SAL #2 - Snowman finished!

Yes, the snowman is done!  Now all I have to do is the Santa.....

It took me some time to work out what to do for this SAL.  I thought about doing them as ornaments, then as christmas cards, or even little cushions... but nothing really grabbed me as the ideal "vehicle" to show the lovely designs off until the IKEA Christmas catalogue dropped into the post box.

Now I hear you asking what does the IKEA catalogue have to do with the MS designs.... not alot except for the lovely teatowels that were in one of the photos.  This started me thinking that maybe I could stitch them onto a teatowel and as we were going up to IKEA anyway to have a look at some storage cabinets to put in the craft room, the timing was perfect!

The teatowels came in a pack of two.. even more proof that this was the right choice!  The next thing to do was to raid the stash drawer and see what waste canvas I had hiding in there.  I found some 14ct but that would have been too small to stitch the design in the middle of the teatowel, so after searching a bit more I located some 8.5ct DMC waste canvas that I must have bought about 20 years ago and never used!  Perfect!  Nice big Snowman for the middle of the teatowel.

IKEA Christmas Teatowel - just perfect for stitching on!

So after measuring and basting the waste canvas onto the teatowel off I went.... Snowman took only a week to stitch, and then out came the waste canvas and, look at what we have...

Stitched using 4 strands of DMC for x-stitch and 2 strands for backstitch

Finished Santa Teatowel
(I really should have ironed this before taking the photo!)

A lovely big snowman (albeit without pom pom).  I did buy some little pom poms to stitch on the top of his hat but have decided he doesn't need a pom pom.

Now it's about time I started the Santa design on the other teatowel, but first I have to get a couple of small cards done and sent to the UK and the USA and then Santa is the next on the list.  Hopefully he will stitch up nice and quick too!

Pop on over to my blog for further stitching updates!

Til next time, happy stitching

Stitching Noni

"Christmas Kisses"

I will be finishing this into an ornament soon. This is from The World of Cross Stitching magazine, Issue #181, pg 8. The title is "Christmas Kisses". The bird is under the mistletoe which the mouse is holding waiting for a kiss.

Socialsue

Princess

Hello girls, for the first time I decided to post an embroidered cross stitch. I saw this chart here on the blog and could not resist, do you also wanted to offer to a friend. I think it was really cute ...

http://marcinhapontosx.blogspot.com/
Kisses

all done here too!! :)

It's official, I've joined the stitchers who completed our SAL!
My snowman is done :D

I forgot to mention on my precious post, to stitch the pompom I used Lana thread, by Madeira :)

I hope to see more photos until the end of November!! :)

Finished the November SAL

I've finally made up the November SALs.

There are two photos to show the two sides of the Ornament.

SAL #2

How is everyone going with our SAL #2 ???
Six stitchers have finished both charts and I'm almost joining them! :)

My Santa is ready and is buddy the snowman is coming soon ;)

Coffee and cuddles finished :D

Hi girls,

I finished Coffee and Cuddles on my first apron !
I'm a little bit late, I have the top to do and I still want to make two other cats.....
After what I will be able to show you the whole apron :D

Coffee and Cuddles

Hugs from France
Valérie

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November's Cat :)

Please meet Mr. November:

stiched on 32 ct Zweigart linen with DMC threads, design published by Heritage Stitchcraft in 2007

This Cat was my first project stitched on linen and I must admit I was a bit nervous. Also the project contains many "crazy" half stitches and I wasn't sure if I will manage to finish it.

Fortunatelly all my worries were unnecessary - I had great time stiching this little cat and I am sure I will enjoy as much making the rest 11 cats.

Few details:

I am planning to finish this and the remaining 11 Cats as pinnkeeps and enjoy this calendar for the next century or so :).

Have a lovely Friday all :)

Easy ABC Lunch Bag

Hi there!

This is an useful idea that I've sewed using the "S" from Margaret Sherry's ABC. I've called lunch bag but I'm not sure about the name... lol I hope you enjoy it!

Hugs from Brazil!

There are some things....

I just have finished stitching this amazing project. I must admitt it touched my heart very deeply since the moment I saw it for the first time. I was just waiting for the proper opportunity - and here it is - a "good bye" gift to a very dear person:

Stitched on 14 ct DMC aida with printed hearts with Anchor threads - project from one of the Cross Stitcher's magazine

Have a lovely day all :)