WOCS - Clown Carol - finished!

This cheery clown face was fun to stitch for World of Charity Stitching. The quilt with 9 cross-stitched clowns will be donated to Ronald McDonald House.  I found this free chart HERE.

"Clown Carol"
Designed by Sonea, cross-stitch-patterns.eu
Started 9/27/2011, Finished 10/11/2011

You can see what a difference the backstitching makes!

WOCS - Clown Carol - update #2

Since you've seen it last, I have stitched the rest of the face and filled in the diamonds on his bow-tie!  He will have a purple hat and green hair, then I will do the backstitching and this clown will be done!

If I wasn't stitching so much on the clown, I would have gotten more done on my SAL, Trick or Treat.  It will look like THIS when it's done!

Here is a cute sleepy-time pic of Blueberrie and Teddy.  My daughter was sleeping on the couch, too.  This is her cat and dog, so I assume she will take them with her when she moves out some day!

Violets Teacup - update #2

This is finally starting to look prettier. I am done with most of the purple flowers and part of the teacup. Next, I will stitch the rest of the teacup, then do the green leaves, and save all the backstitching for last.  That will really make a difference!

I tried something different and took a picture of the clown outside next to my hibiscus plant.  I finished his blue bow tie using bright turquoise floss.  The diamonds will be purple to match his purple hat.

I went for a scenic drive the other day and took this panoramic picture from a mountain top.  Can you see the itty bitty buildings? That is downtown Los Angeles, about 30 miles away. Click on the picture for a better view.

New Start for WOCS - Clown Carol!

The ladies of World of Charity Stitching are making a quilt for a child with a clowns theme.  My cat Billy is modeling my new start of a clown cross stitch square to add to the quilt. He will have a little purple hat and green hair!

I stitched some more green on my Trick or Treat SAL with Linda last night.  I really like stitching with these bright cheery colors!

Today I am going to pick up my daughter at the Los Angeles Airport.  She has been gone for 3-1/2 weeks in Montreal, Canada for work.  Now we can catch up with all our TV shows this weekend!  I'm baking chocolate chip cookies right now so she can eat them in the car on the way home. I'm such a good mommy!