Reindeer is finished!

But I'm searching for a pom pom for the hat before posting a pic. I swear I have white pom poms around here *somewhere* but do you think I can find them, or even buy them at the local shops? I really should wait until the end of the month too, but I may be cheeky and post the pic here before sharing on the SAL blog, no-one will see it, right?
I'm now working on the February freebie design for the challenge over at 123 stitch. The design is the word "Spring" with a few basic flowers. It will be interesting to see how everyone changes such a basic design to make it their own.

Let it snow is finished

The "big reveal" has occured on the message board, so I can now show this finish. It was a quick one, only taking 3 days. Here are the details:

• Name of the design is "Let it snow"
• Chart is a freebie, chosen as the January design for the monthly freebie challenge at the 123 stitch message board which I am participating in. It is a Barbara Ana design, available here
• Fabric is 28 count monaco - my favourite - in "sea swirls" by now defunct company Enchanted Fabrics. My favourite hand dyed company too :-(
• Thread is DMC. I switched a few of the called for colours to suit me. Stitched with 2 over 2.
• Stitch count is 33 x 48
• Started on January 15th 2013
• Completed on January 17th 2013

The changes I made were not stitching the eyes, I swapped them for googly eye buttons. I also stitched the word snow entirely in blue instead of the "o" in white (I just realised I wasn't meant to do that now!). I only stitched every second stitch in the border to give it a different look and added some mini star buttons instead of stitching a snowflake in the bottom right corner.

A Christmas finish in February

Why not? This is was stitched as part of the "ornament-a-year" I plan on stitching for each of my two boys. One was born in 1997, the other 2002 and I only started this project last month. I have been meaning to do it for ages but now I've started hopefully I won't look back. I've now stitched them 2 each, so I only have 21 left to stitch until I've caught up, hence the stitching of Christmas ornaments in February! I also joined a "Christmas all year" stitch-along to help me stay on track. This months theme was Christmas trees, I managed to stuff mine up a little bit, but made it work as I went along. Here it is:

• Name of the design is "Sapin Numero 4". I added the trunk myself.
• Chart is a freebie from this blog.
• Fabric is 32 count white opalescent evenweave.
• Thread is DMC cotton.
• Stitch count is 54 x 69
• Started on February 8th 2012.
• Completed on February 15th 2012.

My second finish of 2012

Thanks to the Christmas ornament SAL I've joined, I've completed another one to go to the kids. (that's why I backdated it to 2011). Not sure what I'll stitch next, maybe another quick ornament. I have 3 weeks before February starts and I can stitch a Christmas tree, which is the theme for February. Here's the ornament:

Here's the details:

• Name of the design is "Christmas bear"
• Chart is from a booklet titled "101 Bears with Personality" by Lynn Busa, for Leisure Arts
• Fabric is 32 count white opalescent evenweave.
• Thread is DMC cotton.
• Stitch count is 42 x 41.
• Started on January 6th 2012.
• Completed on Januray 9th 2012.