Mary's Mill Hill Snowman with Christmas Lights

Here's my "Christmas lights" theme- Snow Fun by Mill Hill!! It's too bad the crystal beads don't show up better in the picture- it's really pretty in person!

This was a quick stitch for sure- I just love Mill Hill Kits!! Now I can check this off my list and attend to all my other March goals!

Faith's March Ornament

YAY, March's ornament is completed!

Day 3

Three French Hens 

Margaret Sherry's Twelve Days of Christmas series. 

I love her different interpretations of each one;

they are not at all what you would expect but they are fitting!

Thanks for looking and for the

comments left on the other posts!

February 2017

Thank you for the nice comments on the January post! All I was very pleased!
Thank you for visiting my contribution, now shows the number 124 - it's great!

See what I went on Carols / Music:

I wish you a nice March and a lot of joy in cross stitch!

Daniela

Lili's February Ornament: Carols/Music

Hello everyone!

My February ornament!

Design: Fairy Wool in the Wood - Fa La La
Fabric/Threads: 40 count Vintage Country Mocha/ DMC, The Gentle Art

See you next month!
Happy stitching,
Lili

Satsuma Street Two Turtledoves

My February ornament is the second in the Satsuma Street 12 Days of Christmas series - Two Turtledoves.  I'm doing each of these on one of the DMC Bright Ideas 14ct Aida fabrics (as well as white), so there with be 3 each of four different colors.

2 Turtledoves

Designer: Satsuma Street

suggested DMC threads

14ct Aida DMC Bright Ideas: Grasshopper

I actually made a pretty significant mistake with this one that led to a lot of frogging - and then just when I thought I'd got it all fixed, I realized the tailfeathers were still wrong, and just decided to work around it rather than frog out all the surrounding stitches yet again. So that tail is a bit fuller and hiding some of the post they're sitting on.  The flowers are also slightly different, but that was on purpose - the darker petals are pointed rathr than rounded, so that they stand out a bit more.

In spite of the difficulties I had with this one, I am so enjoying the series!

Mary's Mill Hill Harp

Friends, I had to give up temporarily on my gorgeous Turtle Doves. And so I present my back up choice, Harp from Mill Hill's musical instrument series. I only have the drum and violin left to complete in this set (I plan to do the drum for December!) This is such a pretty series!

So, about Turtle Doves. For one thing, I bit off more than I could chew in a short month! For another, the linen I picked was too light for the doves to stand out. I have done this several times now on various projects, picking linen that is too light in color for the image to show up! Argh! But I had already done a bit of the stitching that I am happy with, the words and flowers, and I do love the linen. So I found a darker gray for the doves and I will pick it out and go with the darker doves on the lighter linen. But I can't do it right now! Anyway-see what I mean about the dove being too light?

Next month I will do something manageable! I didn't think I had anything for the lights theme but then look! I do! I LOVE Mill Hill kits! They are so satisfying to stitch!

February - Carols/Music

Party of pattern free Marijke

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