Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Xmas 2008


Kay sent me such a cute cat card and a gorgeous Erte calendar!

Presents, cards, Zombie tree etc for Christmas 2008

37 comments:

Karen R said...

Oh, she got you that kit - hurry & start it!!! I want to see all three of those together!!

No pressure, though :)

Michele Anderson said...

Oh I am so glad you think it is sort of like Trubs! Once I had finished it, I wasn't sure if it looked ok or like a blob in the middle of gray!! LOL!

Melissa Hicks said...

Trubs does have a Ginger blob in the middle of the grey! LOL!

Melissa Hicks said...

Karen I have to check out the kit. If it looks relatively easy I might take it to the cricket with me as a project.

Karen R said...

I think SOMEONE needs to come up with a Tortie-colored thread - can be used on cats, wolves, coyotes (I assume someone, somewhere has stitched a coyote in other than the black-silhouette-howling-at-the-moon), etc... Greys & gingers - that's not much of a stretch, IMO.

Melissa Hicks said...

So who knows any dyers on first name basis?

Melissa Hicks said...

And could.we convince them to name the thread Trouble?

Claire EJ said...

Ah...Hector II is definitely beyond help.

Claire EJ said...

Possibly gallons of water each day and a larger pot may help but it's very unlikely.

Claire EJ said...

Crabs?

Claire EJ said...

Love the calendar.

Claire EJ said...

Love the ornament!
The kit looks very interesting!

Claire EJ said...

Ooh, LOL, your backside matches mine :)

Melissa Hicks said...

Oh you poor thing - dimpling and all??

Oh you mean the backside of the ornament :) :) :) :)

Melissa Hicks said...

It came with Aida - I'm thinking of swapping it out for a piece of Silkweaver grey I have if it is big enough - simply so all three pieces are done on linen.

Depends on whether there are fractional stitches, whether I want to include fractional stitches and whether my piece of fabbie is big enough.

Melissa Hicks said...

The calendar is gorgeous! I had been eying off an Erte calendar here - but it was nowhere as nice. God thing I've been strict about buying stuff for myself ....

Melissa Hicks said...

That is a bigger pot - two sizes bigger than he was in before. Do you think I need to repot him into a bigger one again?

He's been getting lots of rain - its rained solid for nearly a week.

Claire EJ said...

I honestly don't think you'll make H II into a decent tree now.
I would skip him and start over even with the fresh growth.

Shawn Medrano said...

They are both very cute!! Like the "bumble bee" spider. :)

Claire EJ said...

That's an interesting one. Would you stick with the colours as charted or change any?
I could see this one being hung with the square as a diamond..would look great.

Claire EJ said...

Not seen this one before..Looks like it has some lovely huge Rhodes stitches near the edges, lovely.

Melissa Hicks said...

Sticking with the colors as charted - but stitching it on black fabric. I've seen it done that way and it looks totally awesome!

Melissa Hicks said...

Its got Rhodes and Jessicas and LOTS of specialty stitches - I just think it would be a FUN stitch :) Will select another fabric for it though. Only 11x11 including margin so plenty of stash to choose from ....

Karen R said...

I really like this one, too (it's purple, you know) - I may get in on it near the end, if paying taxes doesn't break the bank in a couple of months...

Karen R said...

Are you going to do this on black?

Karen R said...

I love elements of this, but the shape weirds me out. I don't know if I would get over it working on it, or not. Though I would be tempted to leave out those triangles between the points, or morph those into a more regular shape. I love the whole square section...

Carolyn Ford said...

Beautiful ornie Chele! That's another lovely dress design Mel, are there more in the series?

Melissa Hicks said...

Yep - this is a different series to the ones I have already stitched. This is Moscow in white and I know there is a blue and a red in this series. I cannot buy them in Australia so must rely on generous RAKs for them :)

Karen R said...

Really??? I will keep an eye out - I have no idea what I would do with any of these, but since you've done the red & black ones, they are speaking to me, especially this white one!

Milly Dunaway said...

Nice ornie. Love the chart too.

Melissa Hicks said...

I thought these were only available at Herschnerrs - which cost a mint to post to Australia - but now I see them at Sew and So:

http://www.sewandso.co.uk/cgi-bin/find/db.cgi?db=zoom&uid=&Prod_Code=59554&ww=on&do=search_results

http://www.sewandso.co.uk/cgi-bin/find/db.cgi?db=zoom&uid=&Prod_Code=59169&ww=on&do=search_results

I'll send you the chart for the white one as soon as I've stitched it if you like.

Karen R said...

Really? That would be wonderful!

Melissa Hicks said...

Done. I plan on taking this one to the cricket with me - so if I actually can stitch it should be a relatively quick finish.

Nancy Murdock said...

Some great gifts and already sought after, it looks like!

Melissa Hicks said...

It would be strange to llike something no-one else does :)

Laura Landis said...

Katie's nursery was done in Winnie the Pooh. Jeff and I were at a garage sale while I was pregnant and found this poor, loved-to-death Eeyore on sale for .05 but he was beyond grungy. I looked at Jeff and told him that, for a nickel, if we washed him and he fell apart, we would only lose a nickel. Well, we washed him in the washing machine TWICE and he came out all loveable and perfectly clean. Little broken neck, obviously from being hauled around by it by some child, tattered fur and all. He's still my idea of the perfect Eeyore!

Laura Landis said...

Lovely goodies, Mel. You certainly deserve them!! Enjoy them all and have a fabulous stitching year!

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