Stitch Along Update

 On the last update I was almost finished with the birth announcement. I just had to stitch my granddaughter's name and the necessary statistics. I showed the finished birth announcement here.

Now I can show it to you framed. There is a story behind this frame. I received a call from the framer telling me that her supplier called to tell her it was discontinued and could I come back to the store to pick another frame. I told her I would be in later in the week. About half an hour later she called again to tell me that she had just received a shipment from the same supplier and, low and behold, it included the wood for the frame that I had chosen. Yay!

The framer quickly completed the framing and here is the completed birth announcement. The frame is a little rustic to go with the Woodland Animals.

So what am I working on now? I started another Christmas stocking. This is for my daughter in law who is a veterinarian.

I am hoping that I can finish it for this Christmas, so it is pretty much the craft that I am devoting most of my time to. This is where I am so far. I can't get a photo that shows that the background fabric is a pale blue. Trust me, it is.

I have already made a trip to Joann's in order to find lining and backing fabrics.

 The snowflake fabric will be the lining and the snowman fabric will be the backing....I think. I often use felt for the backing, but I think this will be better as the cross-stitch fabric is 18 count Laguna and not as heavy as 14 count Aida cloth. By the way, don't you just love that black checkered Santa fabric. I am a sucker for jolly Santas. I just had to pick it up.

Thank you to Avis at Sewing Beside the Sea for hosting this Stitch Along every three weeks and sending us the needed posting reminders. 

Grab yourself a cup of coffee or tea and take some time to visit the other talented bloggers below who are part of this stitch-along. There is a wide variety of stitching projects. These talented stitchers are from all over the world so please allow for the time differences and check back for each post. 

Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, 

Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, 

Daisy, AJ, Cathie, Linda, Helen, Connie, MaryMargaret

Thanks for stopping by!