And of course I've caught a cold/fever/bug - so instead of being at Comic-con as I had anticipated I am at home, wearing a coat over my comfortable clothes (which are almost pyjamas...) and shivering despite the furnace my room is slowly becoming.
Ah well, in order to cheer myself up, I've been able to concentrate on my stitching and other crafty things (as well as complete another chapter of Resident Evil 5).
First we have my recent finish - "Popcorn Bouquet" which I bought as a kit. My mother has expressed a desire to have the finished product as a Christmas Present, so I suppose that's where this wee lad will end up. As you can see, it took me a rather long time to finish (around 16 months) but I did take two breaks from stitching as I have moved around a lot since 2014.
My longest running WiP is this to the left. I really dislike the colours I've chosen (I mean, who has a yellow house with an orange roof?) but R (the boyfriend) seems to like it. However, as I don't really enjoy working on it, it will be some time until it's completed I imagine. This was a project from Helen Philipps' "Cross Stitch Samplers and Cards".
This is the Christmas card for R's parents. Wow I'm working on a lot of R-themed stuff currently... but in my defence, they live overseas so I have to finish their cards/presents first or else I'll never get in the post on time. I picked this design of a Santa holding a christmas tree (what do you mean you couldn't tell yet! ;) ) from "The World Of Cross-stitching" 235, not only because it matched the shape and colour of the card I'd bought but also because it was a quick-to-stitch piece. And I needed something I could work on in R's presence, as I certainly couldn't crack on with his Christmas present while he could see!
I hope you, my dear reader, are enjoying the autumn (or fall) season - the leaves are certainly yellow or red around my neighbourhood!
My longest running WiP is this to the left. I really dislike the colours I've chosen (I mean, who has a yellow house with an orange roof?) but R (the boyfriend) seems to like it. However, as I don't really enjoy working on it, it will be some time until it's completed I imagine. This was a project from Helen Philipps' "Cross Stitch Samplers and Cards".
This one is my main squeeze - and a present for my main squeeze too! The chart I purchased from SFStitch a long time ago, but didn't get a chance to work on it until the 12th October 2015. Since starting on this project, I have been bitten hard once again by the stitching bug (not just the virus one!) and hope to finish this as a Christmas present for R - we met playing World of Warcraft, the game from which the shape originates, and has recently moved house so I think it's perfect. Not much left to do now.
This is the Christmas card for R's parents. Wow I'm working on a lot of R-themed stuff currently... but in my defence, they live overseas so I have to finish their cards/presents first or else I'll never get in the post on time. I picked this design of a Santa holding a christmas tree (what do you mean you couldn't tell yet! ;) ) from "The World Of Cross-stitching" 235, not only because it matched the shape and colour of the card I'd bought but also because it was a quick-to-stitch piece. And I needed something I could work on in R's presence, as I certainly couldn't crack on with his Christmas present while he could see!
I hope you, my dear reader, are enjoying the autumn (or fall) season - the leaves are certainly yellow or red around my neighbourhood!
