A while back, Carol over at The Polka Dot Chicken, mentioned she was going to stitch the Santa's Village from Needleworks and I had to stitch along (well, Carol didn't TELL me I had to...I just HAD to) so I ordered the pattern.
Each month you get a house to add to Santa's village and they're just tiny little things with all kinds of cute details. The second one should be here shortly - they had already stitched it. (Shhh...I was told the third one is the Post Office.)
However, I didn't have anything to stitch it on, and since Carol was not here to hold my hand, I figured I would take advantage of the next best thing. I have been wanting to try linen so I picked up a piece of that...ouch! Expensive stuff! Good thing I had some birthday money in my pocket! One minute it was there, and the next minute, it was gone. Funny how that happens.
The manager was there and happened to be stitching the Santa Village too. As soon as I mentioned "Santa Village", their eyes lit up and the manager was so sweet to show me hers and visit with me about it. Looking at the linen, I had a conversation with my eyes. When they first saw the linen, my mouth said, "Oh! That is lovely! I'll take it!"
But my eyes replied, "Hold on there girlie! Just how do you expect me to SEE those tiny squares? Did you not notice that they are MINUSCULE and that WE are OLD?"
Not to worry. The kind lady magically presented me with this handy dandy magnifying glass. DH laughed when I called it my magic microscope. All set!
I was good. I only picked up one more pattern and it is a small one, but I can't wait to get started on it. When you see it, you will say, "Well, OF COURSE she would get THAT!"
See why it had to come home with me? I think I'll have to switch a couple of things on the shadows though. I don't like the way you can't see the details of the letters on the T, A, and S.
And this is a piece I have on the back burner. I've had it for a couple of years, but haven't decided what to stitch it on. I bought it the same time I bought my Little Bit Kit, but I needed a break after stitching that little guy, which by the way, was a HUGE hit with my in-laws. White is not my favorite thing to stitch on, but that may be the best option with this or the clouds would be rustic-y if I used something with a tea stained look, and I think the white will make the colors pop on this piece. I'll be saving my pennies for more linen.
The best thing about this windmill is that we don't have to pull it!
14 comments:
Ruh-Rho - you're in deep trouble now. LOL
Have fun! I'd love to make the Christas Village, too. Wish these old eyes would play along. LOL
What an exciting trip. Your post today reminds me of my counted crossstitch days. I used to do that all the time but then I got into quilting and got away from cross stitch and crochet. That village sounds like fun though. Can't wait to see your finished village.
Wow!! what treasures!! I hear ya on the "pullin' then windmill!! Think any body else will get it? LOL!!
You ARE a Texas girl at heart!! LOL
Be Joyful!
Totally love the windmill!!! My daughter is after me to get her windmill silhoutte drawn and cut out on fusible so she can apply it to a wallhanging. As soon as I get over this bronchitis....
This is where we met a year ago. I was recovering from bron., found your blog and read it start to finish.. LOL.
Oh my goodness, and here I thought I was the only left that enjoyed cross stitch. I had oodles of "things' sill in my "cross-stitch stash" but have never shared.
The Santa Village looks fantastic!! Wish I had known about it sooner. I'd do it in a heartbeat.
You are tempting me to start cross-stitching again. I have everything I need in the closet. . .hmmmm
I haven't done cross stitch in years. As a matter of fact, I have a beautiful picture almost complete...but no gumption. :?
Is the TEXAS a cross stitch?
Ohhh you made some excellent choices - I love the TEXAS piece - very cool. As for the windmill, what size count linen does it take? And what is the stitch count? Perhaps I could enable you so more - LOL!
Wow you will be busy! I don't think I could do it even with the magic glass. LOL I have been behind on my posting and reading blogs, I see I missed several of your posts. I gotta go and read them now Bye:) My last posts tells why:(
You will LOVE linen! And, I'm feeling lazy. I haven't picked up a new project for a while!
Fun shopping! You're very good at it ... I'm taking notes! LOL! :)
Okay-- you gotta help me out with that one! Pull the windmill????
and yes, reading your blog is a marvelous way to procrastinate! I really should be doing the last of the prep for the movers tomorrow.
Who is the designer of that TEXAS chart. Thank you :)
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