Becki's Ballet

No stitching photos today just my darling Becki in her performance of Giselle. I can't believe it was back in February that she auditioned for the English Youth Ballet and now it is all over. They had a photo call and certificate ceremony yesterday afternoon which most of these photos were taken at and then we watched the evening performance. She was fantastic, so confident and we were all so proud of her. She is sad now it is all over but has made some lovely friends and gained some lots of experience.

Here are a selection -

The Hunt Party (Becki in all black on left)

Becki (sorry a little dark!)

Becki with one of the Ladies in Waiting and one of the Hunt boys and her friend Scarlet.

A scene where Becki is getting the Duchess to take part in a game

Back stage with 2 of the principals and Scarlet

At home with her certificate and flowers.

I have had a busy week with all the rehearsals etc also my dad has been quite ill again with his gall bladder problems so very little stitching has been done.

Now it is all over maybe I will get to stitch!!

Until next time.

Ginnie x

Family Tree complete

Well I actually did it.... I completed my Family Tree piece before the end of August, in fact I finished on the 28th !

Here it is in its full glory -

Sorry I still don't know how to make the photo 'clickable' for a close up, but it is in my Facebook photo album too if you are a friend on there!

Just need to get it framed now, may wait until payday again now later in the month as it is quite big and will therefore be a little costly.... but it has to be framed !

Now I have an empty stitchng frame.... I think I will start the Nora Corbett Poppy Pixie I had for Christmas.

Ginnie x

Some stitching at last

Finally I have my stitching updates! It has gone so cold here my fingers are freezing and I am trying to type! Typical UK weather....arh!
So firstly here's my Spanish couple for the special quilt at SFCSFP group. After doing the majority of this while on holiday I finally finished it last night. I really enjoyed it too.

I also worked on my AOY while away and here's the progress. It is looking very sweet. Just the other girl on the left to complete then lots of background etc.

These final two I actually finished before my hols, they are another 2 squares for my charity group. The H is from the Fairy Tales alphabet that I have done a couple of letters for already.

And Mr Greedy is one of four Mr Men I am going to do.

I have set myself a deadline for my Family Tree piece as it is almost done. I am going to finish it by the end of August. I am not far off and should have no problems attaining this goal! So my next post should have the finished piece to show.

The girls got their GCSE results on Tuesday and did very well. Becki was very happy as she exceeded her expectations but Laura was a bit disappointed as she was predicted a couple of As that she ended up with Bs for. One of which was her History which is her favourite subject. We are going to check how close she was to the A grade as you can request a re mark which in many cases they find a couple more marks and this will up your grade. Mind you school said to phone today to check this out and surprise surprise no one is answering the phone! Luckily this doesn't effect her college place.

Becki also started her English Youth Ballet auditions yesterday, so far they are going well, although a lot of hard work. We are really looking forward to seeing it now.

Anyway until next time.

Ginnie xx

Holiday snaps

Hi all, I am back from Spain and thought I'd share a few photos with you. We sailed with P&O from Portsmouth to Bilbao which takes around 30 hrs, this was ok but a little boring after a while. We then stayed at a campsite called Playa Joyel at Noja in Northern Spain. It was lovely, the caravan was right by the sand dunes just a short walk to the beach. The weather there is a bit more varied then further south and we had a little rain and cloud but in between lots of lovely sun!

Girls outside van - and view of Isla a small village across the bay.

The lovely beach one evening (and my long shadow!)

The girls in the sea - which wasn't too cold!

Low tide, lots of small pools along beach

A bit of sunbathing !!

Me cross stitching in the sunshine (oh what a lovely place to stitch!)

The girls over at Isla with the view back to where we were staying.

Me and the girls on the boat at Bilbao.

I did plenty of stitching but haven't taken any photos yet. I have been working on a lovely Spanish couple for my stitching charity group, which is almost complete. I also worked on my AOY a lot and am pleased with the progess on that.

Next posting I promise to have stitching to show.

Have a good weekend

Ginnie x

Holiday

Just a quick posting to say "adios" as we are off on holiday to Spain today.

I haven't done a huge amount of stitching over the last week so I hope to make up for that while we are away. My stitching bag is fully packed and bursting at the seams !!

Be back soon

Ginnie xxx

A few bits

I don't seem to have much to show at the moment. My stitching mojo keeps coming and going! It has not helped that I haven't been feeling 100% recently, but I won't bore you with the details at the moment! I have also been out a few times, meeting friends etc, which has been lovely but effected my stitching also.
So firstly here is my Christmas Window, I think it has been a while since I showed this. It still has a long way to go. I have been working on the lady's red coat and the red doll's house. It will be lovely when it is done but I think that'll be sometime next year.... there is so much brown that is boring!

Here's another little start that has been on my "to do" list for a while. You can probably guess from the small part I have done that it is an All our yesterdays. It will have 3 girls and a dog on looking at a pier. This was in one of my magazines last year.

And finally just another charity square, this was a really quick stitch for the "robots" theme.

Everyone in my house are on summer holiday now, which is fun. I leave them a job list as I come to work and they sort of attempt it! We go on holiday in just under 2 weeks which I am looking forward too, I need the break!

Anyway until next time.

Ginnie xx

Blackwork Lady

Finally found time to blog again. I have had a busy week which included several early mornings. Becki had her Induction Days at college and I took her, then Stuart had to have his car mended and I took him to work. So by the evenings I have been too tired to do much!! Becki loved college and got on well with the other dance students so she'll be fine in September.

Stuart also got a new job last week. His school is about to close and we were beginning to worry he wasn't going to get anything sorted.... but he finally has. The school is in the next Education Authority and is about 12 miles away, but it's not too bad a drive. So all of my family will be starting something new in September...... very exciting.

I completed the Blackwork Lady stitching a few days ago. I didn't think I would finish this so quickly but I just loved it. I need to order the frame to go with it now.

I also finished another charity square, this one is for an "up in the air" theme. So I choose a colourful hot air balloon.

I have also been trying hard to get my Family Tree completed. I am now just working on the top border. The rest of the tree is done but that bit can't be seen now as I have rolled up the stitching just to work on the top. I am so pleased that I am close to finishing, it'll be such a great piece.

Happy stitching to all

Ginnie xx