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A little more on my Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow (Block #1). I'm alternating between this one and my Fairies Flower Garden.

The colors are much richer than the picture on the chart shows.

Scrolls

I worked on all the Deep Blue Sea scrolls on my Fairies Garden. I thought I had them all done, but, of course, after looking at my picture....I see there is one that is missing a little bit of its scrolls.

I'll finish those little bits and move onto another color within the scrolls...probably the Cormorant Gaze. OK - Cormorant?? Now that's a word I have never heard. So, curiosity got the better of me and I went and looked it up. Believe it or not, it is a species of bird. Now I feel better. :) It makes you wonder where the thread designers go looking for new color names, doesn't it?

Little Flowers and Rhodes

The next two borders on my Fairies Mandala are done! Woohoo! I can't believe I have actually completed each section on this one. I usually tend to work on several different areas at once. The border with all the little Rhodes stitches is finished, as well as the border with the little pink flowers.

It's Christmas time!

Well, not really. But I guess you might think so, as the stores here already have all the Christmas decorations up. But I digress....after doing all those Jessicas...I decided to take a little break with something a little "simpler"....not necessarily smaller...just less complex.

My start on Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow, stitched with one strand of silk on 36 count Examplar Lakeside Linen.
Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow

Not quite as bright as shown on the cover photo of the design, which does make me happy. I still need to buy a few of the NPI's for this one. Not surprisingly, I did have quite a few of the necessary colors. Plus, I decided to try something a little different. A few specialty stitches, here and there. The border is stitched in a tied-down cross stitch and there is one satin stitch center for a flower.

Thank you to everyone who has stopped by and left such great comments. I truly appreciate each and every one!

Let's talk Jessicas....

the stitch, that is!

Lots and lots of little Jessica stitches. Now Algerian eyelets are my least favorite stitch. But in second place for that distinction, is the Jessica stitch. I guess because it takes a while to stitch each one, and I want to move onto something different a little more quickly.

Now I have decided that I will not stitch Algerian eyelets over one (if I can help it). So, I thought why not the same thing with Jessicas?

When I use one thread and go into each hole, my Jessica stitches just look like bumps. But when I stitch them with two threads over two threads, they actually seem to have a little more definition. A new resolution for me - no more Jessicas over one....;)

Fairies

A little more on my Fairies Flower Mandala. Some of the borders, and a few of the specialty stitches.(Of course, after taking the picture is when I noticed the stray thread....)

Block #2

Vintage Christmas quilt by Bunny Hill Designs...Block #2 finished.
(the ric-rac on the cake does lay flat...I must have messed it up when I was moving the block around.)