O happy day ...

I picked up SB Happy Day needleroll again and have finished the main stitching  - in fact since I took this photo I have nearly completed the hemstitching, so I must keep at it and actually finish it off. 

I have also done a little more on CHS Diminutive Dutch and it is looking quite good.

And of course, I haven't neglected Elizabeth.  I was thinking I was half way but that's not correct as there are the two rather large motifs on each side of the central stitching.

I think it is looking better all the time - such a lovely one to stitch.  My Daughter saw it the other day and I think she was quite pleased that this one will be hers, as she loves the colours.

I popped this one in to show how I have decided to use the darker red on the flowers in the baskets on each side of the centre.  There is only a tiny amount of the red used in the sampler and I think it will look good.  You can see a red tinge where I had to unpick one of the flowers that I stitched in the wrong place.  I thought I had removed all of it but when you put it on something white you can still see it so will have to fix that.

Hi Siobhan - yes the same Daniel O'Donnell!  He was here in Melbourne for two concerts and I went to see his show on the 7th September - went backstage to chat with him afterwards as we have a friend in common.  He is a really lovely person.  Tell you MIL that I haven't washed my face since I got my kiss.!!   You really should get your Elizabeth out as it is such a fun one to stitch and will be a piece of cake after the difficult pieces you do.

So not a great deal done but I have been busy with quite a few special cards and I have gone back to playing croquet again after a few years away from it so I am kept busy trying to fit in all my hobbies.  The pile of books beside my bed is growing higher by the day, and so are the weeds in the garden.

Thanks to everyone for their kind comments and for stopping in to check up on me.

Mary