Cute Little Chicks :) ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Hi !!!!!!!
I have another lovely cross stitched piece to share............

Easter Chicks by Belle & Boo

 

 

The design is from the magazine Cross stitcher (March 2013) and it is one of my Turtle Trot SAL projects. To see my SAL projects click here .

Isn't it lovely? I enjoyed a lot while making it.

I am done with 3 of 10 projects from theTurtle Trot SAL. Also, I am almost ready with one of the mini items for the SAL Mega mini month. I will share that in my next post.

I have few crochet pieces done but are awaiting blocking and sewing. Hopefully, I will have something to show this month.

We have a long weekend of 4 days in India. Tomorrow being a national holiday for Mahatma Gandhi's (Father of the nation) Birthday and then on Friday, we have an Indian festival called Dussehra . We have a long list of shopping big items as we get lot of festival discounts during this time .

Have a happy day!
Preeti

 

New SAL and old shopping

Thanks for your lovely comments on my humming bird stitching !! It made my day :)

I have joined another cross stitch SAL for the month of October hosted by 'Pull the other thread .' Click here to know more about this SAL.

Rather than different projects, I have chosen these mini motifs from the book (rather, it is a pamphlet) 'Mary's minis' by Mary Engelbreit. They are cute and easy stitching 27 motifs. I am using a canvas sheet and will be stitching one by one in order of my favorites.

Diwali festival is coming by Oct end. Hopefully, I will be able to stitch these smalls while preparing for the festival.

I went to IKAT fabric exhibition around two months back . It is an ancient art that originated in South Asia and has its presence in India since 6th century .  I bought a set of double bed sheet and few pillow covers .

Here are a few snaps .

IKAT sarees

Hope you enjoyed the pics . Wish me good luck for the SAL .


Thanks,
Preeti

 

Just another finish :)

Thanks to all of you for your lovely comments on my Glamour puss!!

I am facing some blogger issues while posting . Hope this gets posted correctly .

Here I have another cross stitch finish to share . . . . . . .

The Humming Bird :)

This , as well as the previous one , both are from my turtle trot projects . This year I have been very busy to post turtle trot updates but I have managed to work on many of those .

Another crochet piece in the making. . . . . . . .

 

Have a great day !!

 

Preeti :)

 



  

For my glamorous friends.............you all :)

I guess I should stop writing "'I'm back, I'm back !!" It has become quite a norm for me to write a post and then vanish from here .

Hellooo.....Hope you are all busy with your crafty things and were just waiting for my post  . . . . lol . And, when you logged into your blogger - lo and behold ! - here I am .  . . . .  :)

I have a Cross stitch finish to share . . . . Presenting . . . . .The one and only. . . . .

 'Glamour Puss'

designed by Margaret Sherry

stitched by Preeti

 

I like the title in the printed picture below,  'A lady should never leave the house without looking irresistible. '

 

 

 

A close-up view

 

Isn't she the most glamourously cute kitty ?

 

I was away for some personal family health issues, but I did read your posts in beteween whenever I could get a break .

 

I hope you loved seeing her :)

 

Have a nice day!

Preeti

 

 

 



What's on my hook ?

Thanks for your welcoming comments on my last post :)
Right now, I am crocheting 2 covers for a pair of 24x24 inches cushion . Front of one is almost done . For the back as well as lining, I will use fabric .

The yarn used is Lily Sugar n Cream and although I know its not good for wearable yet I thought it would be good for décor purpose . But even with that its not so good . So I want to finish the yarn as soon as possible . I got these online from Jo-Ann 's when I was trying other brands and ended up with lots of these as they were cheap and colorful .

Whatever, I like the spread of color :)

Also , yesterday I solved Rubik's cube for the first time . It was great !! I followed the algorithms in this video . Its easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=609nhVzg-5Q

Have a nice day :)
Preeti

 

I am back !! :)

Hi !!!!!!!! I am back :)))

Its been so long away from blogging . I missed you all very much :(

We shifted to our new flat one month back and I got busy arranging stuff . Also three of us were not keeping well due to the hot weather last month and then all the dust while packing and shifting . So it slowed down further .

I was tired and bored . So we went to a handicraft bazaar. I bought some ceramic pots for my balcony garden . Here are few snaps from the pottery section when I remembered that I now have a new mobile phone . It has 20MP camera but I dont know how to use it properly .

 

 

And these are few images from my 7th floor bedroom balcony .

View on the left...there is a small lake

View on the right

View at  night

Some 2 km away there passes a railway line . A close up image of a train running through.

 

It is quite an entertainment to watch them . It is far off from flat and no disturbance as such but we can hear it loud when it blows horn . The flat is very open and amazingly airy and full of light, especially, the bedroom . For the past few years , I could not see a full view of sky from my window or balcony. Here I can enjoy as much as I can until there comes some high rise building again . It is one the metro cities with a population of 8.7 million . 

I will share inside view of my new home but still some more cleaning and arranging is left . Right now I am taking a break for few days and trying to catch up with my crochet and cross stitch projects again :))

I am off to read your blogs :)

Have a great week !!
Preeti :)

 

Few updates and gifts.....:)

Hello all,

Thank you so much for your wishes on my last post . I could not reply to any single comment . Soon after that, I was busy with the preparation of House warming pooja for our new flat . It was on 1st May. It is an elaborate prayer as per Hindu mythology. Raj and I together did that (under the supervision of 5 priests) for almost 3 hrs which included 20 min of Havan (small bonfire) in peak afternoon time when the temperatures were running 42-45 C . It was done in the drawing room so not that hot. But still, fans and ACs were switched off during the entire time as they would blow off the lamps . So you can understand why I am not posting my 'uff, it is so hot !' photos . We had invited some local friends and relatives for the lunch. We were happy as all went well nicely.

Some updates on my crafting....

I worked on the Margaret Sherry SAL. This was the only Cross stitching I did for last 1 month.

Making a crochet purse for my mother :) She was with me for 5 months and left 2 weeks before the house warming ceremony. I missed her. I could not complete this purse . Will send her whenever I am done with. It is an interlocking crochet stitch .

Anshita made this bunting for the new house using foam sheets :) We had put it on the main door during the pooja . I like it!! It looks cute !!

And here are some gifts....

A Margaret Sherry Calendar sent by my cross stitching friend Jo from Serendipitous Stitching .
It is a Calendar  with 6 big Msherry Cross stitch charts . Thank you so much Jo !! That's so sweet of you for sending me :) I have only digital charts so this is surely a treasure for me . She also sent me two lovely postcards with her beautiful handwriting but they are now packed with my greeting cards . I will show them when I unpack after shifting to the new flat .

A new phone 'SONY Xperia Z1 Compact (White) ' from Raj :) No special occasion, just that my old phone stopped working so he got me a new one . I am not used to this size of phone .

 

 

With my old phone (Nokia xpressmusic) of seven years



I am in the process of ordering things for my giveaway. We are planning to shift in the end of May. But I haven't started anything....still many fittings are to be done . I am getting it done one at a time but I guess its slow. Raj changed his job in Feb after being 13 years in the same company. So he has become very busy and the ownership of all his pending tasks at the new flat have been transeferred to me :(

This weekend I purchased some craft stuff for both Anshita and myself. I have some more to show, but no time for pics.

Have a lovely week and weekend!
Preeti