EmnEllie Cross Stitch Blog

Here I am! Well, I did it. As promised, here is my blog post for this week.  Progress has been made on J is for Jack-O-Lantern, but if I want a finish before the end of September (a tentative goal of mine) I'll need to spend a bit more time stitching everyday.  This is such a fun project. As you can tell from the leaf in the upper right hand corner, my strategy is to stitch the outline of the leaves first, then fill in with the lighter green.  See those yellow flowers? When I saw the called for floss I thought, "No way, that's going to look weird." But after stitching the flower at the bottom right, I was very pleased. Isn't it just super pretty?  After I finish this one, I'll still have Halloween coming up (pinning a lot on my September deadline!) so naturally I'll be picking up Halloween Moon again. The floss on that chart is so vivid, I'm sure you can see it from space.  What I've Been Watching I love history, especially pre King Jam...

Wip Update  Hello there my friends! The other morning, I stepped outside my back door and was pleasantly surprised; there was a crisp coolness in the air that I haven't felt since Spring. I think that Fall has finally arrived! The Fall's crisp, cool weather is one of the things that keeps me going through the awful (and sticky, hot, unbearable etc.) August weather.  Some people aren't, but I think that I'm a seasonal stitcher (as in, I stitch Christmas wips during Christmas, Summer themed wips during the Summer. You get the idea.) Bearing that in mind, I've gotten a ton of stitching done on J is for Jack O Lantern by Prairie Schooler.  Behold: Ignore the cat with the missing ear. All in good time :)  Look at that leaf. Stunning! It's taken a bit to get used to stitching on linen again. Seasonally appropriate needle minder, courtesy of my Mother's seemingly endless button tin. Keep an eye out for unusual buttons, they can be made into ...

Drum roll! 🥁 I've got a finish! I present to you, Still Life with Tangerines by Luca S Isn't it a beauty? This one is definitely getting framed soon. Such an enjoyable project. It looks tricky, but it was pretty simple to follow the chart. The symbols weren't too similar looking (which can be a pain) the Aida was a nice size, small but not too small. Think it's 18 count. The half stitches went by pretty quickly, and I am very pleased with how the shading turned out.  Feels great to have a finish! Happy stitching! Marisol