Santas village cross stitch

Hello there I thought I was never going to finish this part on Santa's Village, it seemed to take forever. The little reindeer are so cute!! Half way through this project now and I hope I can keep on track to have finished later in the year. This past week I've had a second round of the viral cold I had back at the start of the month and Hannah has been unwell again too. DH also succumbed to the tummy bug, and when he gets sick, which doesn't happen all that often, he does a really job of…

Hello there Part 9 is now all stitched on Santa's Village, isn't the reindeer just so cute! It's getting harder to get a decent snap of the whole piece, only three more blocks to go. I'm going to really miss stitching on this when it's completed, but I can't wait to have it hanging on the wall, hopefully just in time for Christmas 2013! See you soon x

Santa's Village #CountryCottageNeedleworks

It was surprising just how many stitches there were in this week's ornament--it took much longer to finish than I would have expected! Of course, I added to my work by incorporating some back stitching around the little windows and changing many of the colors of the houses and their roofs. This tiny 3 3/4" square "Christmas Village" was worked on 18 ct. summer khaki aida with DMC threads from a pattern by Nancy Sturgeon of Threads Through Time. The chart can be found in the 1999 Just Cross…

Hello friends! I am absolutely thrilled to have finished the "Farmhouse Christmas" series by Little House Needleworks and have it up in one of my displays this year! At times it felt like I would never get this all stitched and finished in time -- that border is a sneaky time sucker -- but once I saw the finish line I just couldn't seem to put it down. The chart was stitched on 32 ct Taupe lugana using all of the called-for threads. Stitched, it measures about 13 x 13 inches. The frame is…

Hello there Candy Cane Cottage, part 8 of Santa's Village, is now stitched so another row is finished, only four more parts to go. I'm so pleased I've managed to keep up with this series - I'll start part 9 later in the week, this part has the cutest reindeer button. See you soon x

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