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My Lovely Scissors :)

I had a very lovely pick me up through the post day today as I received the gorgeous scissors I won in Susan's giveaway. My picture really does not do them justice as they are so pretty and lovely to use. Thank you so much Susan. I plan to stitch this in pinks to match the scissors to keep them safe. I bought it the other week after seeing it stitched up on Su's blog. No finishes in this post but I am moving along quite nicely with my WIPs. I laughed at the comments on my last post about the mermaid being buried in the garden on Shores!! I told Abi and when she looked she said " Mum have you run over her with the car?!!!" lol. Anyway now she is safe and sound in the sea, no more looking like she's buried!!! This block is almost finished and, hopefully, will be when I pick it up next time! Barb, Hazel, Lesleyanne, Tracy and I started our Sampler Girl At Home with Jane Austen SAL last week and here's my start. I am loving this and this design will be the start of my Jane Austen wall :) I chose to stitch mine on 36 count flax linen and I'm using mostly DMC with a couple of Crescent Colours. My Sampler Garden Casket is going well. This is the casket end and one side with the next end just started ( birds legs!!) I really hope I can do this piece justice when it comes to the making up! Finally look at the cute little dragon at the bottom of this piece! Lol! This is Dragon Dreams Lost Dragon Sampler. I have actually finished this piece since I took the photo but will get it made up before I show it again. And I'm afraid I had another small new start but no piccie of that either. I started a Shepherd's Bush needleroll!!
I was supposed to be going through to meet Chris on Friday this week but I've had to cancel due to not feeling well and as it was Chris had to cancel too so we'll rearrange for another time. We were both looking forward to it too.
Hopefully I will be back with my finished up dragon piece soon and maybe even a needleroll! Who knows!! Lol!


Posted by Sally at 23:03 Labels: Carriage House Samplings, Dragon Dreams, Just a Thought, prizes, The Sampler Girl 
lovely scissors Sally and all your WIPs look great!

14 April, 2010 23:12 
Very nice progress pics! I like that dragon one. It's adorable (and I am not a huge fan of the dragon designs, yet)!!

15 April, 2010 02:05 Cari-in-VA said...

Congratulations on winning those great scissors!

Ah, the mermaid looks much more at home (and alive, lol).

So many wonderful WIP - that dragon is darling!


15 April, 2010 04:59 
Yep, the mermaid looks much happier now ;)
Great work on your WIPs, love the JA one

15 April, 2010 09:48 
Lovely giveaway win - nice choice for keeping them in, too. A much happier mermaid now. LOL Great progress on all your WIP's. Looking forwrad to seeing how you finish the Dragon Dreams piece. :0)

15 April, 2010 11:36 
Congratulations on your win Sally! I look forward to seeing your pink version of Nataliejo's design. I had to buy it too - it's lovely isn't it!

15 April, 2010 12:04 
Lovely scissors. I had a pair like these for Christmas and they are gorgeous. Lovely progress pictures of your stitching.

15 April, 2010 14:01 
Lots of lovely pictures of your WIP. The little dragon is so cute.

15 April, 2010 14:09 
Oh like the colour of those scissors Sally, and the chosen piece that you will stitch for them.
JA is coming along well I hope to update my blog in the next day or two so will post my progress , really enjoying it.
The casket is just yummy,will speak soon.Hugs

15 April, 2010 14:15 staci said...

Wonderful new scissors! I'm always so impressed by how much stitching progress you make!
 
Beautiful scissors, they'll look really special in their new holder.

The casket piece is so beautiful, i'm sure you'll make it up just fine

15 April, 2010 16:35 
Lovely scissors - I have the identical pair and they are wonderful. Your WIPs are great - the Jane Austen one will be stunning. Love Michelle x

15 April, 2010 20:39 
All your WIP's are looking beautiful, Sally. Wish i can work on different projects too...

15 April, 2010 21:54 
Oh, those scissors are so beautiful, Sally--congratulations. Great progress on all of your WIPs, too. I don't know how you keep so many projects straight!

15 April, 2010 22:52 
lol @ buried in the garden!! I like that, somehow! Maybe I'll leave it that way myself if I ever stitch it! :D

At any rate lookin' good!

15 April, 2010 23:14 Olenka's Stitches said...

Congrats on your win and I love the design you've chosen for the scissors.

16 April, 2010 13:22 
Congratulations they are lovely scissors and great progress on your WIP's, I still haven't started my JA Sampler yet I ran out of ink and couldn't get the chart printed totally hopeless and blonde at the moment x

16 April, 2010 13:36 
Gorgeous scissors! Love the progress piccies - thanks for sharing them with us.

Hugs Claire x

17 April, 2010 06:47 
Lovely scissors! Congrats on the win.

Your WIPs look great! You're making fabulous progress on them all.


17 April, 2010 11:37 
Sally what a wonderful pair of scissors you won!

Your WIPs are looking lovely, I'm looking forward to seeing your finished Dragon Dreams piece, I love her stuff!

19 April, 2010 00:09 
cute cute scissors! i love all your wip's looking good!

19 April, 2010 16:39 BeckySC said...

Sally, ALL your Wip's look amazing!! :)

23 April, 2010 03:22