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The Mrs got pretty pissed off when I sent my Lily Project down to a friend so I've decided to stitch her something for Christmas. I saw this in a magazine and thought she'd like it.
She has no idea I'm stitching it and it's bloody hard to hide it! lol
I can only stitch when she is at work and weekends are a no go for stitching.
Sure to have it done for Christmas because I still have no clue when I'll be away again.

The threads are not an exact match. Some are and some I picked are pretty close. But hey, makes it more unique no?

Santa's Flight


My Anchor color range


Progress as of this morning

This is a lovely project, I'm sure she's going to love it! Good luck with keeping it out of sight!

Won't tell a soul!!!



Adaptation is what makes all our stitching so unique!

Its Beautiful and youve got a good start on it already

Great start!! Good luck in all the cloak and dagger stuff, I daren't try and sew anything for my girls as a surprise, as they'd be sure to find it! They had their eyes on this design too. I wonder.......

By the way, I saw your reply about Needlepaints on my Celtic Christmas thread. I've got Autumn too (plus Spring, Summer and Winter - what are we like?!) and have found that Sew and So stock the Needlepaints (Pricey though!!), but not all of them. I think one of the three sets has been discontinued. This link http://www.juliesxstitch.com/conversion ... paints.htm" target="_blank" target="_blank gives a conversion. If you're converting, you need to use either all DMC or all Needlepaints in a set, as they aren't interchangable. Feedback also suggests that DMC is as good as trying to track down and pay for Needlepaints. Hope that helps.

Your secret is safe with me... (excellent start, btw).

A great design, I am sure she is going to love it

Great start

Good luck with keeping it secret!

What a lovely design,great start too and my lips are sealed

Lovely your secret is safe with me

whispers: great design, great progress and I won't tell anyone as long as you keep me updated.

Carole

It's going to look great!! Good luck meeting your deadline
Faith

Thanks ladies.

Like set back, I've stitched to much on the bottom right part of the border.... Don't ask how.Lol... Just sorting that out now.

Happens when you get excited about a new project!!!!

OR were you hiding in a dark cupboard to do your
SECRET STITCHING???

Shhhh!!!

Sorry to hear about the slip but it happens. Good luck with the secret!!!!! It is a very cute design.

best of luck with the cloak and dagger stuff! She'll love it I'm sure!

Niki xxx

She'll love it, I am sure! Great start on it and those colors are so bright! I bet it's gonna be a lot of fun to stitch this one!

Great start and good luck keeping it a secret!

*whispers* pssst........ PSSSSSSSSTTTTT!!

Here's my next update. Taking my time with this one, Not happy with the white stitches. For some reason I think they look bloody horrible!

But still here he his...

i find white sometimes looks bad too..like..fluffy and never lay flat always looking twisted. but i think the progress looks great!