The Heart of Christmas

I found this little cutie in the 2004 Just Cross Stitch Ornament issue. I fell in love with the words when I read them, not sure how clearly you can make them all out. I'm not entirely sure I like my finishing skills but like my grandma use to say practice makes perfect. I'm hoping to get at least one decoration done a month so hopefully keeping fingers and toes crossed my finishing skills might improve. So without further fuss here is The Heart of Christmas by Charlotte's Web Needlework.

A New Update

Where did the time go, hard to believe it is time for another update on the TUSAL. I didn't get in as much stitching this month as I would have liked but sometimes life doesn't cooperate. I did add a fair bit of blue from "Polar Santa". Off to see everyones TUSAL. Have a great day.

I've always wanted to try a 15 side biscornu so when I came across this blog http://defilenaiguille66240.over-blog.com/ offering this heart biscornu I knew I had to give it a try. I started late so I have another 3 squares to catch up on. I'm loving it so far, its proving to be a fairly fun and fast stitch looking forward to putting it together will share more progress in the coming weeks.

Polar Santa Update

Just thought I would give you a quick update on what my stitching fingers have been up to this week.

Tooooooo Much Time Blog Hopping

I joined 3 SAL's yesterday, I'm bad. So much for this year being focused and getting down to finishing some big projects that I had started last year. At least they are small SAL's, hopefully I can stay focused. The first one is "A Christmas Tree" offered by Alessandra Adelaide Needleworks which can be found here http://aaneedleworks.altervista.org/naturalgloom/AAN/AANindex.html I'm stitching this 1 over 1 on 36 count white linen. Sorry for the horrible picture but it is a gloomy overcast kind of day and I think I need new camera. The other 2 SAL's I joined you'll have to wait until tomorrow when I have something to show.

January Update

I joined a Christmas Sal hosted by Yoyo over at Dragon My Needle info and sign up can be found here http://dragonmyneedle.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-design-sal.html . My choice was "Polar Santa" by Dimensions. After a rocky start here is my January progress. My hope is it will be finished and framed for this Christmas, keep your fingers and toes crossed for me.

Pear Tree

I'm so happy to have the "Pear Tree" by Little House Needlework's done. I stitched this on 32 count linen over 1 and the frog made too many visits to count. The stitching gremlin made a surprise visit to my house and made off with my Mill Hill beads for it so I have ordered more will post another pic as soon as I have them on and stitched up into my ornament.