Category: exchanges

New pages and a new exchange!

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I have today uploaded two pages that I have been working on for a while detailing men and women’s peasant costume. They have pics of what we wear with links to suppliers, some patterns and further pictures and info about garments. Hopefully people new to re-enactment will find them useful and the rest of you will enjoy the pics!

Yesterday I got an e-mail giving me details of my latest exchange which is going to be a Fall / Autumn exchange and I have been paired with Wendy Jo from the USA. I have had a look at her blog and she is a very busy lady in the exchange world!

I have added her blog and some of my other new favourite reads to my blog roll on the left so do go and visit all these talented people! I do love blogland it makes me so happy! Am sad that the season is nearly over but like my Autumn nights sitting stitching with my candles lit and have lots of nice treats planned for the off season.

Have an idea of what I would like to make for Wendy after seeing all the beautiful things she has made for other people so am going to get started on that piece tonight.

It is not very good weather again today so am happy to be inside and looking forward to some lovely stitching later and more episodes from my new boxed set of Little House on the Prairie! I loved that series and the books when I was younger so have treated myself to Season 1 (a whole 19 hours!) and think the other ones will be going on my Christmas list. Of course there is lots of embroidery, dressmaking and quilting spotting going on while watching this and I was glad to see that I am not the only one who does that while watching TV – check out the 30th Aug 09  post from Kelly at Materialistic.

We are having an exhibition at our Embroiderer’s Guild on the 26th September to celebrate the branch’s 30th anniversary and we have all been asked to submit recent stitching for that. Unfortunately I give all my stitching away as gifts but Stefon has lent me the biscornu and bag I made for him and Bev has lent me her complete set of needlework tools so I shall have something to show!

Here are the tools made as presents over the last 3 Christmases – her motif is oak leaves so I have photographed them in an appropriately Autumnal setting in the pot pourri bowl that sits in my dining room!

Bev's pin, pot, needlebook and scissor keep
Bev's pin pot, needlebook and scissor keep

If you are in the West Yorks area then and want to visit the exhibition leave a comment with your e-mail address and I can give you details of it.

The exchange has landed!

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Checked today on the All Seasons Exchange Blog to find that Lisa has got my ornament so I can now share the pics of it with you. It took about 5 days to get to Australia which I was very impressed with.

Lisa also likes Quaker patterns so I did this little tree pattern which is called Quaker Tree Third – it is a freebie from The Workbasket site which I have had in my patterns file for a while. They have some wonderful Quaker designs and quite a few freebies including two more trees.

The front of the exchange ornament
The front of the exchange ornament

The fabric is a sparkly evenweave which is part of my Xmas ornament stash and the thread is from the Silk Mill.

Here is the back of the ornament – I have used the same little scissor charm that I put on all the scissor keeps that I made for the girls this year.

An L for Lisa and a charm
An L for Lisa and a charm

Have just got back from a lovely weekend at Glastonbury Abbey. Thanks to everyone in Team Falchion for a brill time (especially Trish for the food and Alixx for the blacksmith’s forge – the kids were very impressed!)

Will have to post pics from Wales first (mucho stitching!) then get some of this weekend’s pics sorted later this week when I have more time but here is a little taste of the Abbey with another one of my architecture shots.

One of the window arches in the Abbey
One of the window arches in the Abbey

My first exchange!

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I have for a while been looking at sites that exist to offer stitchers the chance to exchange stitched gifts with other people and this summer took the plunge and signed up to one.

I stitch a lot for family and friends and know they appreciate it but seeing all the lovely stuff that people exchange through these blogs thought I would give it a go.

I have just got my gift from my partner Lisa – who was the person whose blog I read that lead me to the All Seasons Ornament Exchange in the first place.

This exchange was based on your partner’s likes and dislikes and so she sent me this lovely Quaker piece.

My exchange gift from Lisa
My exchange gift from Lisa

 It is a beautifully finished pinkeep which I am really pleased about as I don’t have one of these and have seen lots of lovely ones that other people have made so this will be joining my travelling stitching kit!

My gift to Lisa was posted yesterday – it is going to Australia so will probably take about a week to get there. Once I know that Lisa has got it I will post a pic of it here.

We are off to Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset tomorrow for another event which is somewhere I have always wanted to visit. Will be posting pics of that and the embroidery from last weekend very soon!