The finished cube

Snowman cube is finished.  I finished stitched all the sides together and put some quilt batting in the center
for the "stuffing".  The cord and the tassel are more of the Fyre Werks! 

The cube is stitched!

The snowman family is all stitched!  I have been doing a bit here and there and finally finished it up today!
I am going to start stitching it together and adding a tassel and hanger!

Five out of six

The background and snow is done in the top five sides of the cube....I am working on the last one and have started the background.  I am working it a bit differently so I can add the snow as I go and the basketweave is getting tedious!  LOL

3 sides done

I finished all of the background on the "dad", beaded all the snowflakes in the top block, beaded all of the "dad" and have started the background on the "sister".  The background is being worked with Fyre Werks soft sheen and the beads for the snowflake are a matte white.

More background plus....

I finished all of the background on the "mom" and added black seed beads for her eyes and mouth.  I also added matte white seed beads for her "snow".  I started the beads on the top square as well and did a bit of the background on the "dad".

The Boy

I stitched the boy's hat in Basketweave using two colors of Flair and then did the scarf in Flair but used the Kalem stitch to create the knitted look.  I have also started the background.  the top of the box is all done and I am using Basketweave to fill in all of the background using Fyre Werks soft sheen.

All of the borders

I finished stitching all of the borders with the Threadworx overdyed in basketweave!  I also stitched the little boys face with the Petite Sparkle Rays in white and his nose in the orange Flair.  On to the backgrounds!

Number 3

I finished the border for the bottom cube and then did some of the #3 snow girl border too.  I then stitched her face and body with the Petite Sparkle Rays, gave her a purple Kreinik headband and Estaz earmuff.  After doing her nose in the orange Flair too, I did her scarf in two shades of purple, one light and one dark, Kreinik and gave her the Estaz highlight too.  Her cheek is done in pink Flair.  I will start on the rest of the border around her tomorrow. Most of the stitches are basketweave except her earmuff which is satin stitched. She was green and yellow and I am not fond of green and yellow  but my little niece loves purple and pinks so that is what she got!

It is the Dad

My great niece was here today and said "It is a snowman family!" and I think she is right!  So I am working on the Dad!  His hat is 4 way continental done in 4 ply of Mandarin floss with a Gold Rush backstitched red hat band.  Of course his face and body are done in the Petite Sparkle Rays basketweave again.  His nose is also worked in the orange flair padded first with long stitches and then slanted Gobelins.  His scarf is worked in two shades of Kreinik in Gobelin stitches.  I also finished the border around him.

Details, details

On to some stuff!  I did the hat and scarf in Kalem stitch so they would look knitted using Silk and Ivory in two shades of pink.  The hat brim and top pompom are both done in a purple Fuzzy Stuff in long stitches.  Next, I stitched the cheeks in pink Flair and the nose in orange using a basketweave for the cheeks and long padded stitches for the nose.  I then moved to the left and started the border around number two!

Getting started!

I pulled other fibers for the cube.  I am using Threadworx overdyed 1084 for the borders of each side of the cube.  It is a dark burgundy with greens to create the stripes around the outside.  I also worked the face of the far right snow man using Petite Sparkle Rays in PS21.  Both of these were stitched in basketweave.

Snowman Cube

The snowman cube is an ornament design by Susan Roberts that is 2 inches square when completed.  It came with the pearl cotton and a card of Rainbow Gallery.  I think I will pull some other fibers to glitz it up a bit!  I think it will be a quick stitch too!  I am into finishing a lot of projects these days!  LOL