I had a nice surprise today in the form of a day off, because the snow made it too dangerous to drive. So in amongst the essay writing and getting distracted by the internet i managed to get a bit of stitching done. Max now has a moon, and some of the fern in the bottom left. The fern is actually taking quite a long time even though it’s just backstitch.
I’ve been working on Max’s Moon (very slowly) this week and i’ve now finished the leaves. The green was a lot more fun to stitch than all those browns and greys. I have a bit more of the branch above the leaves to do and then i’m going to move onto the moon, which will be a lot of white and light grey.
I’ve been working hard on Max’s Moon, and Max now has a head, and a bit of a leaf, and some backstitched fur. I think the backstitching on the fur really brings it out, and he looks so cute with his whiskers. The green of the leaf makes a nice change from all the greys.
I went on holiday for a couple of nights with my boyfriend to a lovely place near Bath. As it was a holiday i thought i’d better take my holiday cross stitch project with me - Max’s Moon. I got chance to work on him a bit, and i’ve done some more since i got back too because i just can’t put him down. He’s looking really cute now, although stitching black thread on black fabric isn’t very fun.
I’ve been working on Max’s Moon a bit lately, and (fingers crossed) my hands seem to be ok with the fabric now. For those who don’t know, the fabric made lots of red dots appear on my hands, so i tried washing it and it seems to have solved the problem. As you can see, Max now has some back legs, and even a bit of something to stand on. The black fabric isn’t too bad to work on, although i’m glad i did the “back end” of Max first as now i have the fun bit still to look forward to.
If you can’t remember what the finished piece will look like, click on the “Max’s Moon” link in the list on the right hand side of the page and it will take you to all the posts i’ve made about Max.
I just got back from holiday yesterday, went to Pisa in Italy for the week and it was really good. The weather was warm and sunny, and we visited lots of different places. And it was my chance to start the new cross stitch kit that i had got especially for the holiday. It’s called Max’s Moon and is by Cross My Heart. The finished design should look something like this:
I was a little worried about using the black aida as i’d heard people say it is quite difficult to see the holes, but so far i haven’t had any problems with this at all. I quite like the way the black makes the light colours stand out, it gives a really different effect. This piece is also a nice change from the Woodland Enchantress i am also working on as it is easy to stitch, on 14 count and the background is just left blank so it shouldn’t take me too long to finish. Here’s my progress so far:
