Grey Clouds, Spring Colours and Press

I've not been quite as active this week as I would have liked too but unfortunately I finally sucummoned to the dreaded office plague. I think I might have tempted fate by saying the other week, that it's been a rather long time since I had picked up anything...

So when I wasn't hiding on the sofa shivering, face suckered to a pillow, or sneezing my head off I did do a bit of stitching, actually a bit more today as I was starting to feel a bit more human. I started on the table mats for the flat, as the fabric and threads arrived earlier this week.

Nice and squishy. Loving the Koi collection quilting fabrics. I picked two out of the range to make the placements.

Then today I moved onto the finishing details to the Silver Linings project. As you can see pretty much on the homeward straight. I just finished off a couple of chain stitch lines, plunged threads and added more bead detailing.

Just got the lettering to do which I decided to do couching to keep the fluidity of the letters and it's also super quick, should get that finished in the next couple of days. Exciting!

The rest of the today I pottered about the flat, drank copious amounts of tea, joined an ATC swap and started working on the sample for a new free pattern. Which I can at least share the colours with you...

Faithful newsletter subscribers will get the first sneaky look at the pattern, in the next week or so. Along with hopefully the sneak preview of another pattern that I have been doodling. Yes, the newsletters start back this month after a winter break. 

Before I head off to take a break from the computer, I just have a few shares with you. As you know I have been doing a few projects for magazines lately, and I've just realised this weekend that they are out this coming week. Like buses they all come at once. I've done four little projects for Crafty Magazine and I also worked on a little project for a soon to be new publication called Hoop-la, which you can see a sneak preview of, both publications will be out this week. 

Ta-ta for now!