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happiness is cross stitching birthdays search this blog privacy policy cookie policy home about me the absolute beginner s guide to cross stitch in 2026 everything you need to start today free mini cat and other cross stitch patterns _ calendar mini cat 2018 free patterns more free patterns finishing ideas for cross stitching ffo 30 years went by it seems like yesterday 18 comments hi everyone this post is a walk down memory lane read more of this post and see more photos share 18 comments prairie schooler and a fringing tutorial 30 comments hi everyone just a little note to let you know i am still here it was jills birthday over at the purple peacock blog so i decided to send her this birthday gift i made a little christmas ornament from a prairie schooler pattern booklet number 133 and i sent her this little house needleworks pattern the travelling stitcher the pattern included the threads it is one of my favourite designers and jill s too the tutorial for the fringing of the pillow can be found on my blog here just scroll down and you will see a father christmas prairie schooler ornament where i show the instructions i just managed to find enough fabric and threads to make jill this small gift there are more close up photo s below until next time happy stitching share 30 comments stitching news and gifts 28 comments hi everyone it has been quite a while since my last post as i have been quite busy over the last few weeks here is my work in progress on country cottage needleworks i have actually worked on this since i took this picture and it is now nearly finished more pictures below i have a couple of private exchanges arranged over the next few months which should be fun i have just received one from my friend yana in russia although i am going to wait until my next post to show the pictures just wait until you see them as the gifts yana sent are gorgeous i sent yana s exchange three weeks ago and she has not received it yet but yana has assured me that sometimes parcels can take 4 weeks from england fingers crossed that it arrives safely i had a lovely 50th birthday i received a beautiful gift from jill at purple peacock blog here jill is so generous i was totally amazed at the beautiful goodies jill sent me thankyou so much jill enclosed were some gorgeous silk threads pins and needles and some tatting thread here are the threads close up they are lovely colours here is a picture of the beautiful card my friend diane sent to me isn t it lovely and this is the lovely bouquet of flowers my son sent to me my husband bought me a beautiful watch here is a lovely biscornu made by connie using one of my patterns it actually is a pattern for a little pillow but connie had a good idea to make it into a biscornu it has turned out beautiful don t you think this is the back of the biscornu this part was designed by connie you can find connies blog here until next time have a lovely stitchy week share 28 comments older posts home subscribe to 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