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Christmas Eve, Eve, WIP Update

I did it! I finished the phoenix band before the Winter Solstice!


As you can see, there’s another band as well. They look like butterflies and flowers to me. The second band stitched up so quickly. That’s the nice thing about repeating motifs, once you get the pattern down, you can just go on cruise control mode and not have to keep referring to the chart. I thought about stitching the phoenix egg in Kreinik but decided against it.


So that’s all from Medieval Menagerie for a bit. Now, it’s Nikolai’s turn! (AKA Russian Hunting by Riolis). Here’s where I got to the last time he was in the Q-Snap: 


Stitching in a grid, here I come!


Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

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