….moving closer to Christmas…..

…gifts are ready to give away…..

I might be silent for a week, because we are travelling..

…this is the last bit of ornaments i made for

 2009 christmas ornament challenge…

 

Until next time ….

Enjoy your holiday season….… Wishing you all a Merry Christmas……nima

Creative cross stitch challenge…

I made another gold coin basket with a different fabric…

…but this time i made it as a part of a challenge…

ta..da…da…

there is a challenge going on in the Gift of stitching blog to cross stitch the given pattern as you like and finish it….I thought of giving it a Christmassy look….and finished it into a basket…

I cross stitched 2 over 2 using DMC 815 on 32 ct linen fabric.

I’m glad that i could finish it on time…the last date to participate is 17th December…please visit here for more details..
Looking forward to read your lovely comments....

Until next time…

Have a nice day…nima

Few of my Christmas wreaths

Christmas wreaths are one of my favorite Christmas ornaments.

I made this wreath last year with the vine base…decorated it with the Christmassy stuff and it is now hanging on my front door.

This one i made this year. I got the idea of this wreath from Flower foot designs. I inserted a thin metal wire thru it to make it sturdy to hang …it’s on my fridge this time…

These are the small wreath ornaments i made last year to stick on the greeting cards i sent. I used this to decorate my curtains and Christmas tree skirt..

This is one from the 2009 Christmas ornament challenge . It’s a cross stitched wreath finished into an ornament…

Now I'm browsing thru the blog land to get new ideas for wreath for next time…there are so many wreaths and ornaments that i wish I'll make one day..

will soon come back with few more ornaments …

Until next time …

Have a nice day…nima

Few more Christmas stuff

….I'm sorry i disappeared for few days…

I couldn’t participate in Sew It last week…shame on me…poor time management..

There was a Gift fest at Ceci’s house…and it was my first of its kind…I took few of the Christmas stuff i made and participated in my first sale..it was fun…and I'm glad that few of my stuff are gone at good price.

Few more ornament finishes i did for 2009 Christmas ornament challenge

I got this kit from Lucienne thru EMS board secret pal exchange. As soon as i got the kit i decided this is going to be my ornament finish for April.

I finished this ornament with a spring theme on the other side. click here to see the spring side of this ornament…

I have few more Christmas ornaments to show you…hope to come back soon..

Until next time…

Have a nice day….nima

Christmas gold coin basket

….I'm slowly decorating my house for Christmas. yesterday i got an idea to make a Christmas basket from bread basket pattern. I thought it will be perfect to hold the gold coin chocolates….

This is one of the few ornaments i made for 2009 Christmas ornament challenge.

this is the famous freebie  from Daffycat. By now we have seen so many stitched  versions of this pattern. I’m still a ‘finishing impaired’ person….and not very happy with the finishing…..I have enough patience to complete a cross stitch project…..but no patience to finish it. I have few of my cross stitch projects yet waiting to finish.  I think I'll post non Christmassy finishes after the Christmas….

will soon come back with another Christmas finish…Thank you so much for your lovely comments….

Until next time….

Have a nice day….nima

Getting ready for Christmas

….coming back after a short silence.

I was slightly busy during Eid holidays. When i woke up from my sleep it is already December and time to decorate the house for Christmas. I couldn’t do much Christmas stitching last 2 months.

What i have with me for Christmas is the ornaments i made for 2009 Christmas challenge . I’m not very happy with all the finishing….but will try to post each of the finishes every day.

Recently i could find so many Christmas fabric in this part of the world. Now my problem is so many things to do but too little time. I’m not yet organized after my trip to India…

Yesterday i got some time and organized my floss/yarn drawers . And organized all the new Christmas fabric i got recently.

while organizing Christmas fabric i thought I'll make few cushions for this Christmas..I was thinking of trying to sew a mitered corner cushion since long time. I tried to sew one with the help of this tutorial from Better homes and garden.

the corners are not very clear in the picture……i need more practice to get better corners.

I did 2 more cushions yesterday…will blog about  it soon…

Few of you have informed me that you are unable to post comment in my blog. I’m looking into that matter. I couldn’t find any error in the settings. Hope that things will work this time.

Thank you so much for your lovely comments. Please do come back with your lovely comments.It means a lot to me.

Until next time….

Have a nice day….nima

Sew It – Fabric trash Bag

It is again Sew It time in Mayya’s blog. I missed sew it for last few weeks while i was travelling. This week it is the fabric trash bag from Ashley’s make it and love it. It is a well explained simple pattern all the beginners can try.

Here is my finished piece of work

I didn’t get time to take a picture of the bag inside the car….for the time being it’s on my door handle.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving your lovely comments …..

Until next time…

Have a nice day….nima

Greatest Surprise from my Darling Husband

My DH is always supportive for my crafty passions. He always encourages me to try innovative ideas in crafting and helps me to find crafty supplies. Few of my close friends and even few blogging friends know how supportive is my DH to find crafty supplies for me. We always do most of the craft shopping together and during our trip to India we bought lots of crochet thread , yarns,embroidery floss, fabric etc. He came back to Muscat almost 4 weeks back and took all the craft supplies with him, so that i can carry my new stitched Indian clothes in my luggage…..

When i reached home last week……

Surpriseeeee…….

…2 large drawers with wheel to organize my new added stash…he had already put the new stuff into each drawers……

..now i just have to organize it into my way…and have to label it according to the size of thread and yarn……

….how thoughtful he is …..thanks a million my dear…

Hope to come back soon with a crafty post.

Until next time…

Have a nice day…nima

Needle N Thread magazine

Few months back Mitu had mentioned about the Needle and thread magazine by Coats India in her blog. I haven't heard about any needle work magazine in India and i was curious when i heard about it.

I decided to subscribe this magazine when i went to India this time. I sent the subscription during the first week of November. It was time for me to come back…and i didn’t expect to see the magazine before i come back. I forgot to ask the LNS , who are the distributors for the Anchor threads for years. The Kareem Shop at the convent junction, cochin is the Anchor thread providers since my school days. I thought I'll call them and see if they have any old copies with them…they said they will check and after a day i got a call from them ….they had an old copy of the magazine….It was on the day before i was suppose to come back. I went there and they gave me the magazine free of cost.

…it is an old copy from 2002….I was glad that i subscribed for the right magazine…after flipping through it I packed it in my suitcase.

Next day ….just few hours for me to leave to the airport….the courier person came asking for me….

Surpriseeeeeee……….

….i got the first issue of the Needle N thread magazine i subscribed for…..it was very fast….

It has beautiful projects on cross stitch, crochet, hand embroidery and there is a project for kids too. It also has a hardanger tutorial with a beautiful hardanger project, in the teach yourself section…It is a beautiful magazine worth subscribing……

Coats India is not promoting/marketing this magazine in the right way. They have mentioned about it in the News and Events section. Please use Contact Us option to contact them. I got the info from Mitu….if you are interested i can forward it to your email…please let me know.

Thank you Mitu for the information.

Until next time….

Have a nice day…nima

Art Gallery fabric – Giveaway win….

Patricia organised this give away in her blog during september. I participated in the giveaway and forgot all about it, because i was busy getting ready for the travel and my online time was very less. She announced the winners and i didn’t get time to check back her blog. While i was on holidays i got a mail from her saying i won her giveaway….and it was a great surprise for me….i mailed her my postal address and when i came back a parcel was waiting for me….

Surpriseeeeeee…….

…a bundle of beautiful cotton fabrics from the Art gallery….

Thank you Patricia for the beautiful and generous giveaway…you made my day….

Few more surprises to talk about…..

Until next time….

Have a nice day……nima

I’m back home ……

it will take some time for me to settle down and get  back to stitching and sewing….i have to blog about lots of surprises that was waiting for me , before i start to blog about anything else…….but need some more time to settle down and do unpacking and organizing….and to take photographs of the surprises….

hope to come back soon…

Until next time..

Have a nice day…nima