Cold, Grey November

 It's been a gloomy week, one for staying indoors and staying warm. Having said that I did spend an afternoon in town browsing the shops in search of Christmas present inspiration and yesterday we met family at a garden centre for lunch and I stocked up on spring bulbs and lovely winter cyclamen. I made a big batch of mincemeat too this week ready for my December mince pies - definitely none here until December!

Here is my Stitch Journal for the first week of November.

I have been knitting and am now working on the rib around the neckline. Not exciting to look at so no pictures.

I had hoped to crack on with some quilting this week but the thread I ordered from a well known UK quilting supplier took nearly a week to arrive and then the dark grey thread I had ordered turned out to be dark green. I remembered having to chase this company for my last order which took over a week so I have struck them off my list! I found online a Discount company selling just what I wanted at a ridiculously cheap price, but I took the plunge and ordered not expecting any miracles. Instead, my package arrived in two days and was exactly the good quality quilting thread I wanted so now they are top of my suppliers list😂😂 Hopefully I will have something to show next week although looking at the calendar we have a busy week ahead.

I have however been playing in my sketchbooks so have been doing something creative and this new book arrived today so I am looking forward to browsing through it later.

And if you want to see some stunning embroidery then here you will find the amazing winners of the Hand and Lock Prize for Embroidery, just gorgeous work to drool over. Enjoy.

See you next week.