Tartan Santas - Second Trio

[bk_forever]

I finally got around to taking photographs, so hopefully, here are the other three Tartan Santa designs from the set of six I stitched. As with the first set, these are stitched with one strand of thread on 18 count aida.



First up is Long Santa. This one I've actually stitched twice - I sent him as a Christmas card to a friend a couple of years ago - but I wanted a full set so I stitched him again.









































Next is Man In The Moon Santa. I like this one a lot because of the unusual shape, plus the Tartan background is syrprisingly enjoyable to stitch.

































Last but by no means least is Green Man Santa - so called because the wreath of leaves around his hat reminds me of the Green Man of folklore. This is my favourite of all, but I messed up stitching him and left out one row of his beard - stitching white on white makes it easy to lose track of where you've got to. It meant I had to adjust a whole section of the backstitch on the beard so that it worked. It doesn't show at all, of course, but it was still annoying!










































So there they are. I really enjoyed stitching them and I have plans to use the Tartan background pattern with some other small Christmas designs at some point, but using different colours.

Comments

[jsks.livejournal.com]

Wonderful.

[bk_forever]

Thank you! =)

[too-beauty.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhh that moon Santa looks amazing !

[bk_forever]

He really is good, one of my top three favourites I think!

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

I agree, I love the man in the moon. The detail and the ho! ho! ho'! and the beautiful leafs around him. :D So pretty! Gosh they are all so pretty though, hard to pick a favorite. lol!

[bk_forever]

I like the Man in the Moon a lot, but my favourite is still the last one! I might stitch some of them again at some point as they're fun to do, it's just stitching with white thread on a white background that's hard. They might look good on a nice Christmas Green background, if I could get some gree 18 count fabric.

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like that last one too. It is hard to pick a favorite. So cute!

[bk_forever]

After I wrote this, I went searching for some green 18 count and I got a good sized piece. The only problem will be finding a green thread for the Holly leaves than actually shows up against the green fabric. I'll have to see what works. I might change some of the other colours too, use traditional Red for the santa hats instead of the bright pink maybe. Once I get the fabric, I'll look to see what colours work on it.

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you will do great with it. I like red santa hats too. :D

[iantojjackh.livejournal.com]

Those are pretty cool.

[bk_forever]

Thank you! It's good to finally have time for stitching again. =)

[toshiani007.livejournal.com]

Adorable, loved them!!!
Hugs!!!

[bk_forever]

Thank you! *hugs* How are you? Haven't seen you around for a while.

[toshiani007.livejournal.com]

I'm fine, working a lot. I've lost my inspiration, my muse is on vacation, I want to write, but I don't have any good ideas.
I'm shipping a new couple, Agron and Nasir (nagron), from Spartacus, I really liked them.
But I haven't betrayed my janto, that's for sure!!!
Thanks for ask, my dear J!!!
I hope you're excellent, as well!!!
Hugs and kissitos, Ani!!!

[bk_forever]

Glad to hear you're well! I'm not too bad, but very tired - I had to go shopping this morning and now my legs feel like they might fall off. I'm getting old and I'm not very fit, lol!

I think I will just sit and stitch now!

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

I love these santas! So funny and really cute! I have never seen long santas. I am very impressed. I wish I could do this, I just suck at any kind of sewing, even fun stuff, like I have told you before. I wish I did have a relaxing hobby.

I'm so glad you showed us your work.
I adore these too! :D

[bk_forever]

Thank you! I enjoyed stitching them, they're different to the usual santa designs, a bit modern and funky!

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

They're funky! LOL! They really are!...and very pretty. :)

[bk_forever]

I like things that are a bit different. That's not to say I don't like the traditional Santa designs, I have some very good ones, but it's nice to do something a bit out of the ordinary from time to time. =)

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

I agree about doing something different. I have seen some Santa's that I really didn't like that weren't the traditional ones. Yours are very good, not like those at all. :) They make me laugh. I like that!

[bk_forever]

Anything that makes you laugh is a good thing! *hugs*

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

Now-a-days! That's the truth! Send me anything funny you can find!...well and I mean anything funny you see online as well, I love well-done jokes and funny pictures, than kind of thing. lol!...I need my own personal Ianto cracking me up with his Welsh vowls and dry humor. I MISS IANTO!!! :(

[bk_forever]

We all miss Ianto =(

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

Yeap! *makes weeping sounds* :(

[royalladyemma.livejournal.com]

I've got these too!! I haven't done mine, tho!!!!

[bk_forever]

They're brilliant fun to stitch! I did mine in one strand on 18 count - the tartan backgrounds are a joy to stitch that way, but the pale grey highlights in the beards were a menace, they hardly showed so after the first two I just used white. In 2 stands on 14 count it would be worth the effort of doing the pale grey, but not on 18 count. Also, it's hard to keep count of rows when stitching white on white, especially in poor light - I missed a row on one santa beard so I had to adjust the backstitch. Doesn't notice, but I'm a bit annoyed with myself.

[royalladyemma.livejournal.com]

I have a pattern & a partially completed project where you can make a tartan design that's actually reversible! It's been years since I tried it, but I do remember it had something to do with skipping every other stitch across a row and then that's all I remember! Everything is in a zip-top bag, just waiting to be worked on!!

Have you ever tried doing your cross-stitch designs on perforated paper? Not only is it really fun to do, but they make great pins, magnets & ornaments. I did a Santa head for my gran that ske kept on her fridge year round for years.

[bk_forever]

I haven't tried perforated paper yet, it's easy to get though so I probably will when I have more time. You can get different colours, which is good. I know how to do it, but I'd have to be careful not to stitch too tight, lol! I have lots of tiny designs in magazines that would make great fridge magnets.

[royalladyemma.livejournal.com]

When my Grandmother taught me how to do all the sewing things when I was a little girl, one of the first things she taught me was that only God can creat perfection. When I got older I thought it was just her way of making me feel better that I'd made a mistake, but now I understand, and to this day, I can find a mistake in any piece I've ever made, in whatever format. Sometimes I think I make a single mistake in each one on purpose, just so it's not perfect!!!!

[bk_forever]

I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so my mistakes annoy me, even though most of the time I'm the only one who knows they're there. I do have a habit of altering most of the patterns and designs I do in some way though, even if I don't make a mistake, lol. It's doubtful that I've ever made anything 100% perfect or exactly the same as the pattern!