Tuesday, August 29, 2023

2 Finishes for Debbie!

 RIP Debbie - your beautiful spirit and love of cross stitch is never forgotten 


This is Nunavut Santa from Mill Hill.  I grabhed it because Auntie needed to go to the emergency room and I needed something compact to work on.  I ended up taking it on vacation and finishing it in a lovely mountain inn. It was my first attempt at "turkey work " and my second try at beading:


The other finish was also from a kit, this came with Cross Stitcher magazine. I don't know which issue because they've stopped putting dates on magazine pages.  The designer is Susan Penny.  It's supposed to end up as a needlebook, we'll see if it ever gets that far, haha:


I also got some progress on Era of the Dinosaurs:


And in honor of Debbie I started Candy Feliz Navidad by Ursula Michael.  I saw this piece on Debbie's blog and fell in love so I thought it would be a nice way to remember her. The design:


I start in the top left so I started the border and the top candy:



118 days until Christmas!

I'll finish with a picture of Kuna on vacation.  I couldn't believe there was still snow on the mountains at the end of August: