Monday, February 09, 2009

SNOW by the Trilogy



Okay, okay, I'm on a roll with small projects. This is SNOW by the Trilogy. The picture came up a bit crooked on the scanner, but I'm not going to photograph it until its framed. The picture frame is done, just needs to be painted--blue to match, hopefully, the blue of the border. I had plans of pulling out something larger to stitch, but as I was looking through my stash of kits (I didn't want to dig out floss and fabric) outside it was very cold, and this little snowman appealed to me. I did change one item--the snowflakes around the snowman were regular cross stitches, which I changed to smyrna stitches. Makes them stand out a bit more. This was stitched with Weeks Dye Works and GAST overdyes.

On to a bigger project. Once SNOW was finished, I pulled out LHN's From Sea to Shining Sea. I was inspired by Nicole and her work on her's. She's nearly done and I'm still working on the border chart. I started this piece when it first came out, but the border overwhelmed me. It seemed to go on forever. I am working on it now, and am getting close to being able to work on the interesting parts, the individual houses.

That's all for now, I'm going back to my stitching. Our weather has turned fairly warm so I'm thinking of washing my car tomorrow. Hubby is off, back on the road, thank heavens. There is only so much mud I want to clean up every hour! But, he works hard, so if you pray, pray for him to be safe. He's headed towards Dallas, TX. Stitch on, dear friends, and thank you so much for all the lovely comments you leave me. They are very much appreciated.

9 comments:

Cari said...

Another cutie! You sure have a lot of lovely finishes!

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Cari

Vonna Pfeiffer said...

How darling is that? Love it!
Nicole is an inspiration to everyone!
I haven't been able to pick up a needle and thread for stitching in over 10 days...I'm having withdrawls and seeing everyone stitching up and finishing lovely things breaks my heart :o(

Jane said...

Beautiful work, Debs. Such a cute one too.

Susan @ Real Girl Designs said...

Very cute, Debs! I can't wait to see this one framed. You are so talented to do your own framing!

Good luck with Sea to Shining Sea - surprisingly, this one hasn't really called my name, but seeing Nicole's progress is turning up the volume a little :)

Einschies blog said...

Wow this is a nice chart I didn´t know and I love The Trilogy too;-))

Gaby

Rachel said...

Wow Debs - you really are on a roll with your finishes! It looks great!

Unknown said...

Very cute there Debs. Looking forward to following your next start, it seems a popular one that one!

Did you get my email the other day?

Nina said...

Hi Debs, thank you for your comment on my new blog....slowly I'm getting the hang of it!
Thought I'd drop by and lurk around yours. WOW, love your stitching! You really do beautiful work.

Chocolates4Breakfast (Terri ~ Boog) said...

What a cute snowy finish! Good luck on Sea to Shining Sea - I'd love to do that one for my office one day!
Peace,
Terri