First Friday Frolics post for a looong time.....

 Hello my lovelies, it has been so very long since I posted a Friday Frolic, January last year - I have missed it a lot, so here goes, I am starting again in 2022!

This is "By the Chimney", the 2008 Limited Edition Santa from Prairie Schooler. Unfortunately, I cannot find a post anywhere which tells me when I started this design - so it is a mystery!  Anyway, this is where I was up to yesterday morning...

.... and this is my progress on it by last night.

hugs, 

P.S. Please feel free to check out my Fully Finished Gallery 2022 SAL post on my main blog, Kitten Stitching.

Let's start Frolicking again.....

....Hmmm!  Somehow Friday Frolics fell off everyone's radar sometime in mid-July last year.  I know that I had been doing really well, posting pretty regularly but then BOOM! LIFE GOT IN THE WAY IN A VERY BIG WAY!

I am sure it was the same for many of you.....

However, here we are at the start of a brand new year, 2018 (although nearly one month of it has passed us by so quickly), so all is forgiven and here are my first two Friday Frolics for 2018!


"'Twas the night before Christmas Sampler" from Prairie Schooler Book #63 Christmas Samplers ....

This is where I was up to two Fridays ago, when I picked this piece up again after several months hiatus.

 This is my first FF progress pic (19/01/18) ....

.... and here is my second FF (26/01/18), although in the interests of full disclosure, I would have to admit that I have been stitching on it off and on throughout the intervening week....

So, I am hoping for a Happy Dance very soon!

Also, in the hopes of furthering interest in this SAL and because so many people are using social media for showing off their stitching. I have created a FB group for this SAL.  It is currently a Public group but once the group has built up I will probs make it a Closed group.  Anyway, let's see how it goes.

Well, that is all from me for this week - see you next Friday.

hugs, 

Some Friday Frolicking Happy Dances....

I have two Happy Dances for recent Friday Frolic stitching....

First up is my Witchy Remedy, an WIP/UFO which I picked up two Friday Frolics ago, you can read about it on this post here.  Anway, I kept working on it over the past few weeks and I am pleased to say that I have finished it!

This was my piece for the April 2013 theme on the earlier incarnation of this Hallowe'en Ornie SAL blog - finally finished!  Only Three and a half years late! lol!

Look carefully, at the last pic, can you see the mistake I made, again?  Another one that I intend to keep, as it sort of fits in with the theme of the piece.

Witchy Remedy

Silver Creek Samplers

JCS Halloween Ornie Mag 2011

Fabric: Unknown

Floss: Suggested DMC

My other Finish, is a new design which I started last Friday night and finished on Saturday night - very happy with this!

'Trick or Treat What's to Eat?' from Prairie Schooler Book #188 Trick or Treat.

This was an absolute dream to stitch, I started it on Friday and finished it just before midnight on Saturday night.  So, a very quick stitch for me.

I am so looking forward to next year's themes for the Hallowe'en Ornie SAL, I can't wait to get started!  

What did everyone else get up to for Friday Frolics last week?

hugs, Kaye

Getting ready for Halloween:)

Hello Frolicers!

After a stitching break over the summer, I have now found my needle and aida fabric again and decided to join in the fun yesterday. Even though I didn't stitch much in the last couple of months, I still used my birthday money to buy some PS charts since I knew I'd like to stitch more Prairie Schooler once the mojo came back:)

So yesterday I stitched on Cats, Bats & Witches by PS. This is where I was when I picked it up...

...and this is how far I got:

I actually made a counting error in one of the squares, but instead of lots of frogging I decided to adjust the chart. I'm confident that the mistake is almost impossible to spot:) I'm having soo much fun stitching this Halloween chart that I hope I can find the money to send for some more charts with witches and bats from Prairie Schooler whilst they are still available in the online stores...

Have a good weekend!

Annie

Kaye's last frolic for April ... ...

I did my frolicking during the day yesterday, working hard on finishing my April Hallowe'en and Christmas Ornaments for their respective SALs. Great success with finishing the Christmas Ornament but less so with the Hallowe'en one - although I am hopeful of a finish tonight, so that I will make the end of April deadline - fingers crossed!

I really struggled to find a design which called to me for the April theme of ghosts for the Hallowe'en Ornie SAL and then I was rescued by the mailman, who brought me my order of some Just Nan patterns, including the wonderful Counting Bats.  The gorgeous Jo is stitching this for the SAL and so I am going to jump on her bandwagon and start with the ghost band and move around from there.  Thanks, dear Jo, for the inspiration.

32 ct Evening Sky Belfast Linen

Mixture of called-for DMC threads and over-dyed floss from my stash

(it is actually a bit more lilac than this picture shows)

I also really struggled to choose an April design for the theme of ornament, until I discovered this great Prairie Schooler booklet in my stash - wonderful designs!

I used these two gorgeous Sajou cotton flosses and stitched it on 28ct white linen (I am planning to stitch the reindeer in the top left corner for May).

hugs, Kaye

Frolicing with Prarie Schooler

Hello Everyone:)

Today I had time for some frolicing so I decided to work on my Prarie Schooler Santas. When I picked them up today my four threesome of Santas looked like this:

...and this...

 
...is where I finished tonight:) It didn't seem like a lot of progress at the time, but now that I see the before-and-after pics I can really see a difference:) Right now I only have three Santas, but I hope to order some more soon, so I can add a fourth Santa to this collection:)

I also thought I'd show you my 'finished' Cosy cushion that I worked on last Friday:

I finished the stitching on Sunday, and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out:) I'm not sure when exactly I'll turn it into a real cushion, but it will definitely look great on the sofa when I do!

Annie

Friday Frolicking.... and then nada!

Well, I am sooooooo behind!  I started this post on the 7th March and now it is the 18th!  That is what having a week or so of farewell celebrations when you are made redundant and finish work does to you - puts you totally off schedule!

This is what I wrote on the 7th March:

 Oooh, I never got around to posting the week before last's Friday Frolics and here it is the Monday after yet another FF!  So, you are are going to get a Two-for-One deal today - lol!

Friday, 26th February:
I randomly picked up my America Sampler by Jean Farish.  I am still stitching "America" across the top - one of these days I will get to stitch a State!
Before:
(now I have just added the pics and will continue with the blog post)

After:

Then, the following Friday, 5th March, I worked on my " Measure of a year" by Prairie Schooler, which I have now finished by working on it off and on over the past couple of weeks.

I am so thrilled with my finish and it is now off at the framers and should be back this week!

Unfortunately, the following Friday was my last day at work, so Frolicking of another kind took place - Twilight Music at the Zoo - Bjorn Again!

Then, this past Friday, 18th March, I picked up a mini rotation of three smalls I am doing for various SALs, Blog hops, etc.

Before pic:

After pic:

The Hallowe'en piece is for the Hallowe'en Ornie SAL theme of pumpkins - it is a freebie from one of the designers on the Pumpkin Seed Stitchers FB group - Northern Expressions.

The sheep is another freebie, from the Le Comtesse & Le Point de Croix, which you can find here.

The snowman is Snow Mates by Blue Ribbon Designs from the JCS Christmas Ornie Magazine 2015.  This is being stitched for the JCS Stitch along FB group.


Anyway, I am going to stop here, or else I will never get this posted before next Friday - it is already Sunday!  lol!

I hope that you have all enjoyed this post, finally!, and that you are frolicking on.

hugs, Kaye

Friday Frolics and FNSI October update....

Well, I am pleased to announce that as part of Friday Frolics  and for FNSI last night and for my Prairie Schooler SAL (gotta love a triple dip!), I finally managed to finish Day 11 of Santa's 12 Days of Christmas.  Woo Hoo!

I especially love Mr Fox in the bottom right hand corner.

On to Day 12 now for IHSW very excited, nearly there!

Have a great weekend,

hugs,