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Thursday, 5 December 2024

December Plans

At the start of the year I made a list of 24 projects I want to stitch this year for my "24 in '24".  The order I stitch them in is going to be determined by the WIPGO Board.  Jessie-Marie calls two numbers each month and those will be the two projects I stitch that month.  One small and one medium



In November, the numbers were 14 and 16.  These related to Maria Brovko Evening in the Shire and Full Circle Designs Moonshadow Mini "A Child's Dream".


Maria Brovko - Evening in the Shire


Mostly all backstitch with just small areas of cross stitching for effect.


The backstitch is a combination of one, two or three strands to add dimension

stitched on 32 count Millenium Blue linen


stitched on 32 count Antique White linen


This is a sweet sampler with lots of speciality stitches


It just turned out a little different to the way I was expecting!
I used the charted colours, but here's the cover:


Definitely looks purple and lilac to me and not brown!  But it looks nice and I'll see if I have a nice brown frame to match.


By default, the December numbers had to be 7 and 20.  These relate to Shannon Christine's 12 Days of Christmas (Day 1) and Life in Stitch's Aslan.




The latter is another Ukrainian designer on Etsy.  By coincidence, both designs are going to be stitched on black fabric, so that will be fun!



Finally, I am still making plans for 2025!  After a year of small/medium designs I have two larger pieces I want to focus on and then keep up with some of the series I started the last couple of years.  Designs such as the Zodiac Girls, the 12 Days of Christmas, The Year in the Woods.











Sunday, 1 December 2024

December TUSAL

     

It's TUSAL time!  

Here is my TUSAL jar with my current project:


This is Evening in the Shire by Maria Brovko stitched on 32 count Millenium Blue linen.

There's a small amount of cross stitches then loads of backstitch!

Nearly done now so I'm going to keep going with this one until it's finished and then start my December WIPGO project.


Finally, if you've got the Just Cross Stitch Christmas Special this year and fancy joining a year-long SAL on Facebook then we've just chosen our favourites for 2025 and I'll be announcing the winners soon.

The group can be found here, please answer the membership questions to be accepted - JCS Stitch Along