Some background: Liebster is a German word, meaning favourite, dearest or beloved and the Liebster is awarded by bloggers to other, newer bloggers, who have fewer than 200 followers, to spread the word and help the new(er)bies gain wider recognition. The award comes with four conditions that each recipient must satisfy when accepting:

1. Choose five up-and-coming blogs (with fewer than 200 followers) to award the Liebster to.

All of these are other stitching blogs, with a variety of lovely projects and pretty pictures!( hopefully they haven't already received it before)

1 - Midge at Midge's Crafty Corner  http://midgescraftycorner.blogspot.co.uk 
2 -CathE at Cross Stitch Crazy http://cath69.blogspot.co.uk
3 -Eyani Ryou at Stitchy Stitches  http://stitchystitches.blogspot.co.uk
4 -Good Life to go  http://www.goodlife2go.com 
5 - Veronica at Veronica's Cross Stitch  http://glitter-madaboutxstitch.blogspot.co.uk 


2. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.

Thank you to Wolfthryth at Stick to My Needle http://wolfthrythsneedle.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Post the award on your blog. List the bloggers you are giving the award to with links to their sites. Leave comments on their blogs so they know about the award.

4. Share 5 random facts about yourself that people don't know about you.

1 My favourite films is Forest Gump. I have seen it a zillion times, know it word for word but am always ready to see it again. A great film for a cry and a giggle :)
2 I got married at 20 years old! 
3 In the last two years I have lost almost 3 stone in weight and I am still going ;)
4 I love fairy tales and was reluctant to believe fairy's weren't real ( I still am lol) even when I grew up! 
5 I have never been on an aeroplane, not because of a phobia, I have just never been able to afford to go abroad  sadly :(

YAY!

A massive sorry for being away for so long! But I kind of had an excuse. I really wanted to start the Around The World in 80 Stitches SAL but knew that I would only get into it if I finished the HAED. So I have spent all my time busily stitching away, but it did mean pretty much abandoning the blog and the forum :(

But here it is, after 4 YEARS!!! It is FINISHED!! *happydancehappydancehappydance*

Now I just need to find the perfect frame.

I am really pleased with the final finish but I certainly wont be in a rush to do another. I don't have much stitching time as a busy Mum so I don't want to take on something that is so time consuming for a while at least :D

I also wanted to say hello to my new followers :) 

Pirate Dragon Update :D

Another page finished, yay! Only 2 half pages to go now before it is finished :)

UFO Week

Starts again today. I will be getting my Owl in Flight out this evening, I'm really looking forward to giving him my full attention for a week. I'm sure I am over half way now so he will hopefully be finished soon :D

A Sneaky New WIP

I know I'm not meant to be starting any new ones until my HAED is finished and I now have a new little pile of To Do's but some members of the forum are starting a new Stitch Along. Some of you may be fimilar with Papillon Creations and their stitch alongs. The last one was Castles In The Air and was fantastic, I really kicked myself for not joining in! This time they are doing Around The World In 80 stitches, basically they release parts of the chart every month ( I think) and it will be based on stitches from around the world. So I will be learning lots of new speciality stitches :)  I will go into more detail when its nearer to starting but if you want to join in check it out their website:here and sign up for their newsletter!!

On a personal note I will be joining Weight Watchers next week and think I will post my weigh ins here just as an extra incentive, so please get ready to cheer me on :D

My First Quilt Top

I am now waiting for the rest of my fabric order so I can finish this! I feel very nervous about quilting it!

It isn't perfect but I am very happy with it and can't wait to see it finished and in my son pirate themed bedroom! I love the colours together too!

I plan to finish a bit more of my HAED before I start the Dinosaur quilt.

UFO Week Progress

I only managed one evening on my UFO this week as I have been piecing my first quilt together :) But I have now re-stitched all that I had to frog and more, YAY!

It funny how that sort of problem can over shadow a project. I almost scrapped this entirely but didn't because I paid so much for the kit! I certainly haven't wanted to stitch it and have been reluctant even on the UFO weeks. As soon as I re-stitched the bit that had to be frogged though I started to really enjoy it again!!! I can't wait for the next UFO week!