More holiday stitching!

Cackle update #3

I finished the witch and the moon.  The chart has the moon in lavender, but since my fabric is that color, I chose a light variegated yellow instead.  I have decided to give this one to my friend for her birthday in two weeks, since Halloween is her favorite holiday!  You can see what the finished picture will look like on my UCJC page.

Santa's 12 Days of Christmas (Day #2) update #4

The wings of the birds are done and I stitched some more red of Santa's coat.  Linda has already finished Day #2.  I wonder how far Kaye has come on this design.

Harley-Davidson logo (small) finished!

I glued the Harley-Davidson logo to a magnet sheet and then cut it out.  My dad loved it!  Here is a picture of it on their black refrigerator.

Some of you might remember that I started a Harley-Davidson puzzle for my boyfriend last year.  I didn't finish it in time for Christmas, so I decided to wait until his birthday in June.  Well, he got tired of waiting and asked me to take it apart so his sister-in-law could put it together for him instead.  She finished it but I had my friend Beth frame it with orange and black mats in a large black frame.  The puzzle size was 20"x28" and the frame size was 24"x32".

Harley-Davidson puzzle finished and framed!

I'm a Winner!

Nancy at Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe picked my name as a winner of any chart in her eBay shop!  I chose this one, "Merry Christmas."  It only uses variegated red and variegated green floss.  I added it to my list of projects to start in February.

Last night I made a list of all of my cross stitch fabric.  I have been buying some all year from eBay, thrift stores, CraigsList, and online shopping.  I was able to match up fabric to all of my charts for the UCJC and SDUCFebC.  I only need to buy a big piece of black Aida for one project.  Yippee!  I don't have a huge stash of floss, but I have Michael's, JoAnn's, and Hobby Lobby within a few miles so I can always pick up what I need.  All of my challenge pieces are lined up and ready to go!  How about you?  I put them all in this wicker sewing box, but it's not my permanent solution.  I will put half of them in a plastic storage tote, and keep the other half here.

I haven't made much progress on the Harley-Davidson puzzle and the cross stitch. Maybe I need another week. LOL.

It's also time for the Oldest UFO update.  I'm ashamed to say that I haven't put any more stitches into the Nativity scene since the last update photo.  I have been busy trying to get Christmas gifts finished.  Here is a current photo.  (Sorry, Evalina!)

Harley-Davidson logo and puzzle

Oops!  I haven't finished this Christmas gift yet, but I won't see my boyfriend until New Year's Day, so I still have time.  I finished the white letters in full cross stitches, but then I decided to do the orange and black in half-stitches only, saving half the time!  I think I have a chance to finish on time, do you?

I also planned to put together this Harley-Davidson puzzle for him and get it framed.  It's twice as big as I expected and not very easy.  This is my progress after 4 hours last night!

Wish me luck!