Wednesday, July 15, 2020

More Christmas in July! Nativity, Part 3


Today’s viewing: the Holy Family. These patterns were originally available in the Leisure Arts magazine Plastic Canvas Corner in the Jan 1994 issue. They are stitched on 14 ct plastic canvas using 6 strands of embroidery floss. The backs are plain brown stitches.

The fronts of the Holy Family were all finished before Feb. 2020, and the backs were started and completed since February. I have to say, I am so very proud of this set.



Joseph

Mary

Baby Jesus

The entire Nativity


Monday, July 13, 2020

More Christmas in July! Nativity, part 2

Today’s viewing: the wise men. These patterns were originally available in the Leisure Arts magazine Plastic Canvas Corner in the Jan 1995 issue. They are stitched on 14 ct plastic canvas using 6 strands of embroidery floss and various metallics. The backs are plain brown stitches.

The front of Frankincense was finished and the front of Myrrh was partially finished before Feb. 2020. Myrrh was completed, Gold was started and completed, and the backs were started and completed since February.


Myrrh

Gold

Frankincense

Saturday, July 11, 2020

More Christmas in July! Nativity, Part 1

I’ve always loved the Nativity, and I’d have a huge collection of Nativity sets, except that I’m very picky about the faces. And most sets I’ve seen have faces that I don’t like. As a teenager, I found patterns for this set, and I actually liked the faces!

When The Husband and I were planning our wedding, I decided to go ahead and start this set for us. I collected all the supplies, and I started stitching it on the plane to our honeymoon. That was….a long time ago. 22.5 years, to be exact. I soon discovered that these pieces were very detailed (which is what I liked about them!) and did not make good portable projects (had to pay too much attention to the graphs). So I would make a little progress, and then life (vet school, babies, work, etc.) would get in the way, and I would put them away again.

Enter wrist surgery and post-op recovery boredom. I was looking for a project I could work on to fill the days and was able to hold with my messed up post-op wrist….and I pulled this set out! And this time, I finally actually finished the set! They are lightly stuffed and have various old bits of hardware wrapped in plastic and stuffed inside as weights. And did I mention that they are DONE?!?


Today’s viewing: the shepherd/sheep group. None of these had even been started before Feb. 2020. These patterns were originally available in the Leisure Arts magazine Plastic Canvas Corner in the Jan 1996 issue. They are stitched on 14 ct plastic canvas using 6 strands of embroidery floss. The backs are plain brown stitches.

Grouping together


Standing Shepherd

Kneeling shepherd







Sunday, July 5, 2020

Christmas in July





















I decided to make a bunch of masks to give to the coworkers with whom I work closely and to whom I give Christmas gifts. These are their Christmas gifts in advance - the city/county just announced a mandatory mask order, so I figured these would come in handy now. The techs with whom I work in surgery get two each - one with ties, one with ear loops. The others get one with ties (except one person who has previously expressed a preference for ear loops), since those are more easily adjustable. This was a great way to spend part of my July Fourth!