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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Friday Night With Friends


I love Friday night stitching while watching footy. It was made even better this week as I took part in as our monthly online Friday Night with Friends hosted by Chez of Gone Stitchin & Friday Night With Friends on Facebook hosted by Gail. Even one of my beautiful girls from my Thursday group, Ellie, takes part on FB & seeing that I haven't got off work to go to our group for about two months it is great to see her & what she is doing online.
 
Hun-bun and I were stitching up a storm. Hun-bun hogs the Ott light & sewing caddy while I snuggle next to him and his blankie enjoying having my much cuddlier boy close by.
 

That's my seat now in the middle!

We started with some stitchery.


Then after going to bed to read, had a nocturnal turn & got up again at 1am to cut out a Christmas block ready for applique.


The weekend took on a decidely lazy turn (loved it!) and Saturday night there was more footy and then a DVD marathon of Lark Rise to Candleford - another series in the vein of Downton Abbey but following the lives of the Hamlet people of Lark Rise compared to the town folk of Candleford. If I had know that 'Mr Bates' from Downton was in this I would have watched it earlier. Brendon Coyle has such a lovely smiley face.
 
This marathon stitching & watching session resulted in what I thought was the finish of my Christmas applique. It is only now that I look again & I realise not only is my little angel missing her blusher but her halo has also slipped. That will have to be fixed.
 

 
This afternoon while watching the Eagles overrun the Bulldogs I finished off the stitchery. There was some un-stitching once I decided the standing birdy did not enjoy having black legs so restitched them with a slightly darker shade of grey/blue.
 
 
Now I have the usual problem, two more lots of stiching finished, to go into the machine sewing pile. Maybe that's what I need to concentrate on over the next few weeks. The next little stitchery is already drawn for tonight's viewing of a bit of The Voice, Call The Midwife & maybe another epidose of Lark View. What a lucky duck I have been with my lazy weekend.
 
There are 64 other Friday Night with Friends sewers signed up on Chez's blog so if you haven't visited already, get over there and check out our world-wide get together.
 
Have a great week friends!
Tracee xx  Hun-bun xx
 
 

22 comments:

  1. Tracee - such a productive weekend. Love both your projects - the stitchery and the cute xmas angel. I like doing the tops too - the finishing takes a bit longer

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  2. Wow you accomplished a lot! Beautiful work and gorgeous details on the angel. It was a good thing that Hun Bun was there to help.

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  3. Lovely stitching Tracee. Great work by Hunbun to keep an eye on the footy score while you stitched.

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  4. beautiful work Trace and i know who rules the roost at your place,lol,hun bun looks right at home there,lord and master of the couch,lol.,Have a good week my friend.xx

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  5. Love your angel, especially the almost forgotten halo. Very pretty. I hardly ever stitch on Friday nights, for the longest time we were on the road that night, though not very often anymore thank heavens! Or I would consider joining because it sounds like fun.

    Take care,
    Susan in Texas

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  6. Beautiful stitchery and block. The angel is so pretty, love her embroidered flowers. Sounds like a nice weekend, with good TV, stitching and a pussy nearby!! xx

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  7. You and Hun -bun had a fab weekend by the sounds of it. My Licky Lou hogs the craft lamp too. I think she's trying to get a tan!
    Love your stitchery and cute angel. It was worth getting back out of bed for. Great choice of TV viewing too. I just love Twister and Queenie in Larkrise. Reminds me of me and Mac! :o))

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  8. Your stitchery is lovely Tracee and your little angel is so sweet. What a lovely way to spend the weekend.

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  9. You have been very busy !! I love your angel and your stitchery is very cute !
    Florence

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  10. Sounds like you had the perfect weekend. Here's to a great week :) hugs

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  11. Some lovely stitching Tracee.... your angel is so sweet and so is the stitchery.... I loved Larkrise to Candleford and will watch it again sometime...
    I love having lots of stitchery available for those lazy weekends with lots of telly....
    Hugz

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  12. PS.... love your series of header pics....
    Hugz

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  13. Lovely stitching Tracee, Daniel was very disappointed in his beloved bulldogs, he is getting more like Paul everyday and yelling at the tv. lol

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  14. The angel has such a cute face... and I love the stitchery! Nice to have your company "Kitty"... always such fun to sew together! :)

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  15. Hun-bun, stitching, and Downton Abbey. Yep, sounds like my kinda weekend for sure! :) Love it all!

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  16. Maybe the angel just had a bit of a throwing game with her halo? I am sure it is around there somewhere, lol. Oh love Mr Bates- he almost got me sucked into Downton, but I managed to resist (only just) his very lovely face :) Lovely stitchery :) How that to-be-sewed-up pile does grow!

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  17. Gorgeous stitching....sounds like a good way to spend the weekend...

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  18. Lovely work Hun-Bun and Tracee. It was a very productive night for you and I love those series you are watching too. Now that things are starting to cool down I think there might just have to be a Larkrise marathon here too. Do you get a place called home on 7 over your way on a Sunday night? Not bad watching either.

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  19. I love your stitchery and Hun Bun looks like he is such a good little helper.

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  20. Tracee, you know I love Lark Rise to Candleford!! Actually Downton was the death of it, because of casting & funding issues. LR to C just stops abruptly part way through series 4, sorry to burst your bubble. The Christmas Angel looks gorgeous, I feel I have sen her somewhere in my mags?

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  21. What a FAB idea to craft on a Friday afternoon whilst the football is on!!!

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  22. I love your stitching!

    Thanks so much for linking up to And Sew We Craft together http://www.andsewwecraft.com/2013/05/and-sew-we-craft-together-linky-party-42/

    Amy x

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Thank you friends for leaving a comment on my post - love to get them! Tracee xx