I didn't really manage to be very organised this last Christmas and as a result it was Sunday evening (i.e. 18 January!) when I finished what was supposed to be a Christmas decoration. I say "finished" in the loosest possible way – the stitching is finished, but it is yet to be mounted. I just hope I get round to doing so before Christmas 2009!
The design came from Jo Verso's Cross Stitch Year
which is a fantastic book full of cute little charts all arranged by times of year. If you ever want to design any cross stitch yourself then I would highly recommend either this book or Picture It in Cross Stitch Today
which is an updated version of her old book, released after her tragic death in a car accident.
which is a fantastic book full of cute little charts all arranged by times of year. If you ever want to design any cross stitch yourself then I would highly recommend either this book or Picture It in Cross Stitch Today which is an updated version of her old book, released after her tragic death in a car accident.After a long break from cross stitch one of the best things about this project is that I was able to complete it all from fabric and thread that I had in my stash. I've always kept the leftover threads from completed projects and this gave me a perfect opportunity to use some of them (and prove to Mr C that they were worth keeping all these years)!
Now you have something to give for Christmas. This is really great!