I have a few finishes though, so thought I'd pop in with a few photos and to say hello. :-)
Victoria Sampler's Christmas Village that I finally finished this week.
I used the recommended Smokey Pearl Belfast Linen with all the recommended threads. I did make a few wee changes:
* I used smyrna cross stitch for the snow drops rather than regular cross stitch.
* I used two strands of silk floss for the snowflakes rather than the recommended one.
* For the lettering, I used Crescent Colours Belle Soir Noir (that I had in my stash) rather than the AVAS #3834, as I thought it was too close to the fabric colour.
* I left out some beads here and there, and stitched the beads directly onto the fabric rather than over the cross stitch (as recommended in the chart).
I think that was it!
I thought it would be a nice companion piece to Jingle Bell Xmas Tree Farm that I stitched back in December 2008. This was supposed to be my December/Christmas project, but it ended up extending into my "half of January" project too. I hadn't anticipated how long it was going to take!
And finally, my "autumn" project was Rubie Owl's Sampler by Plum Street Samplers.
(apologies for the white blob covering up my last name!)Happy New Year! Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2010. ♥
Good to see you post, Tina! And good to see you've been stitching - and what gorgeous pieces! Major congrats on both.
ReplyDeleteI adore Rubies owl. what a great piece. the xmas sampler looks great too
ReplyDeleteOh! Both of your finishes are stunning!!!
ReplyDeleteNice to see a post from you! :) The VS piece is gorgeous with all that white work, very very pretty! I love Rubie Owl too, such a fun, quirky piece.
ReplyDeleteLovely finishes and its great to see you post again.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful finishes. Thank you so much for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteTwo wonderful finishes!! I love them both!
ReplyDeleteGreat finishes, Tina!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful finishes! Congrats! Love the VS piece!
ReplyDeleteHearty congrats on two amazing finishes!!
ReplyDeleteThey are both beautiful! Congrats on the finishes.
ReplyDeleteThey are great! Wonderful finishes!
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see a post from you, Tina! Love the finishes--YGG!
ReplyDeleteWell worth the wait for a post - both those pieces are lovely. In fact the VS one is absolutely gorgeous! :D Congrats!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! Your finishes look fabulous! Congrats.
ReplyDeleteBoth of your pieces are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow, your Christmas Village is so pretty!! I love it! I also love Rubie! I meant to stitch it last year, but got bogged down with other things... maybe this year I'll get to her! Good to see you posting again. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous finishes, Tina! And it's always a joy to see a post from you. :D
ReplyDeleteWhat pretty finishes! I love the lacy look of the border on the Christmas village.
ReplyDeleteThe VS stitching is BEAUTIFUL! I just love this one from Thea!
ReplyDeleteBoth are really lovely finishes - congrats :D
ReplyDeleteHello, I love Christmas's village, it's so beautiful! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteElena
Really late and catching up with blogland. These are two really lovely pieces, many congrats! Hope you have a great 2010 :)
ReplyDeleteI adore the Christmas Village, its so beautiful. Congratulations
ReplyDeleteBeautiful finishing Tina and I am in love with the Christmas Village. I am going to try and get some of my wips done this year but making one concession as I am going to be doing Jingle Bells farm as a SAL with a couple of friends.
ReplyDeleteoh I do love your christmas village there's a lot of work done in that one
ReplyDeleteI really do like PSS and Rubies owls sampler is gorgeous such Autumn-ly colours, need to get this chart one day, but I'm on the stash wagon until July '12 LOL