The Hilariously Happy Halphabet Horde

It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for detention!

"They only met online, but it changed their lives forever"

I think most of you know the lovely enigmatic Chiara who blogs at The Grey Tail?  We were chatting via email a while back and between us came up with the idea of an A-Z language challenge.  We batted some ideas around and are calling it the The Alphabet Club.  Chiara has the full details on that link but basically she will post a link-up post on the first Saturday of each month (Saturday being detention day in the film) reminding us of the month's letter and we will all link up with themed things, from stitching to designers and local customs.

H is for Headless Horseman from A Dark Alphabet designed by Julie and Becky's Note of Friendship blog.

H is also for Hook as shown in the Brooke's Book's Stitcher's Alphabet piece I am stitching for the Alphabet Club SAL:

I do have to add the Kreinik to make the hook and some beads too.

I think that is supposed to be Hook that you use to make a latch hook rug rather than a crochet hook?  I made a latch hook rug back in the late 1980s.  They were quite the craze!  You bought a very large painted canvas and loads of precut lengths of wool which you made into knots around the holes in the canvas to form a nice soft rug.  The great thing about having one with an open fire was that if a coal burned a hole in it you could just reknot that area.  The one I did was so big I used to sit under it while I was making it and use it as a blanket.  A nice hobby for the winter months.

I've thought of two H themes for my stitching - Hearts and Houses.  I bet you all thought I was going to choose Hallowe'en!   Ha, that fooled you.  You get to see my Hallowe'en stuff all the time so this is a little different.

Here's a closer view of one by Heather Holland-Daly from her book Stitch Graffiti:

I stitched it onto some upholstery fabric using aida as waste canvas, which wasn't 100% successful, it was hard to remove the aida fibres from the more densely stitched areas.

Both those collage photos are clickable so you can make them larger.

I have one H WIP, Hallowe'en Town by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery:

And some lovely Blogging Friends in my Blog Roll:

Hallowe'en Ornie SAL

(our group blog, so lots of friends there!)

Happiness is Cross Stitching

(also a great designer)

Hanging on by a Thread

Heather's Stitching Story

Hibiscus Stitches

Home of a Floss Junkie

Hooked on Stitches

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Finally, it's nearly time for the Easter Blog Hoppity Hop!  Taking place over the Easter weekend each participant will be allocated a letter of the alphabet which they must post along with a nice Easter or Spring themed stitched photo.  In recognition of the varied talents of my followers I think you can also show any sewn, quilted or otherwise crafted Easter or Spring themed items.

Everyone will then hoppity hop around like a little fluffy bunny and collect the letters which will spell out something seasonal.  If you would like to be a picture poster then please drop me an email.

If you'd like some inspiration then look at the freebies on this page of my blog - Themed Freebies