Two more Wizards are done.

Fire, with a soot smudge on his forehead and sparks in the air.



Earth, with a carved pinecone on his staff and a leaf caught in his beard.

Water is in progress, the thread I picked up turned out to be way too green, and I need to get something else.

Another Tiny Cross Stitch

A coworker of mine lost her cat last weekend. Sophie's diabetes got to be too much and the poor thing had a couple of really bad seizures and passed away. Kathy was heartsick, because she was really attached to that cat. They rescued her from a couple who bought her because she matched their sofa and then decided she was too much trouble. (Which is a sad story in itself.)

Anyway, a couple of us decided to make some little things to let Kathy know we were thinking of her. This is mine, still needing to be framed and finished.

More Wizards

Carl really liked the little blue Air wizard, so now I'm on to the other three elements. Fire, Earth, and Water. Dave thought thought that they're turning out pretty cool, although he didn't hesitate to tell me that I'm not really using the colors that are normally associated with those elements.

Eh, don't care. They'll be good anyway.

Little Wizard

A little tiny (2"x3") wizard cross stitch for hubby for Valentine's Day.

Little Houses - Photo and pattern

The stitching is finished here, although the piece isn't mounted or anything yet.

Font is not my design and I will post where it came from as soon as I find it.

The hanger for the heart on the center house is as lazy daisy stitch and as well as the flower petals and leaves. Flowers stems are back stitched with on strand.

Grass is back stitched with 2 strands.

Outlines are backstitched with 1 strand.

The nail the heart hangs on is a French knot.



Sketch of entire piece. The flowers were added free hand at the end. Below are the individual birdhouses.