Cross stitching for my son!

Ooops!  My son looked at my blog and saw a preview of future gifts coming his way! He sent me this email:

"You have some awesome WIPs that you are trying to keep secret!! I like the Milla one! very surprised. I will be happy when you finish some and I get to keep decorating."

He was referring to this picture of Milla Jovovich, the actress who played Alice from Resident Evil.

I kept stitching and stitching until I finally saw her looking back at me.  It's weird that she has gray in her face but I suppose it will look good from a distance!

Alice from Resident Evil update #1

Alice from Resident Evil update #1

I'm also making The IT Crowd for him to put in his office cubicle at work.  I finished stitching the words.  There will be a guy standing on each side and a border all around.

The IT Crowd update #2

He bought me a souvenir cross stitch kit last year from San Antonio, Texas, and wrote:

"100 WIPs and no Remember the Alamo??? come on now. add it as a bonus for January 32nd"

So of course, how could I resist?  I started this new one, Remember the Alamo.  It is on 18 ct tan Aida and will be 8" x 2".

Remember the Alamo

He's a new Texas resident and I visited him last year and saw the Alamo!

It's so nice that he appreciates my cross stitch gifts!  This is the first one I made for him when he was a teenager and he still has it up in his bedroom:

Test Prayer

I also made him Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Perpetual Mario and Luigi playing Nintendo!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Perpetual Mario & Luigi

All's Good in the Hood was a gift to decorate his new home in Texas.

All's Good in the Hood

Oh how nice!  I just realized that I stitched him something every year in 2011, 2012, and 2013.  So now I'll get back to stitching his present for 2014.  His 30th birthday is coming up!