Is it blue, or is it blue?

One from the stash:

Tamsin asked me to make a leo for a friend's birthday, and this is what emerged :)

Happy birthday, Amy!

End of an Era

Anyone who has ever visited us will remember Cheetah our loud, nosy, affectionate and lovable cinnamon & chocolate ocicat - she of the truncated tail but huge personality.

Well, I regret to advise that, at the fine old age of 18, Cheetah has died.

Favourite place to sleep: as close to someone's head as possible!

She is missed.

Tone on Tone

Moving on from the cheerleader is the other leotard for Ashleigh of Argos.  This one is completely different:

I just love this pale mint green, and love the tone on tone effect - so simple and elegant.
It may be more simple than the red, white and gold leo, but it took a lot more thinking, planning, cutting and stitching to make.  Funny how that works sometimes, no?

Red, White and Gold

Give me an A!!

This one is for Ashleigh of Argos... and her mum will be adding the bling: an 'A' in crystals on the star.

Go Ashleigh!!

Moving on to not so simple

This one is nowhere near as simple as Izabella's ballet leo; her Aunty Hannah has slightly more sophisticated tastes!

Size 14, all ready for Hannah's mum to bling to death before they leave for some competitions in the US.

Starting simply

First leo for the year:

A nice, simple practice leotard for ballet; in Izabella's favourite neon peach.

Progress Report

Now here's a blast from the past!  Bet you didn't think I get this one out again... but every Christmas break I do try to get some stitching done on it, and this time I've succeeded, YAY:

Marty Bell's The Abbey, from Pegasus Designs

This is the last progress photo I can find of it, but I was a lot further on with it than this - the house was complete, as was the front fence:

 

Even so, I'm very happy with progress.

I still have quite a ways to go: the last of the garden, then fill in the missing sky (just one colour), then the (urk) backstitching - of which there is lots... oh well.  I still really like the design, so it is not too hard to continue on with it. 

This is the biggest design I've ever attempted; I'm a very slow stitcher - which is why my UFO and stash pile is so big!  LOL.