Counted Cross Stitch Christmas Stockings
04-21-2015, 09:25 AM
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Those are beautiful! I always meant to make some for my kids. However they are all now grown up in their own homes. I have not cross stitched in about 13 years.
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My newest Grandson, Caleb Austin, was born May 29th. I am now Grandma to 4 precious babies. I am so blessed!!!!
My newest Grandson, Caleb Austin, was born May 29th. I am now Grandma to 4 precious babies. I am so blessed!!!!
12-01-2016, 03:05 AM
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Originally Posted by QuiltingVagabond
I also have made counted cross stitch stockings for my family, 9 so far plus 3 or 4 others for my siblings children.
And the eyes are going too, the last stocking was on navy 18 ct aida and I had to change it to 14 ct to even begin to see it LOL.
Cataract surgery is in my future and I can't wait!
And the eyes are going too, the last stocking was on navy 18 ct aida and I had to change it to 14 ct to even begin to see it LOL.
Cataract surgery is in my future and I can't wait!
12-01-2016, 03:09 AM
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Originally Posted by BCM
Beautiful!!!
Where do you find your patterns?
Where do you find your patterns?
12-01-2016, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobbielinks
Hope your cataract surgery has be done and you are back to doing a lot of quilty, sewing and cross stitching!
As an update, we had a sump failure in our basement in June 2015, but didn't realize that the plastic tub holding most of my Christmas linens (including 5 of the family cross-stitched stockings) had a crack in the bottom.
We discovered it in Dec '15 and had to throw out all those handmade keepsakes.
I managed to finish one of the damaged ones for my DGS. Here are pics of the original and the replacement.
I did the replacement in needlepoint as I knew I could not see well enough to make the original in ccs on dark aida again.
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I did personalize the new one replacing the girl with his dogs and the vintage toys with a Minion and a soccer ball LOL.
12-01-2016, 06:29 PM
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Fabulous! I had a full time job back when we were adding family members, so I felt I had no time to spare. I admire your beautiful work and the hours invested. I'm embaressed to tell you all I bought fuzzy stockings at Target and used paint to write their names on the cuff. How bad is that ??
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