finish cross stitch projects

But I did finish a small Christmas ornament yesterday. Picture to post tonight.

YIPEE!!! I finished my letters last night! It is so exciting to finish a piece – and I’m actually going to get this one framed!

Next: “Wee Baby” by Heart in Hand Needleart. It’s just tiny, so shouldn’t take too long. After that, it’s on to “Lilly of the Woods” by Mirabilia. THAT will take a bit of time… :)

I took this book out of the library yesterday, mainly because I was excited to see a book that centered around embroidery. It is historical fiction, set in both the 17th century and current times. I’m only about 30 pages in, and so far it’s pretty good! The author has done her research on embroidery and materials in ages past… Its very interesting!

I find it really hard to find supplies for my addiction locally, and usually end up driving an hour to a great little shop – Gitta’s. Or I end up shopping online…

Where do you get your supplies from?

Eleven to go. Fortunately, these little buggers only take an hour each to sew. I’m not sure how long it’s going to take to fill and finish them, but the snowflake is sewn.

The metallic floss didn’t photograph so well, but it’s there, and the eraser is (once again) simply for size comparison.

Well, after taking a month long break, I’m back into my stitching. I’ve finished the J and the E, and have started the K. My daughter was quite excited when I finished her E…

I’ve started keeping track of my stitching statistics. I’m not quite sure why I need to know how many hours I’ve spent on the project (69.75), how many days of stitching that is (25), how many elapsed days since I started the project (96), and the average number of hours per stitching session (2.79). Its interesting to me, at least…

Jan

And this is what I ended up with. (The pencil eraser is to give an idea of size.)

It’s done, it’s done, it’s done! And now that this is complete, I can go on to some snowflakes. Glee!

I’ve finished four of the sixteen hearts and discovered that none of the boxes I so laboriously stitched are the same size. Part of me wants to rip out the whole thing and do it over on larger count fabric so I can see what in the Lady’s green earth I’m actually doing, and part of me says “You’ve already put 28 hours into it. Can’t you alter it?”

I think the latter side is going to win out, but I’m putting it aside to figure out what I’m going to do with it. As it’s approximately quilt-looking I may find a different design for each and simply call it good.

Actually, I do have a needle. As I got paid last night, I went and bought a pack of the fine needles I need to work the fabric correctly. All sewing items are in my bag and I can sew. Huzzah!

(In other good news, I re-found my notebook which has all the projects I wanted to finish in it along with most of the threads. Incentive to finish this piece up!)