Just 12 days in and we have a finish already! This is Day 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas series from Cottage Garden Samplings. Stitched like the others using 1 strand on 35 count cream linen.
stitched on 35 count cream linen
I did decide to backstitch the hens as they did fade into the fabric a little bit too much.
Each evening I have been stitching on my Just Nan choice - the Witching Hour Cube:
stitched on 32 count purple linen
The borders are charted for Weeks Dye Works but I used DMC 333 for the main purple outline and then some silks for the inner borders. I was gifted the silks kit for Counting Bats and as Nan uses the same colours for many of her designs I thought this was a good chance to use them again. Those greens are so pretty.
11 comments:
Happy New year Jo , lovely Christmas stitch .
Hugs June.
Cot, cot, cot, codec ! Which means a French granny hen is congratulating you for this first finish of the year. (I added granny, what I am, to be sure the name will suit me... as hen here has a lot of meanings!) Anyway the stitching is great and now the next question is : in which team are you : calling birds or colly birds? Sure there are many PhD students working on the 12doC, so what color will they be, black, red, blue... xxx
Oh a finish, glad the stitching is going to plan.
PS : is it ok that I use your photo of the 3 hens as a logo to the "GG 2026". I still post on the 15th about GG after you stopped. If not just tell me. xxx
Congratulations on your finish! Your outlining is so nice, the colors really pop.
A finish already. Way to go you! 3 French Hens turned out cute. Looking forward to the next one 4 Turtle Doves.
Sandy's Space
That was fast! I'm happy dancing with you the hens look great!
Congratulations Jo!! I had one finish last year and it's not looking good for this year LOL! But you know me. Looking forward to more of your witchy stitching too.
x Alicia
A satisfying start to your stitching year with your third day finish Jo. That's one of the things I like about Just Nan, that certain colours are used regularly in her designs. Doesn't stop me still not having one or two shades when I go to stitch.
Lovely design Jo, I'm doing 12 days of Christmas for my church tree this year.
Great job having a finish already! The hens look really good with the outline added.
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