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The angel is really taking shape now! The blue sky and stars on the left is the very left edge of the stocking. The area above the angel’s head will be the top part where my daughter’s name will go. I am going to work on the rest of the angel’s robe now because I am running out of room on my Q Snaps. I don’t want to ruin any of the stitching I have already done, so I am going to do as much as possible on the fabric that is showing. When I get home in about 3 weeks I will transfer to my scroll frame which will give me access to the sides and very top to work on. These areas are covered by the Q Snap clamps right now.
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Carrie
Before and After
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I’ve gotten a bit more work done on this angel!
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Carrie
Starting on the Stocking
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Adrienne’s Christmas stocking is coming along slowly but surely. You can make out the peach colored angel’s hands praying, plus the sleeve of her robe and part of the robe hanging down. I am going to continue with the robe and then work my way up to her face and hair, and then the wings. After that, the top part of the stocking with the name should be a nice monotonous stitch. I am hoping I can have this done by Christmas. No, I *MUST* have this done by Christmas! This will be Adrienne’s 6th Christmas (even though she is currently only 4 years old) and she really needs to have a nice stocking of her own. The navy Aida and the 18 count are not as bad as I thought they would be to work on. I think the biggest problem is that the fabric given in the kit doesn’t have any extra room to it, so the stitching is going to go almost to the edge. I am going to do as much as I can using my Q-Snaps, but then I will have to switch to a scroll frame to do the edges.
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Carrie
Where has the time gone?
Posted onI can’t believe it has been a month since I have posted. Or worked on Autumn Leaves. I am not one to get into New Years resolutions, but I think 2013 will be the year I start. I guess I have an excuse; Christmas shopping and wrapping gifts and putting up the tree and baking goodies is… well, tiring. In the last couple of weeks I haven’t even felt like cross stitching once. Or blogging. Or exercising, for that matter 🙂 Even right now, the day after Christmas, my mind is full of fluff. Is it time for bed yet? I feel like I could sleep for a week. But I don’t think the kids (or the hubby) would like that too much! So for now, I won’t worry about it, and hopefully once the new year hits I will have been bitten by the stitching bug once again. And I better be in the mood for Christmas for a long time to come, because I still need to finish my daughter’s stocking. It’s a kit from Dimensions called Heavenly Hearld Stocking. Gorgeous, but lots of work:
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Carrie