Weekly Cross Stitch Update #12

Winter Rolling in Again

The temperature is supposed to be 20 degrees soon! I don't know how many more cold fronts I can face. Glad I didn't plant anything in the garden yet.

Lent is coming up, Ash Wednesday is tomorrow already, and I'm having pancakes today. I don't think that I'll have a special project for Lent, but just continue my rotation.

Speaking of rotations, let's look at my progress over the past two weeks, shall we?

Progress on Trick or Treat Moon

Decided to work on this one for two weeks instead of one. I've been using purple and white a lot lately, but am pleased to report that I've moved onto using green floss!

Here's what it looked like the last time you saw it:

before

Look at that floss! So Halloween-ish. Here's what it looks like now:

after!

Can you see the outline of the bat?! Love love love the candy corn letters! I don't like candycorn ( Reese's Peanut Butter cup's are the King of Halloween candy) but those letters are really nice looking. You can sort of make out the pumpkin shape next to the T and the O. Very pleased with the coverage of the white floss. The black aida doesn't show through, which is a relief. Fabric is 18 count, which is fast becoming my favorite aida size.

Next in the Rotation is...

Drum roll, drum roll, drum roll...

Turkey Bay!

Can't even remember the last time I stitched on Turkey Bay. Great colors in this one. This post is very Fall oriented!

Happy Stitching!

Marisol

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