These are really quick to stitch. The second one was finished off this afternoon.
Candle Stocking
by
Alice Okon for Wichelt Imports
Just Cross Stitch
December, 1995
DMC
28 ct scrap of linen
For this one, I used a darker mocha coloured fabric, I`m not sure of the exact colour cause it was just a scrap from my stash, just like the first one. I made a couple of design changes to this one and I think I may add another change after looking at this pic. I don`t think there are enough yellow stripes for the heal.
The first change I made, was the beads over the candles. The pattern calls for a specialty bead that I didn`t own. I made due with some gold Mill Hill beads. The second change was the charm. Again, I didn`t have it... so, I embellished with a couple of Mill Hill Snow Flakes from stash again. The third change was to add another row of yellow border along the top of the stripes. These charms were a little small to fill the entire area and the added row seems to fill it in nicely. The final design change I made was to add to the white section below the candles. There was a big gaping space that really needed to be filled, so I added two more rows of white.
I would love to have a third finish this week! Crossing my fingers that I`ll get enough time to finish the third stocking.
Karen
6 comments:
These stockings are quite pretty! I'm anxious to see them after finishing. Hope you have time for another!
My oh my these look really great. Look forward to seeing how you finish them.
Pretty, pretty, pretty!
I absolutely love the changes that you made! The snowflake charms are so nice and echo all the white stitching beautifully! And I think the candles are just so very pretty; I bet these will look spectacular when you finish them up :)
It's lovely! I'd be very happy with just one finish in a week but you're doing amazing with three! Good luck and thanks for visiting my blog. Patti
Wow Karen you've totally made that design your own.
Congrats and nice job!
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