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The Blue Green Sea
on Nov 4, 2009 in Cross Stitch Houses I considered participating in NaBloPoMo as I did two years ago. I even had this picture ready for a post on Sunday, but as has happened a lot this year, life intervened. Sunday was spent "cleaning up for the cleaners". Getting all the papers picke...
Some Backstitching
on Oct 30, 2009 in Cross Stitch Houses I was going to backstitch at least three shells, but you have to not only finish the shells, but also finish stitching parts of the nearby shells that are next to the back stitching. I do have three more shells stitched, but not their neighbors. I...
More Xs and /s
on Oct 23, 2009 in Cross Stitch Books This is the middle part of stitching. Progress, but nothing really finished. I am wandering all over the chart as I stitch a needle full of one color. And there are some holes because there are colors that aren't stitched again until I get to the...
on Oct 20, 2009 in Family Cross Stitch Possibly this picture will make the subjects more evident. They are a group of seashells floating over a shallow ripple of waves. My mother-in-law is crazy about seashells and loves the ocean. She used to spend weeks every summer near Myrtle Beach...
Leaves, Leaves, Leaves
on Oct 19, 2009 in Cross Stitch Travel You know that I must be going crazy when I would rather backstitch than cross stitch. But the only parts left to cross stitch are all those darn confetti leaves. Not just the leaves sitting around the bottom on the house and garage, but the ones fl...
Back to Square Two
on Oct 14, 2009 in Cross Stitch Not all the way back to square one as there was a lot of this design that I did not have to frog. But I did finish the entire mixing bowl. I think it looks so much better with the correct threads stitched in the right places. I even went ahead and...