Wow! It has been a few weeks since I last posted and weeks before that since I posted anything stitchy. My apologies as I have been stitching away during my 3 week vacation that took me to Boston (see the firefighter photo) for a few days.
My stitching has been focused on the Dimensions bird and postage series that I bought earlier this year. The cross stitching is complete on all 6 of the designs of which I bought two of each. Now I am doing the backstitching and finishing stitches on all them before doing the final finish work. These photos are of the stitched ones so far:
I did make a couple of changes. For instance, in the "Goodwill" one, the ribbon is supposed to have yellow overstitching to add depth, but I disliked the colour combination so I used the main pink colour to make the ribbon look more velvety. The lettering is supposed to be done with the couching stitch and I did do one ornament that way, but the needles and threads get tangled and I get frustrated so the rest are being done in a running stitch instead. The effect of the running stitch is not as pretty, but the stitcher is calmer.
