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Sunday, 24 January 2016

DUCJC 2016 - Day 23 - Santa

Morning all!

So, ho ho ho, my rather special person is none other than Santa! At least starting him in January means I should have him finished in time for Christmas!

Stitching his hat and face had to be my top priority and luckily I had a good long evening session in which to do it. I like the way Dimensions have combined the use of 1 or 2 strands of thread with full and half crosses for effect. I know they do that with bigger charts but didn't expect it on these smaller ones.

Here's where I left off:


Dimensions
Stitched on 16ct Ice Blue aida 2 over 1
Stitch count 44 wide by 44 high
Estimated stitching time 13 hours
Stitching time to date - 3 hours 15 minutes


For day 24 I have another environmental (although probably less achievable) message.

Until tomorrow then,
Rachel x

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13 comments:

  1. Justine24 January 2016 at 08:52

    Another gorgeous project! Katie Jeremiah's mom tells me you're not in competition with one another for the cutest CJC starts but I'm not sure...

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  2. Mii Stitch24 January 2016 at 10:03

    So cute!! You have chosen wisely with these small designs, I am sure you will be able to finish a lot of them during the year.
    Justine's comment made me laugh!

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  3. Annie24 January 2016 at 12:49

    Love it! He's darling, and you've made a beautiful start!

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  4. Katie24 January 2016 at 14:38

    Yep he's definitely a special visitor. He can come anytime he wants as long as he brings me stitching goodies haha. Great start!!!

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  5. Heather24 January 2016 at 19:25

    Great start on this one! I didn't know they did that with smaller designs either

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  6. Faith...25 January 2016 at 03:08

    Love the Big Guy!

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  7. Linda25 January 2016 at 06:13

    Nice start Rachel.

    Linda

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  8. Preeti25 January 2016 at 06:15

    Cute start!! I loved all in this series:)

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  9. sharine25 January 2016 at 06:17

    Love this series(seriously I would trust you to buy my sash any day!)

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  10. Brigitte25 January 2016 at 10:14

    He's really lovely. I also love the effects that this different use of strands and half crosses etc makes.

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  11. Emma/Itzy25 January 2016 at 11:31

    Cute start on Santa!

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  12. Jo who can't think of a clever nickname25 January 2016 at 17:30

    Haha, ARE you competing with Katie?
    Santa is very cute anyway. Trying to guess what Monday's start will be - "buy less stash"?

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  13. Tiffstitch26 January 2016 at 01:03

    Great start on this one! I'm still undecided about adding these to my starts. :)

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