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The stars look great, and the stashmas gift is just gorgeous!

Well I got the all of the backs of the stars finished and one star stitched together for Christmas, the other 3 that I gave as gifts just got them unfinished. I have since finished the second. I also got my aunt's present mostly framed, my sister got hers unframed with the promise to do so soon. I'm hoping to get a pic of one of the finished stars in the next few days as well as the finished cross stitch in their frames.

YAHOO! YAHOO! YAHOO!

I got the last of the stars all sewn together on the 31st! I was soooooooooo happy. I didn't realise how time consuming it would be to sew them together with all the beads added around the edge. Each star took about 5 hours to do!


Since then I've been able to finish stitching Choc-a-holic and Couch Potato as well as frame Honey Bun and Gym Bunny.



While taking pictures I also got a picture of my aunts present framed up:


And now a very happy tale of a dying swan: Back when I was probably in high school (the mid 90s) I stitched a picture of the dying swan pose out of the ballet Swan Lake. As one of my Christmas presents a couple of years later I got the frame so that I could put it up on my wall, and a couple of weeks later my mum shown me how to lace the back and we framed it. Then we waited for my dad to put it up on my wall. Well when I went into what used to be my bedroom (I've long since moved out of home) earlier today there it was sitting up on the wall - it's only taken 10 years but there it was (and here it is):

Your star has turned out brilliantly,who'd thought a little star could take so long to put together ?...Cute little pictures and your Aunts one turned out well...The swan one is lovely to,nice surprise.

I want to do the doggie on the couch, I have those patterns. I think it is so cute. You have done a wonderful job.

The stars are fantastic, and so is the xmas koala. IS that one of the patterns from carol (cant remember the rest of her name) website that does all the australiana xmas native creatures pictures...koala in stocking, platapus ect?

Such a lot of great finishes but the stars must be my favourites, they're gorgeous!

Lovely finishes and the star is so special

I think the beads around the edges were worth it! how time consuming!

I had no idea that pose was called the dying swan...that's a sad name.. but quite a lovely stitch!
Faith

Wow those stars really came out wonderful!!!!

The other finishes and framings are great. Dad may have been a bit slow but the picture looks great on the wall and in the frame.

I love the way your start look with the beading round the edges.
You have been one very busy lady!!

Liz

Everything looks wonderful!! You have definitely been busy!

*barb* wrote:I want to do the doggie on the couch, I have those patterns. I think it is so cute. You have done a wonderful job.

The stars are fantastic, and so is the xmas koala. IS that one of the patterns from carol (cant remember the rest of her name) website that does all the australiana xmas native creatures pictures...koala in stocking, platapus ect?

Yep the koala is by Carrol - I think she does wonderful australian designs.

Lovely work, and the swan picture is just so special!

May I ask a question? I was doing some christmas ornaments sewing together and adding beads as well, but mine didn't look this good. The beads were not lying in a nice row but turning this way or that... not in a straight line. Is there a secret how to do it?

wow you have been busy!! Great work

Wow you've done a lot. Love the stars, well love everything
And what a nice surprise to have your swan pic up at last

benceagi wrote:Lovely work, and the swan picture is just so special!

May I ask a question? I was doing some christmas ornaments sewing together and adding beads as well, but mine didn't look this good. The beads were not lying in a nice row but turning this way or that... not in a straight line. Is there a secret how to do it?

I found that I could get the beads to stay straight if I had the thread I was using to sew it together really tensioned tight - that way they couldn't move and stayed in a straight line.

When I did mine I also found it was very important to sew on every bead in the same way, taking the thread trhough it in the same direction/sequence of stitches

So I've dragged out Wildflowers to work on during my lunchbreaks and I think that I'll find it a bit easier going now that I have grid lines drawn on it.

Where I left it last time:


Reminder of what it will look like if I ever get it finished:

Oooooo I love to look at this one it is so dramatic on the dark fabric!!!!

Lovely finishes! ...and glad to see the wildflowers project again!