Sunday 1 December 2019

Online Advent Calendar Blog Hop Day 1

Hello and welcome to Day 1 of this year's Advent Calendar Blog Hop. For the list of participating blogs please see the Advent Calendar page on Jo's blog.

I thought you might like to see this embroidery that I finished a couple of days ago. The design came as a printed outline on fabric from Anne Brooke (H-Anne Made) here. Such a pretty design and  I love that you can use your own threads and stitches and make it completely unique to you. As you can see I made mine look like a Winter Robin and it's very different from the one on Anne's website

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For the second part of the Advent Blog Hop Jo has asked us to talk about our favourite Christmas film. Well I don't know about anyone else but Christmas doesn't start properly in our house until we've sat down with some Gluhwein and watched Love Actually.
There are so many priceless moments in that film that it is hard to choose a favourite to share with you, but here is Billy Mack singing "Christmas Is All Around"



So if you really love Christmas, come on and let it snow

23 comments:

  1. FlashinScissors1 December 2019 at 04:10

    Beautiful stitching Christine! I love your Robin!
    I enjoyed listening to the tune with Bill Nighy.
    Oooh, it’s beginning to feel a bit like Christmas!!!
    Hugs,
    Barbara xxx

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  2. Jo who can't think of a clever nickname1 December 2019 at 10:15

    Thanks for taking part in the Advent Calendar this year and starting the season off with your wonderful little robin.

    And a rom-com - how un-Christine-like!

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  3. Katie1 December 2019 at 12:20

    What a beautiful piece. Just gorgeous indeed. Thanks for sharing your movie choice.

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  4. diamondc1 December 2019 at 12:21

    Your design is beautiful, I love the colors used.

    Merry Christmas
    Catherine

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  5. A Patchwork of Crafts1 December 2019 at 12:48

    Thank you for sharing and getting us started for this year.

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  6. Carol1 December 2019 at 13:00

    What a lovely piece this is, Christine--I do love anything with birds :) And your film is one of my favorites, too!

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  7. Barb1 December 2019 at 19:39

    Your stitched piece is just beautiful!! I love the pretty Fall colors!

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  8. gracie2 December 2019 at 06:34

    Your choice of colors and stitches are perfect. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  9. Anonymous2 December 2019 at 08:17

    Your embroidery is beautiful! Love the colors you have used.
    Merry Christmas!

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  10. Mary's Thread2 December 2019 at 09:28

    What a beautiful stitch! It is so wintery nostalgic! I love it! Merry Christmas!

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  11. Elfie2 December 2019 at 16:17

    Such a pretty stitched piece. I love the robin. Love Actually is also a favourite of mine.
    Merry Christmas!

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  12. Leonore Winterer3 December 2019 at 05:48

    I love your version of the robin, great work :)

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  13. Astrids dragon3 December 2019 at 06:01

    Your Robin looks so beautiful, you certainly made him your own.
    I know I've seen Love Actually, but it's been so long ago I think I need to watch it again.

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  14. Susan3 December 2019 at 11:26

    Love your embroidery piece. I love English robins - wish we had some here.

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  15. Beth in IL4 December 2019 at 17:41

    Love the little embroidery piece. Bravo!

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  16. DJ5 December 2019 at 13:03

    Oh goodness, I love your little robin! Well done!! It really shows your talent with all those different stitches. I've never seen the movie you are talking about, I'll have to go look for it now....off I go! Merry Christmas!

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  17. Clare-Aimetu6 December 2019 at 14:56

    Beautiful stitching Christine, great movie too 🙂

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  18. Sheryl8 December 2019 at 10:05

    A beautiful design and choice of colours and stitches, lovely. Happy Christmas

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  19. Ariadne8 December 2019 at 12:42

    Such a lovely piece, thanks for the link, I will look at it. Hope you have a great time till and at Christmas. AriadnefromGreece!

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  20. jocondine11 December 2019 at 05:18

    Totally fan of those hoops framed stitchings, nice chart with lovely flowers and robin designs. xxx

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  21. Shelly14 December 2019 at 16:05

    Oh my, your embroidery piece is just beautiful! The reds and golds sure do meld together nicely. I'll add this movie onto my list that I have going from all the blog hoppers!

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  22. beadgirl15 December 2019 at 12:19

    What a beautiful embroidered bird! I hope you have a lovely Christmas.

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  23. Kaisievic19 December 2019 at 12:23

    Your Robin is so sweet! I love Love Actually, too. Merry Christmas to you and yours. XXX

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