So I decided to stitch something related to Indian independence as August is Independence Month for us Indians.</span></div>
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Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-33447113171971596182020-07-28T07:59:00.002+03:002020-07-28T07:59:55.787+03:00Gifted Gorgeousness SAL July 2020 update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">A very late post for the SAL due to absence of stitching Mojo.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It's that time of the month when we show what gifts we have been working on or/and what crafty gifts we have received. If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-gifted-gorgeousness-sal-gg.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> blog for more info. This is an easy SAL where you have a choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Like my post, my gift is a late baby gift/sampler for my best friend's daughter who just turned 3.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I didn't want to stitch a traditional birth sampler , so I selected this Maria Diaz design and added name and date to it.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">This is my first time stitching something depicting human body part ..it was interesting to see how different shades grew into a shape.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I haven't been stitching at all this month, though I have spent some time on my other hobby of snailmailing. I have started another gift for a baby..actually a kid now, hope to show the finished project in next GG post.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">That's it from my side..Happy stitching and stay safe.</span></div>
Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-54727363532529479812020-07-05T16:57:00.001+03:002020-08-16T14:06:46.468+03:00Let the People Choose-July Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello Friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First Saturday of the month I join Jo for <span style="color: #333333;">The People's Choice SAL . Jo takes a poll for people to choose a topic for the month and the participants then post about stitchy projects related to that topic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">This month's topic is </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">The Designer You Have Stitched the Most. Its good that Jo changed the topic from Most favourite or most popular to this, because I don't have a favourite designer.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Most of my stitching projects are gift , so I try to search designs which suit recipients likes rather than designer. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Yesterday I sat and made an excel sheet to record how many projects I have stitched of each designer. I have completed 68 projects since 2014 and two designers tie at 5 projects each.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">The winners are Durene Jones and Lesley Teare. Both these designers are major contributors to patterns in British cross stitch magazines and I mainly source my projects from there.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Durene Jones patterns, all stitched in 2019</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lesley Teare's patterns I have stitched</span><br />
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I have even received a Lesley Teare pattern stitched in an exchange.<br />
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I love stitching cover kits and most of them don't mention the designer.Another designer who has most simplest patterns is Helen Phillips.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Helen Phillips</span><span style="font-size: small;">'s patterns I have stitched</span></td></tr>
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Have you stitched patterns from any of these designers? Do you select projects based on designer or theme?<br />
It would be interesting to see how many new to me designers I find once I go blog hopping for this SAL.<br />
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Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-90490865150597849302020-06-19T15:03:00.002+03:002020-06-19T15:03:33.380+03:00Gifted Gorgeousness SAL June 2020 update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Friends,<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It's that time of the month when we show what gifts we have been working on or/and what crafty gifts we have received. If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-gifted-gorgeousness-sal-gg.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> blog for more info. This is an easy SAL where you have a choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">For the month of May, I made good progress on my oldest WIP and decided to start a new project on the first day of the month.Here it is ,after 5 days of progress.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Can you guess what it is?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday, 13th June was World Wide Knitting in Public day. If you have been following me for few years, you will know how this day is special to me.Since 2015, when I first found about this event, I have been either organising or participating in the event for the craft group I am part of. This year there was no way knitters were going to meet in public, so the craft group I'm part of decided to meet online. Another online meet up was organised by a Indian yarn </span>manufacturing<span style="font-family: inherit;"> company. I participated in both and had fun.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">I decided to stitch the following pattern to mark the day. I'm not much of knitter so this will be sent to one of my knitter friends when the postal service resumes.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">I have used threads given by my pen pal and my mom, the backing paper is from my pen pal ,so this qualifies for the SAL. Originally my idea was to finish it as an ornament, however I changed my mind last minute and thought of trying something new.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">My English speaking friends, what is the proper word for this type of finish?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">That's it for the gifts I made.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Now some chit chat..for the first two weeks of the month I was feeling lonely and anxious. There is no improvement in the pandemic situation here and the number of cases are increasing exponentially. The lockdown was relaxed on 8th and it looks like it was a grave mistake to do so. We (Husband and I) haven't stepped out of the house in months and that's the only way I see to keep us safe.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">What makes me anxious is not knowing when things will improve? When will I be able to travel? When will I be able to see my parents?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">There is a shortage of supplies here and that causes some irritation. I'm not able to pursue my hobby of snail mailing - I miss writing and receiving letters.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">The pandemic has given birth to hundreds of apps to connect with people, but somehow I'm starting to feel friendships made over social media are not real. I have this feeling that one day if I stop blogging or posting on Facebook or Instagram , no one will notice. Most of the people care only about likes and followers.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I have been blogging for 5 years now, and during this time few people I thought I made connection with stopped blogging. I miss them and wonder do they miss me/us? It feels that the person doesn't care about the time and efforts put by the other person in the relationship. While I respect the reasons due to which an individual stops using any social media, these experiences have made me hesistant to start a new relationship.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">What are your views ? Do you get attached to people over social media? Is it just about comments and likes for you?May be you are a lucky person who made genuine friends thru social media .</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Anyways,I'm feeling better now and want to focus on the positives .</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I hope I haven't bored with you my rant.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Take care and stay safe.</span></div>
Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-78828340610111624122020-06-08T07:29:00.001+03:002020-06-08T07:29:29.556+03:00Let the People Choose-June Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello Friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First Saturday of the month I join Jo for <span style="color: #333333;">The People's Choice SAL . Jo takes a poll for people to choose a topic for the month and the participants then post about stitchy projects related to that topic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This month's topic is Dragonflies.Now, who doesn't love dragonflies...such pretty colorful creatures.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have stitched a dragonfly only once for a biscornu swap.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The pattern is a freebie from Stitch Happy <a href="http://www.xstitchhappy.net/2008/10/guiltless-dragonfly-biscornu-and.html">blog</a>. She has more dragonfly patterns which can be found under the label.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't think I have any dragonfly patterns in my stash, however I have saved this free pattern a few years back.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Its a freebie which can be found <a href="https://www.freepatterns.com/cross-stitch/dragonflies">here</a> .</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's it from my side for this topic, now to check what others have posted for this SAL.</span></div>
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Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-21348301414201848052020-06-01T20:06:00.003+03:002020-06-01T20:06:48.243+03:00How did I do for "Stitch every 'Day' in 'May' "<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Friends,<br />
May month has come to an end, I hope 'Maynia' in the cross stitch world has settled down. I have enjoyed looking at the various versions of Maynia . I hope you enjoyed whatever version you followed, after all its about enjoyment right?<br />
My personal goal was to Stitch every 'Day' in 'May'. I'm very happy to report that I was able to stitch/craft on 29 days out of 31 days of the month. I'm realising that setting this personal goal helps me come out of my comfort zone(read laziness) .<br />
My main focus was to make some progress on my oldest WIP, Indian Peacock by Dimensions.I added 3711 stitches, full and half, to the project and the progress is clearly visible.<br />
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I started and finished a small project for our anniversary which I showed in my last post.<br />
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I also knitted these bookmarks from left over yarn , such a quick project.<br />
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A new craft learnt and key ring made.<br />
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I think I will try to stitch every day in June as well as the lock down has extended my part of the country. My city is the worst hit in the world and numbers are rising by thousands every day. Its a scary situation, thank God for our crafts to keep us sane.<br />
Hope you are safe and staying home wherever you are.<br />
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Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-83133952653754038512020-05-15T09:14:00.002+03:002020-05-15T09:14:46.713+03:00Gifted Gorgeousness SAL May 2020 update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Friends,<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It's that time of the month when we show what gifts we have been working on or/and what crafty gifts we have received. If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-gifted-gorgeousness-sal-gg.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> blog for more info. This is an easy SAL where you have a choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Last Saturday, Hubby and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary and I made a little gift for him.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a free pattern from Cathy at </span><a href="https://handsondesign.biz/i-am-home-an-anniversary-gift/" style="font-family: inherit;">Hands on Design</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Here is the finish from designer look like</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As you can see, I changed everything in this pattern:fabric,floss color and finished look.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I downloaded this pattern in 2018 , wanting to stitch it for anniversary in 2018. Well, better late than never.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">The buttons you see in this design are my maternal grandmother's . Last year, I visited my maternal uncle's house with my mom. During the visit,my aunt , mom and I went up to the store room on the terrace to see what can be used from stuff left behind by my grandparents. I got my hands on these buttons, some zippers and some crocheted pieces. My maternal grandmother was a master crocheter, knitter and embroiderer in addition to be a wonderful cook.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I also wanted to share this macrame key ring I made after attending a free workshop on Instagram this Tuesday. The workshop was designed to use materials we had at home , yarn scraps, threads etc.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I don't know about other countries ,however a lot of Indian artists, crafters and organisations have been conducting free or minimal cost online workshops to help people cope with the pandemic. My snail mailing friend encouraged me to check these workshops as she herself benefited from one she attended. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I think it's a great idea to learn a skill or two and/or share your skills with others.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Please share if you have picked up any new hobby or a hobby you stopped pursuing years ago during this pandemic .</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">That's it for today, will try to put some extra stitches this weekend as it is IHSW .</span></div>
Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-26582243563873944522020-05-04T08:17:00.001+03:002020-05-04T08:17:06.180+03:00Let the People Choose-May Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello Friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First Saturday of the month I join Jo for <span style="color: #333333;">The People's Choice SAL . Jo takes a poll for people to choose a topic for the month and the participants then post about stitchy projects related to that topic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This month's topic is Fire. Now this is a tricky one- I don't think I have stitched a piece with fire in it. No problem about that, we can interpret the topic of this SAL in our own way. I waited for few people to post about this topic and see what their interpretation is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Fire is considered holy in Hinduism, religion I follow. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Agni, and thus </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">fire</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, is a symbol used in many </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Hindu</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> ceremonies that form a rite of passage; births, marriages and funerals.Fire is a source of light and I can't imagine celebrating my favourite festival Diwali without light. Diwali is a festival of lights and we light earthen lamps, candles and these day electric lights to celebrate the festival.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stitched this piece in 2018 :</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have received many hand made Diwali gifts showing Diyas(earthen lamps) over the years.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGY6YNZlmbh9smmHzclHFDSsIBOiN2PgmTzA-VlMhTCrtHSQNNaGjuKFivZizXp2VyX651Q4U2FLolgvUNmBiLUHM8LJ-RAJDm0orp61C1jmsJWU1msFWEGIPAE2A2QkscwLbEIVesQo/s1600/WhatsApp+Image+2017-10-29+at+4.11.52+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Here are patterns on my wish list showing earthen lamps:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Now,I'm going to check what other have posted for this SAL.</span></span></div>
Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-87056798342188262702020-05-01T10:01:00.003+03:002020-05-01T10:01:37.995+03:00Stitch Every 'Day' in 'May'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi dear Friends,<br />
Happy May!<br />
How are you ? We are still under lockdown and with the given circumstances , I won't be surprised if it extends till June.Well, I have never had any problem being at home, so the lockdown doesn't bother me much.<br />
However to make most of being home , I thought I would do a personal challenge called "Stitch Every 'Day' in 'May' ". I was going thru my old posts and realised I do this challenge every two years. You can see my post for <a href="http://minizdiary.blogspot.com/2018/05/stitch-every-day-in-may.html">2018</a> and 2016<a href="http://minizdiary.blogspot.com/2016/05/stitch-every-day-in-may.html"> here</a>.<br />
I know for many of you stitching every day is a way of life , however I tend to get distracted easily by social media and watching online series that's why I took this challenge.The idea is to stitch atleast for 15 mins everyday.<br />
My focus piece will be my oldest WIP-Indian Peacock by Dimensions.<br />
This piece was started on new year day in 2017 and has been neglected since due to priority of gift stitching. With the lockdown, I'm not making any gifts as there is no way to send them.So I thought I would put some stitches in this project. I stitched for 10 days in April on this project and added 1261 stitches.<br />
Before and after pic:<br />
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I was finding it difficult to stitch this in the Q snap I had so I'm now stitching this in hand.<br />
The last two times when I did this challenge some of you joined me, join me this year too if this is something you would like to do .<br />
I'm not going to make it a SAL or any compulsion to post on blog. Just use #stitcheverydayinmay if you post pictures on Instagram.I will post an update on the challenge at the end of month.<br />
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Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-71572584386704749362020-04-21T07:12:00.003+03:002020-04-21T07:12:46.408+03:00Gifted Gorgeousness SAL April 2020 update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Friends,<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It's that time of the month when we show what gifts we have been working on or/and what crafty gifts we have received. If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-gifted-gorgeousness-sal-gg.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> blog for more info. This is an easy SAL where you have a choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">I have finished two projects that come under gift category.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">First is a late birthday gift for my husband.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">This is a design by Jan Eaton published by Tom Pudding Designs, a freebie which can be found <a href="https://wibbo.typepad.com/tom_pudding_designs/2011/12/without-a-cat.html">here</a>.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">The empty space is where a cat charm will be added once the lockdown is over and I order it .</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Second finish is a ornament I stitched to join the hashtag #bewellandstitch . As the design is a freebie from designer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/autumnlanestitchery/">Autumn Lane Stitchery</a>, I'm considering it as a gift.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I forgot to share in my last GG post that Immediate Media Co offered many of their magazines free last month.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I was able to download The World Of Cross Stitching Feb 2020, Cross Stitch Crazy Mar 2020 and Cross Stitch Gold Jan 2020 for free on my i-phone.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Do you keep any eye for such offers or don't care about magazines?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Also, I forgot to share that I was able to locate my missing Lizzie Kate pattern which I declared missing in my Feb post <a href="http://minizdiary.blogspot.com/2020/02/let-people-choose-january-and-february.html">here</a>. What a relief !</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">In life update, the virus is spreading like a fire here in India and we are doing everything to be safe. We have local laws where we can't get out of our building more than once a week.It is stressful but thank god for house chores, hobbies and Netflix , which help in keeping mind off.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I hope you are safe and healthy.</span><br />
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Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-54443235208714591512020-04-05T13:11:00.002+03:002020-04-05T13:15:30.151+03:00Let the People Choose-April Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello Friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First Saturday of the month I join Jo for <span style="color: #333333;">The People's Choice SAL . Jo takes a poll for people to choose a topic for the month and the participants then post about stitchy projects related to that topic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">This partially explains my disinterest in traditional samplers, however I have stitched a few modern samplers or lets say my take on modern samplers:</span></span><br />
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The birth sampler I stitched for my nephew in 2014 has few elements of a traditional sampler-numbers,alphabets,border,name and date .<br />
I made this birthday card and I think it looks like a portion of band sampler. It has specialty stitches in it.<br />
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Another birth sampler which I stitched for my niece in 2015.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pretty in Pink by Helen Phillips</span></td></tr>
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I did get a chance to see two historic samplers at <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "crafty girls"; font-size: 13.86px;">Skaill House, Orkney, Scotland. Here are pictures:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "crafty girls";">As I write this post, I'm reminded that I need to make two birth samplers for my friends' babies. I better start looking in my stash for patterns !</span></div>
Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-54819382186993386592020-04-03T07:59:00.003+03:002020-04-03T07:59:38.617+03:00Be Well and Stitch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Friends,<br />
I hope you are safe and keeping busy in this worrisome time. It is indeed scary whats happening in the world. My country is under lock down till 14th April , husband and I are following the instructions given by the Govt. to keep safe unlike many stupid people in my country who just don't care.<br />
Anyways , I wanted to cheer you (and myself) up by sharing my latest finish.<br />
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I'm sure you are all aware of the freebies designers in cross stitch community have been offering under the hashtag #bewellandstitch. It is so generous of them to take time out to design something for helping the community in this tough time.<br />
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I have always wanted to join and stitch something for such wonderful causes like the stitches for Australia , unfortunately I wasn't able to do it either due to bad postal system(when living in Kuwait), laziness and/or finding out about the the cause a little too late.<br />
However, I'm happy this time I could join. I have saved all the designs being offered under the hashtag on Instagram.<br />
Sharing links for few I like in the caption:<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/theblackberryrabbit/photos/a.850222131979755/1174937979508167/?type=3&theater">Bee Well by The Blackberry Rabbit</a><br />
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You can follow the hashtag #bewellandstitch on Instagram and Facebook to find more designs.<br />
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I hope these links help you a bit to take your mind off .<br />
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Take care friends.<br />
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Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-24063298650490194892020-03-21T12:12:00.000+03:002020-04-21T07:13:29.147+03:00Gifted Gorgeousness SAL March 2020 update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Friends,<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It's that time of the month when we show what gifts we have been working on or/and what crafty gifts we have received. If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-gifted-gorgeousness-sal-gg.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> blog for more info. This is an easy SAL where you have a choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><br />
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I finished stitching the Lizzie Kate piece I showed you in my last GG update.My version:</div>
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I decided not to stitch the beads but I may add them one day.The pattern was a giveaway win and the fabric was received in a swap.</div>
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14th of March was my husband's birthday and it has become a tradition to stitch something small for him every year, mostly a suprise. For last three years I have stitched a owl for him, as we both love owls. He once mentioned that enough of owls now..so I decided to stitch something which he loves more than owl?-Cats</div>
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Its always fun to look for patterns in stash or online to meet liking of the recipients.I picked up a free pattern by Tom Pudding and started stitching.Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish it on time as I only get an hour of stitching when he is not around. I showed the incomplete piece to him on his birthday and he was still appreciative .</div>
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Another piece I can show in gifted category is this bookmark which I made for a bookmark swap in 2017, only to find my partner is allergic to felt. The same group was organising a bookmark swap this month and I asked my partner about her allergies. She said she has none. Out came this bookmark from my stack of finished pieces.</div>
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The buttons were received in a swap with <a href="http://createwittyunleashed.blogspot.com/">Preeti</a> and the felt was given to me by my cat's earlier owners/parents.</div>
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<b>Giveaway Update:</b></div>
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No one showed interest in the pattern I offered in my last GG post, so now the pattern is up for selling.</div>
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As we are talking about selling, I have first time put up some of my stash for selling on facebook. Most of the patterns were the ones I have already stitched and were beginner level so none of you blog friends would have liked it. </div>
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I think with each passing year I'm becoming more and more particular about not hoarding things (OCD?). The moment I stop using a thing- be it a piece of cloth, footwear,bag,utensil or cross stitch pattern, I want it to give it away ASAP.</div>
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Its not a space problem or I need money, its just that my mind feels calm when I don't have extra things in my house.</div>
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<b>Other life updates:</b></div>
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I hope you all are keeping safe with the pandemic hitting almost all countries of the world. My city is under lock down, I'm working from home and observing social distancing.</div>
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It was my birthday last month and I was spoil rotten by my husband. He got me a customised cake on theme of a Indian postcard as snail mailing is my new hobby.</div>
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I also got a new phone and these beautiful flowers. We went for brunch and watched a movie . It was a lovely day.</div>
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Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-49850483803850385932020-03-10T11:56:00.004+03:002020-03-13T10:08:53.812+03:00Let The People Choose-March Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello Friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First Saturday of the month I join Jo for <span style="color: #333333;">The People's Choice SAL . Jo takes a poll for people to choose a topic for the month and the participants then post about stitchy projects related to that topic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">This month's topic is Coffee. I'm not a fan of hot drinks,be it tea or coffee. However I drink tea twice a day for psychological reasons.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">When I started my career, people in my office used to take tea or coffee breaks. At first I didn't join them, then I realised these tea breaks were a way to relax one's eyes as we used to work on a computer for 9 hours, also time to chit chat a bit.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After working in the industry for 15 years , my mind asks for tea or coffee at defined hours of the day otherwise I feel tired.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I prefer coffee over tea , however coffee served in India contains milk and sugar unlike the bitter one I tasted on my first trip to USA.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During my time in Kuwait, I met people from all over the world and came to know that coffee is a big part of western culture. Our craft meetings were held in Coffee shops and never in 4 years did I drink hot coffee.My go to drink was Frapuuchino.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having said that I love cold coffee specially one served with one scoop with vanilla ice cream. Have you had one?</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For obvious reasons I don't have any coffee patterns in my stash , however I stitched one for my friend in Kuwait.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is a free pattern from </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://kincavelkrosses.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/coffee-lover/" target="_blank">kincavel krosses</a>. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have saved this free pattern to be stitched for my coffee loving friends</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Palko lap has many cute coffee patterns , go check the link out.</span></span><br />
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Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-54100998202330622412020-02-18T20:01:00.001+03:002020-03-13T10:05:25.946+03:00Gifted Gorgeousness SAL February 2020 update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Friends,<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It's that time of the month when we show what gifts we have been working on or/and what crafty gifts we have received. If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-gifted-gorgeousness-sal-gg.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> blog for more info. This is an easy SAL where you have a choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Happy to report that I have something to show this month:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">I started a Lizzie Kate pattern on 19th of last month . Here is the progress till now:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The chart was giveaway prize I won on </span><a href="https://tiffstitch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tiffany's</a><span style="background-color: white;"> blog and the fabric was received in an exchange with Diya.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I have changed the fabric and colors from the ones suggested in the pattern. I'n using Anchor variegated floss for stitching the design.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I wanted to complete this before posting for GG , however as you can see that's not what happened.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I would like to pass this chart to one of my active blog followers , so if you are interested, leave a comment and spread the word. If you plan to follow me for participating in the giveaway, I accept that you interact thru comments in future.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I will draw a name on my birthday-27th feb and declare the winner in next GG post.I plan to finish stitching the pattern before that :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">An update I would like to share is that I have started working again after a planned break . I now work as a consultant so lesser working hours give me flexibility to manage the house and work properly.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The funny thing is while I was on a break and had so much time on my hands, I couldn't find inspiration to stitch. Now , I try to stitch everyday before going to work-duration varies from 5 mins to 1 hour.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">My husband gifted me this cross stitch theme cup for my new office .</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Another little handmade gift I got was this coin purse made </span><span style="background-color: white;">using a sewing machine </span><span style="background-color: white;">by husband's 85 year old aunt . She really inspires me with her zeal to create things at her age.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Not a proper gift but I made this quick card, using a lace heart I won thru a cross stitch giveaway on Instagram, for a secret Valentine's day exchange on Ravelry.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">That's it for the GG update.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Its getting hotter here day by day and feels like summer ..not the good kind of summer which people in UK enjoy. 😂</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Hope you have a good month with lots of stitching time.</span></div>
Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-77556965354442304572020-02-02T19:26:00.002+03:002020-03-10T11:58:21.144+03:00Let The People Choose-January and February Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Everyone,<br />
I hope the first month of new year treated you well. I have been busy busy..,in mind I composed the posts to be put up on the blog but never get around to post them in real.<br />
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As crafting has taken a back seat since I left Kuwait, I decided to join only two SALs this year, both hosted by Jo.One of those is The People's Choice SAL. Its an easy SAL where one theme selected is by us crafters for each month and then we post about it.<br />
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For January, the theme was Lizzie*Kate. It would sound like a repeated story but like Jo, I wasn't a fan of the designer in the beginning as I felt that her designs required too many specific items like fabric and floss.<br />
However, I have acquired a taste for them over the time as I could see how simple the designs were.<br />
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I have two Lizzie*Kate patterns in my stash , though my record keeper says three.Its driving me crazy that I can't trace the third.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was won in a giveaway by <a href="http://tiffstitch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tiffstitch</a></span></td></tr>
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For Februaury , the theme is Penguins ,my favourite creatures .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stitched in Nov 2018, Pattern by Diane Machin</span></td></tr>
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I have received two penguin ornaments in exchanges I participated:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Received in Dec 2018</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Received in July 2015</span></td></tr>
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I don't have any penguin patterns in my stash!<br />
That's it for today, I hope to post on time for the next SAL.</div>
Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-1407050683737135772019-12-31T17:00:00.003+03:002019-12-31T17:00:56.897+03:00Good bye 2019!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello beautiful people of the blog world,<br />
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Its last day of the year and decade 😊.<br />
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This year I'm no mood of looking back and accounting my achievements or learnings etc. Neither do I have any resolutions...I just want to be happy whatever year or day it is.<br />
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2019 surely brought a lot of changes in my life-Left Kuwait, Moved to India,moved into a new home,decided to take a break in my professional career, crafting bug missing...<br />
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The obvious reason I have not posted on my blog is that I haven't been crafting...I have been travelling a lot, attending weddings, entertaining guests and pursuing my hobby of snail mailing. No complaints here..just enjoying this phase.<br />
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I thought of posting for the Gifted Gorgeousness SAL today before its too late.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/gifted-gorgeousness-2017-sign-up-page.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white;"> blog for more info. This is a easy SAL where you have choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><span id="goog_166667553"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I finished a beanie for myself , as the pattern is a free one from the designer , I'm including this for GG SAL.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Layered Yarn beanie<br />Pattern from <a href="https://gina-michele.com/2014/03/diy-layered-yarn-beanie-knitting-pattern.html" target="_blank">Gina Michele</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The people at Immediate media company were kind enough to offer January 2019 issue of CrossStitch Crazy magazine and December </span><span style="background-color: white;">2019 issue of The World of Cross Stitching magazine on the first weekend of this month.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I hope to craft more in 2020 and promise to be a better blog follower.</span><br />
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Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645232013036378977noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903303858533770576.post-14047114314633288342019-10-22T09:15:00.001+03:002019-10-22T09:15:09.963+03:00Gifted Gorgeousness SAL October 2019 update and IHSW<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Friends,<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It's that time of the month when we show what gifts we have been working on or/and what crafty gifts we have received. If you don't know what I'm talking about , check </span><a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/p/gifted-gorgeousness-2017-sign-up-page.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Jo's</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> blog for more info. This is a easy SAL where you have choice to stitch any designer, color or pattern, just that it should be a gift for someone or gift from someone.</span><br />
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Also , it was IHSW this past weekend , so I'm clubbing these two in one post.</div>
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I actually stitched this IHSW after missing it for 6 months.</div>
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I started a new project on Friday morning and finished it yesterday evening.</div>
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Here it is:</div>
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This will be sent to my best friend for her birthday in November. This finish gets double GG points as it was a gift in an exchange I did with Kerry (who sadly doesn't blog anymore) . </div>
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The funny thing is Kerry forgot to send me the chart with the kit and then I contacted Kerry and the magazine to see if they can send me the chart. Well, it didn't work but I liked the design so much that I charted it in excel looking at the cover pic.</div>
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I still don't know the designer which is the case with all cover kits I have.</div>
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Some other crafting, I really enjoyed making these Diwali (Hindu festival of lights) cards and decorating postcards for Diwali wishes. The idea was to revive letter writing/postcard writing as in this digital media no one cares about a handwritten card.</div>
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While we are talking about Diwali, can anyone of you help me in locating the source and designer of this design?</div>
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There is serious shortage of designs depicting religions other than Christianity(no offence to anyone here) in the cross stitching world. So I was pretty happy to see the following design on The World of Cross Stitching magazine's facebook page.</div>
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If you have bought November 2019 issue of he World of Cross Stitching magazine and would like to share the original pattern with me , I would be really appreciate that.</div>
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It was nice feeling to stitch after a gap of months, hope I can continue this now.</div>
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