Pretty Bloom

Tada!!  The first sunflower!

Progress on The Town of Halloween

Yesterday I had a terrible sinus headache from all the damp and rain from the last few weeks.  I did not get very much reading done.  So I am posting my progress on this cross stitch. Check here for my original post.
Boy, you can really chug along when you only have 2 colors to use.  I have not decided what I will do with this once it's finished.  I hope we will have some sunshine today so I can work on it.

Town of Halloween Cross Stitch

Last week I started a new cross stitch project from this Halloween magazine.  Town of Halloween is designed by Isabella Abbiati of The Primitive Hare. You can look at her fabulous designs here.  She has alot of patterns I want!!

Wings and Things

Way back in September I got a copy of Just Cross Stitch 2012 Special Collector's Issue Halloween.  Inside there are a ton of cross stitch projects that I want to make!
My younger daughter liked Wings and Things.  On a trip to Spring Robin in Salisbury, NC., I was happy to find that she had the fabric needed to make this, 32 count monster mash Belfast linen from Picture This Plus.  I was so excited.
 I used  different threads than the directions called for. I used a bit more than 3 skeins of (so get 4) Simply Shaker Sampler thread  - Black Raspberry Jam 7021 from The Gentle Art. I used DMC  Satin Floss S976 or 30976.

I think it turned out well.

Christmas Stocking Finished!!

Here's a photo of Sophia with her stocking....she's hiding because she just woke up!!  It was extra dark because of the rain we got on Christmas!!  I think it came out ok.  But if I do one again I will finish it with double bias tape or quilt binding.  It is not stiff at all but Sophia liked it.

Christmas Runner Completed

I finished this runner well before Christmas but my husband had the camera at the shop and I forgot to take a photo when he brought it back.  I am happy about how it turned out. Just the right size for my table!  Hope y'all like it too!

In the background you can see my Christmas Cactus and my Christmas present - a tile lock Scrabble game!!

It had such beautiful blossoms!

My gram always had a Christmas Cactus.

Christmas Runner 2

I finally finished embroidering the snowmen.

I cut the snowman fabric and sewed the squares together.

I have 2 rows.

 After I sewed the rows together.

Now I must decided what size to cut the

green fabric to surround this piece.