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

[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