Christmas 2011 - six weeks and counting

I've been working on christmas presents for quite a while now.  As of today, I have finished, four pillows; 3 pair of fingerless gloves, one scarf,  and a cross stitch and country crafts christmas stocking.  My WIPS are a fourth pair of fingerless gloves and a dragon scarf for my youngest grandson.  I have plans to make: five more pillows, a blanket, two pair of slippers and two more scarves. i'm also working on a cross stitched piece for myself of a Stargazer Bouquet from Solaria Gallery. Gee, Christmas is only what; 6 weeks away?  Yikes!  I better get moving.  i'll take pics.

Finished Needlebox with Tudor Rose

NOT FOR SALE   Whewww!  Finally able to post pics of the completed needlebox.  My computer has been down for a couple of days. So here it is! 

Tudor Rose and needlebox

Sorry the picture is blurred but I dropped my camera a while back and it's never been the same since.  I tried french knots, beads and some fillet stitches and nothing looked right.  The tiny, tiny gold beads i tried wouldn't stand up so all you saw was gold holes, the small gold and/or red seed beads were too big, the fillet stitching was just a mess, so i ended up using satin stitch for the center after all.  As you can see the rose itself is about two inches small and I still have some more outlining to do before it's totally finished.  Not perfect but considering how long it's been since I've done any satin stitching at all, it's not bad.   I can't tell  you how many hours I've got invested in this little rose not to mention the needlebox....lol.  All I know for sure is that I would never have finished this without my magnifying lamp....ya know, it's a B*TCH getting old!

My tudor rose as of 9-28-11



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