Another week, much the same as the last but with cake

I finished and framed Curious Bunny by Teresa Kogut at the weekend.

I used another frame bought from The Range, they only sell standard sizes and I would have gone for a slightly smaller one given the choice but, I'm happy with how it came out.

I used the glass in this one as I might keep it out all the time, I did place some spaces so that the glass isn't touching the stitching.

(There is shadow on the bunny, the thread colour is all the same)

Sunday just past was Mother's Day here in the UK.  My girls treated me to all my favourite hair products from The Body Shop as well as flowers and some delicious things to eat.  Jenny made me an afternoon tea box and Stevie gave me a very artistic lemon cake, the boys also gave me several bags of my favourite Drumsitck Squashies sweets, yum!   I will have to use all my will power to not eat them all at once, lol.

Bonnie made me this wonderful art work. 

Stevie's artfully decorated cake

Lovely afternoon tea in a box

How lovely and spoiled was I?!!

Yesterday was a Bonnie day, the rain kept off so we met Jenny and Arty at the park

It's really hard to get photos of Arty, he won't look at the camera

The recent heavy rain has left some rather big puddles which they both enjoyed.

We were laughing because Arty is a good 8 months younger than Bonnie but he is so much bigger than her 😄

Bonnie wearing the hat I knitted the other week

Like I said, Arty won't smile for the camera so I had to be crafty to get his photos.

He is such a typical boy, into everything and not frightened to explore, just a perfect lovable little monkey, you certainly need your wit's about you when you take him out though!

Awww he looks so much like Jenny did at this age, except Jenny had curly hair.   Oliver is the spitting image of his dad but Arty is just like Jenny.

 💗

See you soon.

-X-

Tuesday = slow day

Yes, I'm still giving myself Tuesday's off.  

I look forward to Tuesday's now, I look upon them as a day for me and I can more or less guarantee that I won't be interrupted or called on as everyone is either at work, school or nursery 😂

As much as I love my family and helping out, I do look forward to some kid free time.

I have managed to get some things done this past week though.  I stitched this piece last year sometime, I can't remember if I ever showed it on here, I think I was going to wait until it was made up but that never happened until last week.

I believe this is a Brenda Gervis?  I no longer have the chart and can't remember

I love chenille trim but it is virtually impossible to find here in the UK.  I did find some small spools of it in The Works a while back, it's not as thick as the Lady Dot chenille but it looks ok I think. 

I used some fabric I bought a couple of years ago at Wool@j13, it's flannel and I think it's perfect for backing fabric.  The little stitched year I blatantly copied from another blog, they do say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery don't they?  and I just loved it, unfortunately I can't find who's blog I saw it on.  If it was your blog and you are reading this, please let me know so that I can credit you with the idea. 

 

I have to say that their's was much, much more professionally done than mine!

Last week I had to pop to the garden centre for a few bits, this particular one has recently changed it's name to Cherry Lane, (They may have been taken over by Cherry Lane, i'm not sure), anyway, they have now started selling more than just plant and garden supplies, along with house and garden decor, books and toiletries they have small selection of yarn, and as there was only one left on the shelf in this colourway It had to come home with me.

I can be forgiven because I have already made use of it and it became a hat for Bonnie.

It was a Robin Paintbox yarn, (DK) and was lovely to knit with, I like how it came out and it suits Bonnie's colouring a treat.

My new stitching start was Curious Bunny by Teresa Kogut, which you can buy as a pdf download on her etsy page

I love him so much! although he is a slightly bigger bunny as I'm stitching him on 28 count, with the recommended thread colours.

So that brings me up to date with my crafting for this week, Tuesday is still young and I'm going to give that bunny some love this afternoon whilst watching season 5 of This is Us,  I've been putting off watching because it's such a roller coaster of emotion! I love it! If you have never watched This is Us you really must go and find it out, I'm watching on Amazon, not sure if you can get it on Netflix?

Until next time

-X-