Finished! I should have been stitching something that I should have been stitching… but I just had to finish this up. Not that it will go off to the finishers like NOW for this years decorating, I just wanted to stitch something that I could totally loose myself in.
You know sort of like comfort food? well I liken this to comfort food stitching. A little beading, a little tent stitch and one of my favorite go to stitches. Elongated cross stitch which leaves an empty canvas thread where you can either add a bead, a French knot or another cross stitch. The latter is what I did. I love, love, love this stitch…did I say love? as it is so easy to compensate and works around the smallest hard to get into spots.
A funny thing happened on the way to finish the beading on that crown. Thank you very much Meredith! You know I am trying to bead in the new style that she taught us where you begin your beading stitch by starting in the lower right and completing it to the upper left. Well the left hand side of the crown went well and then I sort of fell into my beading zen and the right hand side of the crown needed to be restitched 3 times before I got it right. Well it all had to look the same way!
While we are still Keeping Calm, I came across this on Facebook yesterday. I think this one is just perfect especially at this time of the year! I thank Ada of Eye Candy fame for posting this. I am looking forward to being home with my family is less than 2 weeks where my sister and I will go on a cookie baking extravaganza. I can’t wait!
For the next few days I will be burying my nose in my Mac again as I finish up yet a few more stitch guides, some Christmas package wrapping, Christmas cards need to be finished up and wow am I behind on that! Of course I will get some stitching time in… somewhere and somehow! and very important trip to Verizon is in  my future as it looks my cell phone needs help. It has locked up and I can’t do a thing with it. Where is the command + option + escape function when I need it?
AlleyCat and I having a little play time yesterday! and until next time…keep on stitching
Suggestion – When it is time to bead turn your canvas 90 degrees and just cross the stitch your regular way. That will put the ‘other’ arm on top, but you will be able to ‘zen’ stitch the beads 🙂
PS I really enjoyed meeting you in the Fab Four class in Philly; I was stitching the Or Nue camel.
ooh what a great idea! Thank you…BTW did you finish your canvas? I have not! It was a pleasure meeting you too Pam!
Not yet; I want to finish the Elegant Thanksgiving series first and then I am going to launch into the ten-piece Nativity set. I am lucky that Tony Minieri will be at my local shop in January, so he will help with one of the Wisemen 🙂 Merry Christmas!!
Happy Stitching and Merry Christmas!