It's about time! That's right....I can hear you say it....
The bottom portion of the house is together. Not perfect, but I'm happy with it. Check out the fabric I used for the inside....see all the little gingerbread men who came to live in their new house?
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20,000 views on my blog! Wow! Thanks so much to all of you who visit and for all your great comments on my many and varied projects!
Now - here's the latest on my Gingerbread House. And no....I didn't start the finishing. I am almost positive I do not have enough matboard to finish it. Plus the directions indicate two different thickness of matboards (I only have one thickness.)
First the biscornu:
I temporarily placed a dark piece of fabric behind the stitching, so that the hardanger work would show better.
The teeny, tiny scissor fob (the first side - I am halfway with the over-one gingerbread man for the second side). This little thing is only about the size of a quarter.
Again - thanks to all of you for stopping by.
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...the second side is done! (not pressed, but at least it's done!) It is the same as the first side of the roof, with just a different color arrangement of the buttons.
Now, the question is....start the finishing of the little house OR work on the smalls? Hmmm....well, I could do both...work a little on the smalls, then do a little finishing......;)
I finished the front of my Gingerbread House earlier yesterday. The last of the beads, however, did not go on until last night. 
At first when I looked at the picture, I thought the people in the windows were Santa and Mrs. Claus. The instructions, however, showed me that they are stitchers!
All that is left for the house itself is one more roof panel, which I hope to get finished later today.
I'm the gingerbread man!"
I finished Side 2 of my Gingerbread House Tuesday night...(forgot to upload the picture). This is the side with the little gingerbread boy and girl. Very sweet - pun intended!
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Tired of this one yet? Gingerbread House - that is!
Here's the first roof panel finished.
And the first side of the house.
No picture....sorry...I want to finish one more side on my Gingerbread House before I take another picture. I did finish one side of the roof and started on one of the smaller sides...the one with the birdhouse and tree...and finished the cross stitching for the biscornu (lots more work on that one - all the satin stitches and Kloster blocks!)
So...keep a look out!
My House Back for the Gingerbread House is finished! The Hardanger, too!
I made a start on one of the roof panels, too!
(The beads got a bit wonky when I pressed the pieces on a towel - but they are attached straight!)
Thanks to all of you for all your wonderful comments on my projects! It does help to keep me inspired! :))
That's right! I dropped everything and started working on Victoria Sampler's Gingerbread House immediately....well, as soon as I unpacked and organized everything that came with the chart. ;)
I started with the little chimney (which is not yet outlined with the perle cotton thread):.jpg)
Sorry about the funny angle of the picture - lots of little beads, big beads and buttons on this project!
Then I started with the House Back section:
It was then that I realized why I was having such
a difficult time stitching with the two strands of thread...my fabric was 32 count, not 28. I restarted the top of the roof with one thread...and I liked it and the coverage was fine.
Not too shabby for about two hours on Thursday and maybe a few more than that yesterday! ;)
My little gingerbread house will just be a wee bit smaller than all the others. As long as I do all the smalls on the same fabric, I should be good to go!
