Hard to believe 2017 is ending and 2018 is beginning. I have a few things finished since my last post to share with you. I was off the week after Thanksgiving and my goal was to finish 3 cross stitch projects. The Chessie and Me book finish I forgot to photograph so I'll save that for my next post. All three finishes were finishing techniques I had never attempted.
First up was a Mounted Tag Finish a la Vonna. You can find her outstanding YouTube video from Vonna HERE. Whether or not you have any interest in doing your own finishing, I'd suggest you watch all of Vonna's finishing tutorials on YouTube. They are that good! I can't say that it took me 40 minutes like Vonna to finish my tag - more like 4 hours but I'm very pleased with my first attempt! Thank you Vonna for holding my hand through the process - even though you didn't know it! :)
Prairie Schooler HoHoHo Santa
Just Cross Stitch Ornament Magazine 2014
Called for DMC
32 Count Summer Khaki
Up next was a Blackbird Designs stocking finish. This is from Merry December. I like stitching on higher count and thought I'd stitch future stockings on higher count fabric. After having to turn this stocking on 32 count, I'm quite happy with 32 count!
BlackBird Designs Deer in the Meadow
Called from overdyed cotton floss
Called for fabric
I also had one of my finishes framed. This is Scottish Excursion by Amy Mitten. I substituted another linen (32 count LL Vintage Pearled Barley). The angle of the photo makes this look odd. I used museum glass for the very first time and am SO happy with it. Makes a HUGE difference in my opinion.
Close up of the frame.
I also surprising dug Ann Dale out and stitched on her for a bit in November (or was it December?). This photo is terrible but that entire bottom row except for the far left tree is what I stitched this time around along with extending the borders. I stitched all that in a week or so and just like that, my mojo for Ann went out the window!
Murphy turned 1 December 11th. We celebrated with a cookie from the dog bakery - the cakes were too big for his 20 pound self - and a couple of toys for "aggressive chewers". He wasn't happy with my taking a photo since I woke him up from a nap to take it just a few minutes ago.
Thank you so much for continuing to visit my blog and leave sweet comments! They keep me going! Wishing you all a healthy, happy and safe New Year full of happy stitches!
Posts
