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Who wants to decide between Halloween & Christmas creations? Not me! Work in progress for this week consists of getting stuck into another of Heidi's fabulous Christmas designs... ...as well as some cool Halloween trick or treat bags for carrying all your goodies! :)
Miss Red x
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It's been a while since I've done one of these, and being poorly again this one is going to be short & sweet. Firstly, for anyone who might have missed it, the first collaborative cross stitch piece has been completed. You can now buy Happy Holidays Hedgehogs from myself or from Heidi Made This! in PDF pattern or kit form.  What else have I been up to? Well, it's Avon week for me so this:  And in between sleeping & fainting (stupid body) I've been packing up aida, cross stitch kits, DMC threads, embroidery hoops & bobbins. Tomorrow I'm hoping I'll be up to a post office trip before the pile of goodies gets too big to carry.  Last but not least I've made a good start on the next Heidi Made This! piece :) Miss Red xDo you keep to-do lists? I do. Trouble is I tend to keep adding to my list all day more than crossing things off so by the end of the day I have a longer list! Well, today my list got shorter...and I did some awesome plotting that wasn't on the list too :D In good news my website & Ebay listings are all now up to date & the majority of what I have to sell is now also on Pinterest. I have a draft ready to go for the next newsletter (I'm just deciding what I can do to thank my lovely subscribers for adding themselves to my mailing list), if you've not already added yourself you can do that here. I've made up a bunch of cross stitch kits so they're ready to post & have all orders parcelled up & ready to go - organised eh? 
Embroidered shirt - ready to post
Today I've also been talking to another awesome artist who I'm really excited about working with but it's hush hush until things are all finalised. I might even tell my newsletter subscribers first ;) There are also plans afoot to get more Miss Red goodies out there in real shops. Did you know that as well as using the internet you can go outside to shops that are actual buildings? I know, weird eh? :p Unfortunately for this blog post my productive day doesn't have a whole lot of pictures I can show for it. Here's stuff I finished earlier this week: 
Short shorts
Millionaire's Squares - birthday tastiness for the bestie (and me)
Great British Bake Off ain't got nothin' on me! ;) Right, I'm off to eat some of that...now I've seen it my tummy wants some! Byeeeee Miss Red xP.S: I'm only 7 likes off of 400 on Facebook, I'd love a little share to push me over the milestone if you don't mind ;)
Cor, it's a bit warm isn't it? I've been pretty broken by the weather so lots of bits & bobs going on depending on what I can manage & which room is cooler at the time. Couple of his & hers lilac pillowcases up first. These will be being listed at £10 per pair initially but there is the option to personalise further & choose different colours.
Bit more progress on the "Tied up" cross stitch. 
And a new one started... 
...and a bit of bunting on the go for my stall :) 
Phew! Time for a drink of something with ice cubes in I reckon ;) Miss Red xStarted a new cross stitch this week - can you guess what it is? 
Technically these ones aren't in progress any more as they're complete but I'm having a week of taking it easy & focusing on getting my health sorted so work progress is limited. This one's just a quickie & already on sale here. 
Miss Red xM.E has pretty much stopped me in my tracks this week but there has been a little bit of progress so here goes. Firstly it's Avon week so I've been packing up goodies & getting books & posters out. 
 I decided to read a bit more of the instruction book for my embroidery machine & have a stab at machine appliqué. As a result I learned that it's best to not start with tiny fiddly things & that it's best to stick down your appliqué rather than rely on it sitting still on the sewing machine. Despite that I don't think my first attempt came out too bad at all & I shall be having a few more practice runs but then getting stuck into some of the ideas I've got for it.  Good old Cthulu, slowly getting there with this. Loving how it's looking, hopefully next week this will be a completed Cthulu!
I have to give credit to the lovely Victoria for this idea as she suggested it to me a little while ago & it's turned out fab! I'd love to hear your cross stitch suggestions, what would you love to see me create a pattern of? Please do send me your suggestions, either in writing or if you're an arty type send me a drawing & I'll turn it into across stitch! Wednesday again & it's all go today. I've had a morning of battling through legal waffle to get me all up to date on Consumer Protection changes. I'm just really glad to have had help from Nicola over at Handcrafted Academy & Business Success for Handcrafters because the documentation is loooong & made my brain hurt - but by jove I think I've got it now! So, the rest of the day is a bit of stitching & a visit from the big little bro & his brood of sproglets to hand over his embroidery ahead of the Performance Vauxhall Show at the weekend where he'll be sporting his awesome embroidered hoodie & t-shirt (not that I'm biased ;) ) 
Not too far off finished with this one now, I love how it's coming out. 
And this one's sooooo big it's taking forever. 
Righty ho, back to work...some riveting reading for this afternoon. Wish me luck! 
Miss Red xTentacles! 
That eye keeps looking at me as I'm stitching the rest... Also, nearly finished with the bag. This one has a clear window in the front to display my AVON books. :D 
There were some little offcuts so there's also a matching lady bear skirt for one of my little helpers & a ruffle for my hair. 
Bit of wandering the streets in the rain delivering flyers in the hope of gaining new Independent AVON Representatives for my team too. If you think that's something you'd like to do then pop along here and join my team ;) 
Manylots of embroidery bits to do next - busy busy. But for now, it's time for a cuppa :) Miss Red xCross stitchiness!   Just a quick not-so-pretty blog from my phone this time as I'm having health issues & my laptop isn't in reaching/ crawling distance. Miss Red xWednesday again, that came around quickly! Still working on this one as it's fairly big, good bit of progress this week though. 
As usual I'm terrible at sticking to one project at a time so started this one. It was a request a little while back so I've made a start at stitching it. Love the red aida! 
And another non cross stitchy new project for the week, just waiting for adjusters for the strap & some lining fabric to arrive so I can get it finished off :) 
Miss Red x |
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