Cross Stitcher at work, do not disturb!

Do Not Disturb!

Well, I pulled a load of threads and got hubby and Rachael to decide what colour to put with the purply thread.  They came up with GAST's Red Grape.  I think it looks ok.

So there you are, 6 hours and...finished!

What a quick design this was to do!

Now I had this idea whilst I was stitching it.  Tell me what you think.

1. It is a design about cross stitching and leaving us to get on with it.
2. It would look great on loads of different fabrics.
3. It would look great in lots of different colours.
4. It would probably look great with some form of personalising - beads, buttons, sparkles or whatever.

So I thought it might make a travelling pattern.  Then my brain continued working and thought...what about a little competition?  People could work on it with a time limit of 2 weeks, send the chart to the next person and a photo to me.  This time next year, I will put up a gallery of all the photos received a winner/favourite can be voted for by...well whoever wants to vote.  What do you think?  If enough people are interested and feel a 2 week turnaround would be ok, there could be around 15 to 20 designs to vote for allowing for the various postal services taking their time to deliver!

I was thinking maybe a £10 or $15 voucher/gift certificate to a favourite store could be the prize unless anyone has any other ideas?  So if you are interested in a fun competition and a travelling pattern, leave a comment on here.  

Cross Stitcher at Work

I was feeling a little cheesed off the other day and thought that maybe a new start would cheer me up a bit. So after a fondle of fabric and thread, I came up with a small design that even I could finish before Christmas!   The chosen design was a Forever in my Heart piece that I have had in my stash for about 10 years - Cross Stitcher at Work.

I started stitching on Halloween whilst watching Monster House with Luke and Colin.  Then stitched for about another hour until bedtime.  When I stopped, I held it up to show Colin who was greatly amused by what I had stitched so far.  See photo for explanation!  This was done purely by chance.  I had decided that the 'h' was a good place to start the next line so I didn't miscount, then I did the 'er' and then worked backwards from there.

Forever in my Heart - Do Not Disturb

I did another half an hour yesterday morning and reckon that the whole design will have taken me 6 hours give or take by the time it is finished (and I'm a slow stitcher!)  But I have a crisis!  I can't settle on a thread to complete the 'Do not disturb' bit.  I thought I had but when I looked in better light, it really didn't work!