Books Update #4

 I haven't stitched much lately, but here is a photo of my progress so far.

We have been busy working on another jigsaw puzzle. We did this puzzle in exactly 1 week.

I have taken 2 photos of the finished puzzle. Dave & I just bought a new DSLR camera Nikon Z50. I usually take photos with my iPad because it is easier to update my blog, but I do love how much clearer the images are with the new camera. Cross stitch of Frederick was taken with the new camera as well.

iPad photo (8 mega pixels)

Nikon Z50 (20 mega pixels)

Books Update #3

I finally reached the end of the first row. Black vertical line is a shadow at the end of the bookshelf.  There is still lots to stitch on the top shelf. Above Frederick’s butt is a bird. I need to finish the green, blue and rust coloured books, but you can see how wide and how tall the project is because I started stitching the bottom shelf. I love stitching the bright coloured books.

Cat & whale

I worked on Frederick a lot yesterday (afternoon & evening). Close up of Frederick’s butt and leg.

Here is the whole project.

Dave & I finally completed another 2000pc puzzle. This was also a Christmas gift from our youngest son Jordyn. 

This was the hardest puzzle we have done so far. It took us 3 weeks, but we didn’t work on it every day. 

It is a beautiful puzzle to look at from a distance.  

Up close it is a pain in the neck. There was so much blue and it looks like paint brush strokes, not clear detail.  

Let The People Choose - Snow

Thank you Jo at Serendipitous Stitching for hosting the Let the People Choose each month. This month’s theme is SNOW.  We certainly got a lot where I live in Ontario, Canada.  Here is a photo taken looking outside my front window today.

I try to participate in this SAL, but either don’t have anything to post or I forget to post. I only have one project that I stitched related to snow called Snowman Wisdom by Sue Hillis.  It was a fun project to work on back in 2016. I made it into a wall hanging with snow fabric.

Books - update #2

I completed the book title The Three Mouseketeers and added the symbol at the bottom. I also did 3 bookmarks at the top on the last 2 books.

Books - update #1

I completed another book (turquoise) and stitched half of the title (The Three Mouseketeers). I also added the title on the brown book (Puss-n-Boots). I forgot to mention that the initials EGW were changed from original design.  I replaced them with JCS which stands for my son’s name (Jordyn) our last name (Christie) and my daughter-in-law’s name (Sarah).