End of Rotation - Deer Scene

This is Deer Scene, a kit from Dimensions after 10 hours.  It's being stitched as charted with the materials provided.  And here is what the finished project will look like.

I'm stitching this for the BJD Year Long Challenge on Cross Stitch Frog Busters.  (BJD stands for Bucilla, Jan Lynn or Dimensions)  You start a new project from one of these companies, the object being to finish it by December 31st.  This is the fourth year I've joined this challenge and so far I've only completed one of the projects.  I do plan to finish this one though since it could be a Christmas present for either my father-in-law or my brother-in-law.

Next Up:  Red Christmas (Nikyscreations - 2019 JCS Ornament Issue)

Happy Dance - Santa's Secret

Started: 5/1/2017

Finished: 12/28/2017

This is a Gold Petite kit from Dimensions that was my Christmas present to myself in 2016.  I stitched it as part of the Dimensions Kit SAL on Facebook and finished it three days before the SAL ended.

It's stitched on 18-count white Aida with the kit floss.  I can't say it was stitched as charted because, there are a lot of unintentional customizations especially in his beard.  I also ran out of several colors and came close to abandoning it a couple of weeks ago, but because of encouragement from the group, I perservered and finished it just in time.

WIP Wednesday

 I currently have one focus piece that I complete a 10x10 block on each day and then move on to a smaller piece.  This way I'm having frequent happy dances, but also working on some of my larger pieces as well.  I'm hoping to do a WIP Wednesday post to show the progress on my focus piece.

This week's focus piece is Santa's Secret a Gold Petite kit from Dimensions.  It's stitched as charted with the materials in the kit except for several unintentional customizations and thread substitutions when I ran out of the kit thread.  All of the cross stitching is done and it's ready to start the backstitching, but I'm taking a short break and will start the backstitch on Friday.

This was my Christmas present to myself last year and I'm stitching it for the Dimensions Kit SAL so it needs to be completed by 12/31/17.

WIP Wednesday - 9/20/2017

My only current WIP this week is Santa's Secret, a Dimensions Gold Petite kit.  I'm now approximately half way done with this project so it's been set aside for awhile.  The Dimensions Kit SAL Facebook group has a SAL a couple of times a month and I will pull it out again for the next one.

Last Week

This Week

WIP Wednesday - 9/13/2017

I only have one WIP to show you this week.  I continued stitching on Santa's Secret. My current goal is to complete it to the halfway point before setting it aside.  

Progress as of 9/6/2017

Progress as of 9/13/2017

The dark shadow through his eyes is from the hoop--I just removed it to do the scan.  There's a lot of backstitching in this piece, but the shading gives you a realistic picture without it.

This is a Dimensions Gold Petite kit and I'm stitching it for the Dimensions Kit SAL on Facebook.