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Little Blue Houses by the Sea

Posted by vicki brown on

Just a quick hello today to share with you my latest embroidery hoop...

Little Blue Houses by the Sea


I sketched out the idea whilst waiting for Johnny at the dentists and stitched it up yesterday.

I spent most of my teenage years by the sea, and since all of my grown-up life has been lived so far away from it I miss it terribly.

Happy Friday!!! The weekend is here!!!

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Getting Ready...

Posted by vicki brown on

Here are some shots of my preparations for my new shop...




And some more shots of my finished Little Multi-Coloured Houses embroidery hoop....

I've backed the hoop with some little houses fabric I've had forever in fear of using it because I love it so much!!

That's all for today...I must return to washing all the many many baby things I have been given...not quite sure how many sheets a baby...

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Lilley Stitches....

Posted by vicki brown on

Hello...
I just wanted to quickly share with you some stitching I did for the banner and avatar for my new shop.

I'm off into the lovely sunshine to make my way to the hospital for my last scan....that means the last time I see the baby until he is really here in the flesh!!

xx

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A New Rug...

Posted by vicki brown on

I'm a very very very happy girl indeed as yesterday my lovely man bought for me this lovely rug...
It came from Habitatand I had lusted over it for quite some time, well since I was promised a new rug for our lounge at christmas time. I couldn't decide on it for a while because it was little on the expensive side, but after too many evenings of lying on the cold floorboards in an attempt to get...

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Stitching Little Houses...

Posted by vicki brown on

As I've been trying to spend more time relaxing as advised...I've mostly been stitching up these little houses.

Stitching Little Houses by you.
They seem kind of festive to me, I don't know why I think they remind me of the houses I painted on a mug a few years ago...
Cromer Lights Mug by you.
I'm really enjoying embroidery at the moment, I love it because you can sit in front to of the telly and relax whilst you're doing it and unlike crochet or knitting...

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