Friday, October 17, 2014

Mega Mini Month Madness number 3

Another cute little design to show you for this week's mini  finish. This time it's a Margaret Sherry design that was a free chart from Cross Stitch Crazy a few years ago.....


Awww...aren't they cute! I stitched these adorable little polar bear cubs on pale blue aida which you can see slightly better on this next picture....


I didn't follow the chart exactly and also altered the sky to half cross stitch.....much quicker to do and since the background is already the blue fabric, I thought it worked rather well.


I'm not sure that the eyes stand out enough so I may go back and either add another stitch to make them a bit more obvious, or  do the eyes in a shade darker. 

So....I'm giving myself a little pat-on-the-back for another mini finish completed for the challenge. The next design for the challenge is already started, but there's not enough to show....yet!

Finally, here's a picture of one of my Christmas designs that featured in this month's Cross Stitch Gold magazine....



Cross Stitch Gold Issue 115
Immediate Media Co.

The model was stitched by the lovely Caroline Lord, who, like me, ended up singing Christmas carols in the middle of summer all because of this design! :)

Until next time...happy stitching!

Rhona

14 comments:

Ariadne said...

What lovely cubs!And your design is gorgeous!AriadnefromGreece!

CathieJ said...

I love the Christmas design and those polar bears are adorable.

Preeti said...

Polar bears are adorable :) and your new design featured in the magazine is fabulous!
What software do you use for creating charts from your drawings ? Not sure, if I have asked this earlier.

cucki said...

Aww so cute
Lovely stitching xx

Kate said...

I love your polar bear mini!!

Tiki said...

Love the polar bears and your new design is great.

Mii Stitch said...

I love your latest finish! The cubs are just adorable and your alterations are just right :) Lovely finish!!

Pull the other thread said...

Oh that is such a CUTE mini. How did I miss getting this adorable chart! Love your 12 days chart, looks wonderful.

Thoeria said...

Awwwww.....they are adorable!!!
Beautiful christmas tree stitch!

Keebles said...

Gorgeous clean stitching! I love to see such good work (probably because I can't do it!).

Justine said...

How cute are those bears? Love your Christmas tree stitch. Such a detailed design!

Rachel said...

Those polar bears are absolutely adorable and HAVE to go onto my wishlist! Congratulations on your 12 Days bellpull design. It looks fab. :)

Katie said...

Aw too cute. Love your design. It does make you sing haha.

Tricia Miller said...

I would love to find the pattern for the polar bears, any chance you can say which issue of the magazine it is in?