I recently finished the cross stitch for January from the Frosted Pumkin just in time for the new February installment. I have never cross stitched on linen before so it was a lesson in how to count on linen for me. I haven't really done any cross stitch since college, and it was a brief sampler then. The last major thing I cross stitched was a horse and rider silhouette against the sun in front of the sun on a sweatshirt in high school. It was really hard to stitch because it was going through sweatshirt material, and it was tedious. I gave up on it until college because I was so burned out. My sampler wasn't speaking to me, so I gave up half way through it too. I still have it, and it will be eventually finished. I was happy to find modern cross stich patterns to try. I am not happy with this one, but I am looking forward to seeing how much I improve over the next 11 months!
I have also been working on my Swoon quilt, and I have 4/9 blocks completed here. I finished the 5 and 6 blocks over the last couple of days, but they are not in this mosaic. I am hopeful that I can finish them all this weekend!
Your swoon blocks look so great!!
ReplyDeleteGood for you! You're a machine! :)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see how your Swoon quilt is coming along. One of these days I'll start cutting mine...:)
wow, those blocks are making me swoon! they look SO GOOD in pips!!
ReplyDeleteAdorable cross stitch! Your swoon blocks are looking great!
ReplyDeleteI just cross stitch on linen for the first time a few months ago. It was really hard for me at first, but I liked the look of it. It gets easier! I want to see the sampler you are working on, or did work on.
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