Completed Cross Stitch - Dimensions' "Butterfly Vignette" - The Gold Collection - Petites

 

 

 

Huzzah huzzah!  Finally finished with a frame now!  It is one thing to finish your cross stitch but to add the final touches of professional framing is such a great feeling of completion and goal reaching.  For those of you who frame or use another end result for your work, you know what I mean.  It is that restful, relaxing feeling of starting something and seeing it through to the end product.

I am so happy with how this looks.  Michael's did a fantastic job and I got this back in less than two weeks.  You know it is so true when you visualize your goal you will reach it sooner than you think!  I completely visualized this piece finished, framed and hung on the wall when I made the decision to restart this abandoned WIP and wanted it done....and here it is folks :0)

Here is a list of the audiobooks that I listened to during this piece: John Grisham's "The Partner", Dan Brown's "Inferno", Cornelia Funke's "Inkheart", J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan"and a few other various items. 

Completed Cross Stitch - Bunnies in clay pots

Another great find out of a magazine.  It seems I was into cross stitching bunnies for a while (please see "Think Spring" in this blog)...but aren't these little guys adorable???

By the time I finished the picture, I went to the "One of a Kind" Craft Show here in Toronto and found these great wooden tulips that match the tulips in the picture. Score!

I wish I could tell you where I found this and the name of the pattern..but nope...sorry, you're out of luck...

Please click on the picture for a close up.

Completed Cross Stitch - "Swan Serenity" by Mike Vickery

 Two views for you

Oh this gorgeous scene with the black and white swans! I think I found this pattern in a magazine (and a friend helped me locate it recently, 1997 Cross Stitcher Magazine - February) and fell in love. I remember completing it (over 10 years ago...eek! 10!) but it sat unframed for the longest time. I dropped this work off at a framing store in a local mall and let them do whatever they wanted with the frame and mat. I think that the circle square combination is just fabulous!