Christmas Spirit, Treasure & Holly & the Ivy

Christmas Spirit

I'm delighted to have finished my yearly goal on Spirit of Flight!  The third column is now complete.
Reminder of Artwork by Josephine Wall:
 
Previous Progress:
So much confetti on this page!!!:
Overall Piece:

Christmas Treasures

I really wanted to finish the row on Treasure Hunt for the 2019 Goals Challenge.  Since I've been distracted by Spirit of Flight there is little time to get this done.  I've been madly stitching but considering the level of confetti in this it's looking like it might not happen! I'm still going to see how much can be done before the end of the year and will an update on how it goes!  Fingers crossed!

Reminder of the Crop, Art by Aimee Stewart:
This is where it was at last update:
Current progress: Aiming to finish the gridded area!

Christmas Butterfly

The last butterfly in the Kaleidoscope Collection is the "Holly and the Ivy Butterfly." I created this one with a Christmas influence or inspiration behind it!  There are also two samplers based on the Small Kaleidoscope Collection still currently in the works that I'm aiming to release at the start of next year.

 Small Holly & the Ivy Butterfly:
 49 by 81 stitches, 25 DMC threads:
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/703632470/small-holly-the-ivy-butterfly-pdf-cross?ref=shop_home_active_9
 Holly & the Ivy Butterfly:
111 by 181 stitches, 24 DMC threads
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/703444056/holly-the-ivy-butterfly-pdf-cross-stitch?ref=shop_home_active_10
 

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas/Happy Holiday's

Happy Stitching & Diamond Painting! xxx



Comments

  1. Rai Rai's Stitches16 December 2019 at 21:30

    I’ve not tried diamond painting yet. But I’ve seen some that are absolutely fantastic!
    Treasure Hunt is looking fantastic!

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    1. Megan Joelle31 December 2019 at 04:39

      The diamond painting is a nice way to break up working on stitching projects... Thank you! :)

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