Thanks Tammy, It gives it an old fashin look for sure.

It's good you started early then, huh? Looks nice, can't wait to see more.

Will be beautiful when finished.

where did you find your pattern? I Love your work

It's called Merry Little Christmas by Crab-apple hill. Thank you.

Very nice!

Ohhh it is going to be beautiful......keep going!! :)

However, it is lovely.

Lovely work, I for one love to embroidery. Did you use crayons to fill in with color and if so did you do it prior to embroidery ? It just looks so neat.

That is going to be beautiful. Great job.

CAn't get this picture to show either :(

boy, you really ought to be in the mood for Christmas by the time you finish! keep going, looking good so far!

Love it!!!!

Oh, but it'll be sooo pretty! I say that every time I start a new cross-stitch!

Very pretty!

it will be well worth the effort when finished

Thanks everyone. I figure if I try and work a little bit each day, it may get done by Christmas??

I was going to ask the same thing. What are you using the color in the bulbs? It is going to be gorgous when you are done.

Going to be very pretty!!!Keep on going.lol

So far IMH), I think it looks great. It'll probably be a wonderful piece once finished. Sometimes I think we're harder on ourselves than we should be. Please so us your progression so we can enjoy it with you. Thanks for sharing.

I can't wiat to see it finished! It's going to be beautiful and worth all the work to make it!

Thank you, yes crayons are used. I'm doing it as I go along instead of coloring all at once, this is easier for me.

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Here is where I've gotten so far, there's over 15HRS of work here.

This is so pretty! I can't wait to see the finished quilt!

stay with it...its going to be so pretty

Thank you.

Very nice so far. Keep us posted.

You are doing a great job! It looks beautiful!
However I'm wondering if the very light density of your crayon will hold up to washing for years to come. I'd hate for it to disappear over time.

When I did the crayon coloring on the state flowers quilt from the 30s that I helped finish in the 60s, we did the coloring very intensely and then ironed it between two sheets of waxed paper to set the color. The color stayed nice and actually helped preserve the parts of the blocks that were colored. By the 90s the muslin of the blocks had begun to significantly deteriorate, so I had put it on a quilt rack for display. Unfortunately it did not survive our house burning in 2000. Am hoping to recreate it eventually.

I'm so sorry to hear that. Tes the crayons will hold up, there set as well with an iron, this will be more display than used, but if it does fade it can alwasy be recolored. I'm using Kona cotton for this one. Thanks so much.

very lovely work

Why, you were thinking you'd get a jump on this... very nice!

Thank you. I could work on Christmas all year around. I have so many embroidery/quilts going, I work on different ones to break it up a little.

WOW! That is gonna be gorgeous! You're doing great! :)

Thank you, I have a up-date page.