Lighthouse - Happy Dance

Today I just filled in a few blue stitches in the water and backstitched all of the birds. I’m so glad to finally have a finish. It is my first since 2023.

Lighthouse - update #3

 I managed to cross stitch 3 days in a row. Today I was busy cleaning up my craft room.

Wednesday I finished the clouds on the right and completed backstitching the lighthouse.

Thursday I filled in the ground on the right side and backstitched windows in the houses and the stairs in the middle. Sorry for the photo, it was too sunny and I got a lot of glare, which takes away from the project. I will take a better photo tomorrow hopefully when I stitch again.

Lighthouse - update #2

I managed to do a few hours yesterday on the lighthouse project. I filled in more of the clouds on the right side and backstitching at the top of the lighthouse.

Here is latest my progress.

Lighthouse #1

 I started the first lighthouse on Saturday, August 25. It is called Home on the Point and was printed in the June 2001 issue of Just Cross Stitch. 

 

Here is my progress from the weekend.

Snowmen Christmas ornaments

I was finally able to finish the Handprints - Woodland Animals project with baby info. Henry was born on August 17 (only 3 days late). Here is a photo to see how the fabric will look with it the wood frame.  I still need to frame it properly, this was just to check the colour. The love how the frame matches the colours of the raccoon.

In the meantime, I have stitched 2 snowman ornaments.  I have stitched this pattern in the past. I will mail one to a friend in OHIO (keep the 2nd one for a backup sometime), that is why I decided on this design because the ornament is flatter than most. You layer the 3 snowballs on top of each other. 

I’ll try and build them for next months FFG along with assembling 5 mice.

Here is the link to the last time I stitched this snowman.  https://colourfulcrossstitches.blogspot.com/2016/09/snowman-ornament-happy-dance.html

I have been going through some of my old cross stitch magazines looking for some new projects.  Here are 5 I have chosen. 2 lighthouses for our ensuite bathroom and 3 garden scenes will go somewhere else in our house.

Lighthouses - Just Cross Stitch June 2001. I will be using 28ct Jobelan Bablingbrook (leftover fabric from Snowman Wisdom shown below). 

Lighthouse - At Home on the Point (5x7)
Lighthouse - Rounding the Point (5x7)

In the Garden - Cross Stitch & Country Craft magazines (1988). I will use 28ct white evenweave for all 3 garden scenes.

Colonial Garden (7 1/2 x 5)

Victorian Garden (7 1/2 x 5)

Country Garden (7 1/2 x 5)

These should keep me busy for the rest of 2023 and early 2024.