Busy Santa finished & now resting comfortably until Christmas 2024!

Busy Santa by Stitchrovia was started August 11, 2023 and was finished November 17, 2023. It was stitched on 28ct lugana in mushroom with the called for DMC floss colors.  I added a personal touch and backstitched the toes of the boots to give Santa a more elfish feel.  It has a real vintage Christmas feel.  It was an absolute blast stitching it.  I bought the pattern on Etsy. These would make wonderful ornaments if stitched separately.

Project particulars

Design: Stitchrovia, Busy Santa

Link to design: Busy Santas Cross Stitch Pattern digital Format PDF - Etsy

Started: August 11, 2023

Finished: November 17, 2023

Fabric: 28 count Lugana in color mushroom

Fibers: Called for DMC floss colors

Busy Santa gets busier!

 

Santa #7 is complete and I have begun Santa #8 who resides under Santa #7 who is hanging upside down.  Such a fun stitch.  Today I stitch!

Santa #3 makes us Santa We!

Santa #3 was finished last evening.  The cuteness multiplies as each Santa appears in Stitchrovia's Busy Santa.

 

Busy Santa and Canine Quotes

This is my progress on Stitchrovia's "Busy Santa".  I have worked on it for 14 days since starting it August 11th.  I really like it and have enjoyed watching it grow.  I have to say I am in love with all the little Santa's! Curling the toes of the boots up really has cuffed me.

The above photo is a must have for me.  "Canine Quotes" from The Scarlett House is just perfect and fits my home and life to a "T".  I will be ordering it when it becomes available at 123 Stitch! 💛💛💛
 

Meet Busy Sandi, I mean Santa!

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. 

Santa's Coming Cross Stitch Pattern digital Format - Etsy

The good news is it is football season and stitching season is in full swing as I cheer on my Superbowl Champions!