Gifted Gorgeousness October Link-Up Post

  

For newbies, this is my first year long SAL.  Click on the picture above for the full details.

We will be posting and linking up on the 15th of each month, because it is 2015.  Should be easy to remember.

Elizabeth Shephard by Scarlet Letter - a gift from Nicola:

stitched on 30 count linen

Mail Art piece I can't show yet!

stitched over 1 on 32 count Cognac linen

Book of Spells by The Goode Huswif - stitched on gifted fabric:

stitched on 40 count Jewel Butterbeer linen.

I have made huge amounts of progress on this one, mostly due to the Small Boy deciding he likes baths again!  I stitch on this one while he is in the bath and all Summer he has decided he does not like baths because they make his fingers go wrinkly.  So he refused to sit down or get his hands wet!  Careful building up using wet wipes and damp towels got us to the point where I could pour water over his body and suddenly one evening he sat down!  Totally out of the blue!  And now he likes a long bath so I get lots of stitching done again.  I love that tree, the effect of the paler grey is gorgeous in real life.  Now I'm adding lots of splashes of orange and there is another gravestone and a spooky house to do.

I also received some lovely gifts this month.  First of all, I won a runner-up prize in Wee Stitchy Steph's Giveaway and here is what she sent me:

That's a super fragranced candle on the left!  Lots of buttons and charms.

Close-up of the jingly piggy scissor fob: 

Snowflower Diaries pillow, stitched over 1: 

With a beaded edge: 

I know what you are thinking - if that was the runner-up prize, whatever did the winner get?  Someone was a lucky stitcher!

I have also received my part of the Hallowe'en Mail Art Exchange.  Once again I struck lucky and got Mii herself as my sender!  Here's the awesome Faby Reilly purse full of goodies she sent me:

Isn't that clever?  The flap lifts up and a mouse appears!

The reverse of the purse: 

Footprints all over the purse including the bottom: 

And here is one of the culprits, on the gusset: 

And here's his partner-in-crime on the other side! 

And the contents; beads and threads in Hallowe'en colours (glow-in-the-dark white), chocolate discs, pumpkin eraser and a Lego Mini-Figure, one we didn't already have!  Plus a great Lizzie*Kate chart.

Thanks Mii, it was a wonderful exchange and I can't wait to send mine off to my partner and see what she thinks of it.

And now over to you - Here is the place for you to link up so we can see what Gifted Gorgeousness you have been stitching so far this year.  Please use your name or your blog name in the field NOT the words "October Update" so I can easily see who has linked up this month.  

And link to the actual post, not just your blog.  People are still getting this wrong!  It is easier if you copy and paste the link, rather than typing freehand.

Thank you.  I can amend links if you make a boo-boo though.

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Finally, I had two charts up for grabs last month, the Tea Cozys and Sampler plus the Ribbon Alphabet.  These were won by Elfie and Stitching Noni.  Congratulations to you both and please drop me an email with your addresses so I can get them out in the post to you.  No giveaway this month, but there will be a small prize offered for the Hallowe'en Trick or Treat Blog Hop on the 31st so make sure you all sign up for that one soon.