It's Halloween tomorrow night and due to my chaotic year so far, I've managed to stitch a BIG FAT NOTHING towards it!
In my last post I did mention that I was quite close to finishing a WIP but struggling rather .... well, being back in blogland again and hearing from so many of you must have spurred me on and
ABRACADABRA
(come on! it is nearly Halloween!)
let me show you . . .
DOBBY
I don't think there will be anyone out there who doesn't know who this little cheeky chap is but just in case (where have you been?) ~ he's the cute house-elf from Harry Potter and in our house we love him to bits!
He was stitched in just 10 shades of DMC on 18-count white Aida, I had thought about changing to a linen or evenweave but as the design was stitched edge to edge, it didn't seem worth it. I started him back in September so I suppose not too long in completing but as you can see from the next picture, there is no definite parts of the design to stitch, it's just random patches of colour and quite often just 1 or 2 crosses of a shade in the middle of another colour! It was only when I put it down each time at the end of 2 or 3 nights stitching that I could see any definition of the image!
Anyway, hope you like him ~ this is the only design I will have done in time for Halloween and although he's not the prettiest, he's just toooooooooooooooooo cute!
A little finishing to show too . . .
Christmas Patches ~ now a simple pillow and finished with the fabric shown in the background!
Have a fun Halloween everyone
Thanks for stopping by
HAPPY STITCHING
xxx
