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Looks great!!!!! Should be a wonderful thing to stitch. Get you right in the mood for Christmas.

I have a hedgehog, a bunny and a cat who are all from the same series as the elephant and will be making appearances later on

I'm cautiously optimistic about finishing this in time for Christmas, but don't want to put aside the dinosaurs. I think I'm going to alternate one day on this/one day on the dinos and see how it goes. Obviously if it gets to mid-December and I've just got one or two squares left to do then I'll concentrate on this until it's all done!

You've chosen some charming little designs for your afghan.

Gosh that is so quick and it'll make a unique bedspread!

This is such a cute idea!! I would be afriad of washing the bed spread!! Do you use waste aida to do the design or is it woven in a way you can use the fabric the way it is?

It's 14 count evenweave, so it's woven to be stitched on and because it's a fairly heavy woolen-like fabric it'll be really cosy on the bed when it's done I'm going to be careful about washing it, I'll do it on the delicate cycle on the washing machine and things like that, and I'm going to try to get some Christmassy fabric to back it with to protect the back of the stitching too

Just caught up with this thread..Lovely pieces of work.Like your wedding sampler and proposal poem,congrats on that.

love the afghan great work so far

Great work on the afghan! Looking forward to more updates

Great start on the bedspread KK

You know what I haven't done? I haven't shown you how far I've got with the afghan! I'm pretty sure it won't be ready for Christmas this year (though it may travel with me to be worked on while at the in-laws' house) but it's enormous fun still!

You have already seen (but I'm going to refresh your memories anyway) the tree


the elephant


and the mistletoe



I have now completed the present


the kitty


the pudding


the joyful greeting


the bunny


and of course, the santa.


This is how it all looks at the moment on the bed


Next up is gingerbread people

When it gets to new year, I will be rotating this with the dinosaurs. Until then, I'm just doing this and the dinos are having a rest.

These designs are so cute!

It looks like it will keep you nice and warm in the colder weather too

You're getting on really well with it and I'm sure you'll be finished really soon

Very cute!

It's ok to rest the dinosaurs.. I hear they didn't like the cold very well.. Your afghan is looking great!
Faith

Looks great!!!

You have done a super job they all look so good!!!!!!!!!!

This is so cute, I love all the little motifs you've chosen so far. Looking forward to seeing gingerbread people!

Very nice .

That's coming along nicely.

Wow, love your afghan! It's coming along nicely!