A great fini!!!!

 

Design:  Witchy Stitcher "Leave Me Alone I'm Cross Stitching"

Link: Leave Me Alone I'm Cross Stitching ~ PDF Pattern | The Witchy Stitcher

Started: Thursday, September 19, 2024

Finished: Thursday, October 31, 2024 @ 1812

Fabric: UnKnown, 28 count hand dyed evenweave in the Anchor floss color range of 1033 & 1034. The darker parts have purple in them.

Fibers: DMC as called for.

Notes: The fabric is darker than it appears in the photo. I loved stitching this.  The chart was a dream to work with, large and clear. The last motif I stitched was the top bat just left of center.  I was so excited I was done and then discovered it was one square too low.  Knowing it would bug me forever, I ripped it out and restitched it.  The last 2 days of stitching I had vertigo and it is a challenge to stitch with the world swirling by! I am not sure how or if this will be fully finished.  I am leaning towards a pillow!

Local Rides Only broom has landed!!

 

The witch's broom that I stitched the "Local Flights Only" sign for has found a resting spot in my sister's home!  She loves it and it has a place of honor in the entry way of her home! I think it looks quite happy there.

I also found this paper machete cat head bucket on Etsy and will run it over to her today.  It is so ugly it's cute. It's from the 1990's, stands about 5" to the top of the head.  It can hold candy or nothing!  Happy Halloween decorating!

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Fully finished!

I promised photos when I fully finished the Notforgotten Farms "Local Flights".  It is far from perfect but it is cute.  I found the broom at Temu for less than $10.00.  I liked this one because the bristles look like a real broom.  Others were plastic with wire inside to allow bending.  The back of the sign is tan and black check.  I tacked a black elastic ponytail elastic and satin ribbon to use as hangers.  The trim on the edge is elastic netting which I purchased thru Walmart.com. The broom handle is 2 pieces that fit together and the bristles are the third piece.  It is about 4 feet tall, so it is pretty real looking.

I don't know how sis is going to hang it, that remains the mystery. 
 

A very quick stitch finish! 🎃🎃🎃

 Design: Notforgotten Farms "Local Flights"

Link to design: Local Flights Pdf/download Cross Stitch PATTERN From Notforgotten Farm™ - Etsy

Started: Sunday 19 August 2024 @1930

Finished:  Monday, 20 August 2024 @2000

Fabric:  28 count Silkweavers lugana in "Candy Corn"

Fibers: DMC Flower Thread in 2371 & 2916 (I love working with flower threads!)

Notes: I added to the design the word "only" and the cat on the lower left.  I know it's a sketchy looking cat but I felt I needed to balance out the design.  Here is an image of the design as designed by Lori Brechlin. 

I found a witches broom on Temu for sale and will attach the sign to it.  The broom is really cute and I paid less than $10.00 for it.  This will be a gift for my sister who is a Halloween freakoid!  I will post a fully finished photo when it is complete.

Witches of Violet City, a Halloween free design from Chez Mounette blogspot

 http://chezmounette.blogspot.com/2014/09/les-sorcieres-de-la-ville-violette.html 

This is a wonderful free design from the Blogspot "Chez Mounette".  The colors are marvelous! By following the above link you can save a larger image of the graph with the color key.