And Hearts are Warmed.

As you all can see, I have mostly finished the Warm Hearts Ornament. It was a joy to stitch, the kit came with the floss on the presorted card, the chart is bi-colored (with red and black), and the plastic canvas makes life so much better. Though it was a blast, I am glad it is mostly complete minus the felt backing, the cutting out, and the string that is used to hang it. Although those are small things that will take no time to fix, if I’d take the time to do them, it still seems incomplete. I am very sorry for the poor lighting, I took this picture in a dim light room at night on my iPhone. I will try to be more aware of the time of day next post. I know it took a bit longer then I had imagined, this kit should not take more than 2 weeks for a laid back stitcher and I’d guess a week at most for a fast paced stitcher. Although those are just guesses, I think this would be great for the weekends leading up to Christmas. By the way, does anyone have an ideas on the felt backing color?

Mars.

Project Details:
Pattern: Warm Hearts Ornament by Dimensions
Size: 2.5″ x 4.75″ (6.35 cm x 12 cm)
Time: started 10-5-2013 finished 10-21-2013
Fabric: 14 Count Plastic Canvas
Colors: 14 Colors (provided)

We Warm Hearts.

Currently, I am working on this lovely (going to be) ornament. It’s a rather quick piece that should take no more then next week to finish. I’m making the ornament for a cross stitch tree (a fake 3′ plastic tree) I have planned on have for future years. I have completed the ‘Holly and Ivy Ornament’ which is similar to this. I plan to complete more from this collection, by Dimensions for Christmas 2012, which are in my stash. I do plan to buy more from my local Joann’s seeing as they still have them in the clearance bin, wish my wallet luck.

Mars.

Project Details:
Pattern: Warm Hearts Ornament by Dimensions
Size: 2.5″ x 4.75″ (6.35 cm x 12 cm)
Time: started 10-5-2013
Fabric: 14 Count Plastic Canvas
Colors: 14 Colors (provided)

Oh, Sweet Fawn.

The first cross stitch, I ever worked on/completed. It was a kit that I had picked out from Joann Fabrics, one day while shopping with my mother.  With her advice and much need help I started working on it. This is what it looks like currently, it sits in a box with some other finished works of mine. It was never washed or ironed, pardon the wrinkles and the stains. The picture was taken just recently, on my iPhone.

Mars.

Project Details:
Pattern: Sweet Fawn by Jiffy
Size: 7″ x 5″ (18 cm x 13 cm)
Time: started 2010 finished 9 – 2010
Fabric: 14 Count Light Blue Aida
Colors: 14 Colors (provided)

Getting Started.

Why hello.

The whole blogging thing is new, so please excuse me. I love the timeless hobby of cross stitching, which is why I created Mars Stitchery. My thoughts on using this blog is to showcase my cross stitch projects, ones I have started, those in progress, and some I have finished. Along with those, some I have intentions of starting or adding to my stash. I may also post about recent hauls, including but not limited to new patterns, floss, materials, etc. I do hope you stick around to see this blog get stitched together.

Mars.