Just Cross Stitch Halloween SAL

[millymolly]

nice finish

[Mary Kay]

Matilda Hornbuckle looks great! Wonderful stitching on this.

[calico]

Matilda looks wonderful!! You did a lovely job on her

[MichaelaNC]

hey guys! this is my first post. I'm 18, been stitching on and off since I was 11. Started doing it a lot since I started college in the summer(I'm studying television/radio), I take night classes because I love cross stitching in the morning since I don't have good artificial lighting.

I just finished a little pillow featuring a little pumpkin in the Just Cross Stitch Halloween issue =] I used DMC equivalents.



^^^ I stitched on 14c Aida: Oatmeal. I stitched this for my friend, Lola, she likes things with a vintage type of look so I think she will like this.



^^^ I stitched her name on the back of the pillow with the main color of the pumpkin and an orange sparkle thread on the first letter as indication of capitalization. (let me know if you want specifics, this is my first post so I don't how detailed to be!!) I got the letters from an alphabet book I bought on yesterday. Lola's birthday is on halloween. She turns 18, we're both adults now =] I'm giving her this on later today.



^^^ general size is appx. 4 inches w/ fray border. Stuffed to about 1 inch dimension. This is the first pillow I ever made. I saw tutorial video but they used a sewing machine - not much help, so I had to figure it out on my own. I know it's simple but, what do you guys think?


^^^ this is all I had time to finish this month. Oogie Boogie is a pattern I downloaded from Etsy; it was (I think) $3.50. I'm giving the oogie boogie picture to my friend Grace for her birthday witch was about a month ago, but on the day of her party, my dog got to it and licked the crap out of the middle. If you look closely, the stitches near his right leg are... sloppy. I can't unpick them because it's mounted on a cardboard, so.... I don't wanna talk about it. I hope she'll understand. "There's trouble close at hand" is what it says in purple sparkle floss. PM so I can send you a link to buy Oogie Boogie Pattern.

I finished Oogie Boogie Man over the course of 5 days, and the pillow in 3 days.

[karen4bells]

Hello and welcome to the forum!!! what beautiful projects you've completed!!

[works4me]

What fabulous projects and lucky friends.

There's Trouble Close at Hand rings true as the dog tried to eat her present. I'm sure she will see the humour. Plus, it still looks great.

Welcome to the forum. I hope to see more of your work.

[rcperryls]

Hello and welcome to the forum from South Carolina! I love your projects and agree that the gift for your friend says the truth - trouble was close at hand, or at least at leg (sorry, bad pun ) Looking forward to getting to know you!

Carole

[calico]

Welcome to the forum! I love your finished projects, they're adorable!! Doggies can be so naughty sometimes

[fccs]

Welcome to the forum and great job on your projects. The little pillow is adorable and the green guy...very cute, dog licks and all. The doggie licks just make I even more special.

Where in Orange County are you? I used to live in Garden Grove,

[MichaelaNC]

Where in Orange County are you? I used to live in Garden Grove,

I live in Garden Grove

[bassetluv]

I love the little pillow!

Here's my second piece from this magazine, just finished tonight. It's after Halloween so I'll have to wait till next year to really enjoy it but I'm glad I pressed on and got it done.


Happy Halloween Skeleton by bassetluv, on Flickr

[karen4bells]

Amy, that looks fabulous!! Great finish!!

[fccs]

Where in Orange County are you? I used to live in Garden Grove,

I live in Garden Grove

Small world. I lived in the area of Euclid and GG Blvd...I don't miss it.

I love the little pillow!

Here's my second piece from this magazine, just finished tonight. It's after Halloween so I'll have to wait till next year to really enjoy it but I'm glad I pressed on and got it done.

Very nice finish!!

[luvabubble]

Had managed to completely miss this thread somehow. So just had a great time getting to look at all the great Halloween projects. Everyone's work is amazing. Well done.

[msufly]

Love the Happy Halloween skull!

[rcperryls]

Congrats on a great finish, Amy! That skull is perfect!

Carole

[Rose]

Great finish!!!!!!

[works4me]

Happy Halloween looks great.

I'm still working on Fire Burn. It will be a while yet as I only work on it during breaks at work and those seem to be almost non-existent lately.

I hope others continue to show their work from the magazine. I personally can use a Halloween fix 365 days per year.

Right now I am roasting seeds from the final 4 pumpkins from our yard display. Mmm, mmm, good.

[Parksfarm]

Nice projects everyone!!

Where in Orange County are you? I used to live in Garden Grove,

I live in Garden Grove

Small world. I lived in the area of Euclid and GG Blvd...I don't miss it.

It is a small world, lol - I used to work in Garden Gove, Lampson & Valley View. Lived in Laguna though... I do miss living at the beach but I don't miss all the people.

[calico]

Fantastic finish on the skull!!! It looks amazing!

I didn't do anymore from this mag this year like I intended However I am currently taking a break from my 'Butterfly Forest' to work on a Halloween project by Mill Hill designs called Midnight Farm. I'm almost done and will post the pic here. My son gave it to me as a gift last Christmas and I promised him I would work on it around Halloween. I had to drag myself away from my butterflies to work on it and I wasn't 'feeling it' but it is turning out cute! Better late than never I guess!