Meet the new design I working on. It is from Stitchrovia and it is called Busy Santa. I had seen a vintage kit on E-Bay a while back. It was one of those felt ornament kits where you cut out the felt shapes and then put them together to create a something. It was maybe 12 Christmas Santa ornaments. The toes of Santa's boots were curled up and he was engaging in various activities. I loved it but not the price so I sadly did not purchase it. I have been looking for it again. I loved the vintage style Santa and the vintage colors and actually everything about it. One day not too long ago I saw the above design on Etsy. It so reminded me of that kit except that there weren't any curled toes on the boots. I showed it to my mother and she said I could easily put in a few stitches to curl the toes. I wondered why I hadn't thought of that.
So here we have my 8 day progress and roughly 19 hours and 55 minutes of stitching. It seems probably a good 5 hours of that is unstitching. More so then any recent project I can't seem to stitch things correctly to save my entire family's life. It is definitely darling and I am in love with it. I began this project August 11th and have worked on it each day except August 17th. I am stitching it on a mushroom colored 28 count lugana which adds to the vintage look. And look, I curled his boot toes! They look great!
Look at Santa's face!!!! It is perfect! The designer certainly is talented. There is another one of Stitchrovia's on Etsy I want to stitch called Santa's Coming. I haven't purchased it but I will when I am closer to finished with Busy Santa. 
The good news is it is football season and stitching season is in full swing as I cheer on my Superbowl Champions! 
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