Saturday stitches

I did the chicken on Saturday during the day , and when it came to evening, I pulled out Spirit of the Eagle to do some more for the SAL , only to realise that on the last session , I used the wrong colour. As you can imagine , I was pretty hacked off. So , I put it away and decided to do something else instead.

I ended up doing some little vari Christmas trees to use for cards

The chart is very loosely taken from Cross Stitch Crazy , issue117 , November 2008. I say loosely , as I changed it quite a lot to suit me.

I'm not usually keen on vari stitches ,as I tend to stitch in rows , but I was persuaded a while ago to try it ,(thanks Shellie) . These were my first real attempt

These were taken from Crazy again , issue126 , and were featured in issue 128 as First Past the Post.

I'm now on my fourth or fifth little tree , but have changed the design again to make them a little different.

I'm yet to invite the frogs to visit Spirit of the Eagle , but best get on with it so I can do some more stitching for the SAL.

Thanks for stopping by , Cath .