[finish] Ickle Ted’s Christmas
Here be the headless teddy bear!
I took pity on the headless teddy bear, though, and stitched his head last night before bed. This morning, I gave him some snowflakes and did all the backstitch. I think, though, that I made more mistakes with the damned backstitch (i.e. the dark brown outline and embellishments) than I did with the rest of the design! And oh, had I forgotten how fun fractional stitches can be :p
I’m feeling rather proud of myself right now — I’ve not cross stitched for years, and now I have completed a small (3″x3″) kit. A kit in a weekend — not bad at all! :)
And now it’s time to move on to stitching some more of Autumn.
*bouncyhappyH*
Crafty Thoughts…
I remembered that somewhere I had a box of cross stitch kits — some part-complete, others unopened. I used to really enjoy cross stitch and can’t really recall why I stopped stitching; in any case, I had a hunt around the other day and initially found a few kits.
So, I’m currently working on Autumn (which is one of a set of four seasonal pieces; I don’t have the others). I’m also doing a free “quick stitch” kit from the front of The World of Cross Stitch magazine; it’s a delightfully dinky Yuletide Lickle Ted design.
This morning, I found the really big box of kits, threads and aida. One of the things that has really pissed me off is that, when I came to examine the box’s contents, I found that two kits have gone MIA. They’re both kits that I’d almost completed a while back, and I knew they were around somewhere. The idea was to finish them at some point, but I can’t find them. One is Charlie Is Born, the first in the Charlie Dragon series (and yes, I have the other three, unopened; the idea was to stitch them all, frame and hang around the house).
The other missing kit is The Sorceress, which I was also going to frame. There’s a place waiting for it above my altar. I think I was going to modify the chart for that one, though, and give her red hair :p
I’m miffed that I can’t find them, but I suppose they’ll turn up at some point. However, I did find another partially-finished kit, entitled Giants of the Sea. I last looked at this particular kit in 2003 so it’ll be a good one to return to once I’ve finished those I’m currently stitching.