Hardanger sachet

I started this one weeks ago and finally completed it last weekend. There should be beads on it too, but i don't have one that match the colours. Being this first, i will keep this one!!! Would like to make one more with another pattern, but i have to order another colour thread too. So it will have to wait.




My goal for February wasn't all completed, well actually one for a rr but atleast the send out date is the middle of march so i hope to finish it before then.


Stitched this one for a quilt block, from the EMS garden alphabets. Just need to sign it and will be on it's way to the U.S.

For March, i don't know yet aside from the rr piece. Will have to look this week...

Spring is in the air.....not!!!!!

Here's to end the spring break for the kids. This item is off 'Brittercups designs'. Still don't know why they called it spring break at this time of year....when the temperature is nearly to freezing point....



Yesterday afternoon we picked up a few of their friends and then went to the an indoor playground just here on the island. It's friday which means change over for tourist so it was not so busy.











Chris been to the hairdresser this morning and WOW!!!! He sure love's it! and was difficult to let him go and wash it before going to bed a while ago.<












Oh yes, Elisabeth the birth card is for Petra. Still haven't heard if she receive it, just hope she did. She's probably very busy with James.

Spring break for the children

Both Chris and Grace are in a chess club which they goes every monday evening. Last sunday, there was a chess competition between the youngster's group here in Texel, a group from Den Helder and Schagen. It was held here on the island so both groups came over here. Chris and Grace joined in for Texel. The youngster's from Schagen got more points, so they are the winners!
The last picture with their medals for joining in, Grace and their nephew Jeroen and Chris.



Monday, went to work and children are on spring break so Kees had to work home.

Today, i'm free so i slept in a bit as it was very busy at work yesterday and came home quite late. After lunch, i took Chris to the gym where a few activities were organised for the children here in the village. This a pic with his friends.
Grace had to stay home for some homework she has to make for school. It wasn't fair for her but she've been putting it off and when her father confronted her yesterday about it she hasn't done anything yet and been ussually with one of her friends.




I did stitch but it's not much to show off so no stitching picture, oh wait......... i had done a newborn card before the weekend...here's the pic of it. Hope it was already received by now.

SBQ... Comments

Today's SBQ was suggested by Heather
(http://www.stitchsci.blogspot.com/) and is:

Comment on your comments (giving and recieving): Do you love comments or hate them? Do you check them every day, never check them, or find them helpful? And finally, are you convinced no one is reading your blog if you don't get any?

I LOVE getting comments, both from here and from the groups i am in. It really keeps me motivated to keep on stitching....I check them almost twice a day if am home so if i don't get comments on here, i am convinced no one is reading my blog.

I am quite new to blogging though, well started end of last year and still finding how to work on it. It does needs lots of time so i just take it bit by bit as i need lots of free time too for crafting, mainly stitching.

Speaking of stitching, not much done yesterday and today. A friend of Grace stayed for the night and would like too again today but her father is leaving tomorrow for a week so she went home late this afternoon. Perhaps she'll come again after a couple of days as they are on school vacation for a week. SPRING break!! Only there's no sign of spring, wet, dark and Cold. Since, the children are home i am afraid there's not much stitching for the whole week.

Scissor Fobs

I am so happy with my first try outs making a scissor fob.
The small one was really the first, it came out the cord wasn't long
enough. Two were already sent out this afternoon. Since they are my first I like them so much it was very difficult to part with them, atleast the letter M is for meeeee.These alphabets were from the magazine The World Of Cross Stitching.

Cards

These are the two stitched cards i wanted to post the other day but blogger won't let me. Both already sent today for stitched birthday card exchange on one of the yahoo group here in Holland. I am making less cards now compared to last year when i did three different groups all stitched cards. Actually, only one was a must but the two international were not, but i did start it from the beginning so had to complete it all for the whole year.








Yesterday i've made more cards but then non-stitched also for birthday exchange, card making group. It's been a while since i've been busy with these ,some materials were hidden somewhere i cannot remember anymore. So these are quite simple ones.



I have here a couple of stitched alphabets which i hope to finished it off into a scissor fob. Actually, done one, but i am not satisfied with the cording i had made but i am not going to remove it. Hopefully, i can post a pic tomorrow.

A very busy day for DH....

...but atleast i already prepared their warm meal for lunch before i went to work. At 12 noon he has picked up Chris from school. Grace comes home on her own. It is not so far, about 5-10 minutes walk. We don't allow Chris yet to walk alone as he has to cross the road a few times.
After lunch, he brought back Chris to school and then remain there at school. Every monday afternoon he gives extra(voluntary) Chess lesson for a few children who are in the higher group, age between 7 -12. This is the second year he does this for the school.
He comes home with Chris at 3:30PM and catch up on his own works. Around six PM they had bread, after that DH brought the children and another boy from the neighbourhood to thier chess club which is in town, well about 10-15 minutes drive. Since it's an hour game/lesson for the kids dh returned home and tonight one of the parents picked them up. After 9 dh went to school for Grace. A ten minutes chat how's everything for her at school. I went the last time so it is his turned now, otherwise if we have somebody to stay here for the kids we'd rather go together. I wonder what keeps him so long now, he's suppose to be home half an hour ago...hmmmm, ohhh now i hear the outside door, he's back.

Well, just seen a message on one of the group that sachet exchange which i had sent to England on the 2nd of November just arrived the a few days ago. A few weeks after when still didn't shown up I sent another sachet on 20th of December, it had arrived three days after. So we were sure the first one was lost! I was really disappointed as that was my first sachet in hardanger.
I tried to upload a couple of pics but it doesn't let me....