Out comes the Disney Winnie the Poo Christmas Book. There were some similar images with a checkered border but a different colour palette. Easy enough to swap that out! Still not enough cartoon characters!
Book three was a Looney Tunes collection but nary a Chrstmas image betwixt the covers. No problem! I can stitch a border but a border does not a Christmas panel make.
That brings us to the Mammoth Book of Cross Stitch. I found some Christmas elements and assigned one to each image that needed a little holiday cheer. Then I had to map out the panels so, horror of horrors, no like characters should be in too close of proximity.
Yeah, I'm a huge geek.
When I put this project in the "Later" box in 2006, the top 8 panels were done. I've been whittling away at it in the past two months and added a bit more. I'm going to rework Tweety. Looks like he suffered some severe head trauma.
I love it. I love afghans for cross stitch. Which afghan fabric did you use? Afghans are all I did for years and years (until this year of course, when I have branced out a little bit) but still find a way to put almost anything on an afghan. and it becomes such a warm,cozy, cuddly thing to have with your stitching on it. Yours looks like it is fun to do. And you have done a great job. The hardest part is placing them in what feels like the right spots and you have done a really good job.
