These stockings were started (and oh so close to being finished) while I was still living in Yellowknife. They didn’t see the light of day again until they were moved from a bin into my cedar chest and taken to Texada.

Although I’ve had a demo on some of these fancy stitches I’m glad that almost all of them were done before I dug it out this year.

Pat and I will hang them this year and hope that they get filled!

I don’t know how long ago I purchased this kit. It was started “way back when” but I didn’t finish it until earlier this year. It was originally intended for Dad but wasn’t finished before he moved out of his house. I set it aside and lost interest in it. But joining some Facebook cross stitch groups got me stitching again and I finished it up.

This will be gifted to a friend in the Lower Mainland; Pat will take it to her when he goes down to do some consulting work in January. Heather has worked for many years with the Glorious Organics Co-op as well as with Farm Folk City Folk. And yes kids, Heather is the one who put the flowers in her salads! There is no one more suited to this than Heather.

I got my Canada 150 project back from the framer today.

I first saw the pattern on one of the cross stitch Facebook groups I belong to. It was surprising how quickly it went together. With only one colour of thread, and very little backstitching, it was done several months before I managed to get it in for framing.

We don’t have much wall space for hanging anything at the house but I may be able to find a spot in the studio for it.

Today, in one of my Facebook groups, someone asked me the name of the pattern. I immediately came to my web page to see what it was and couldn’t find a posting for it anywhere. So this is a catch-up posting.

This still needs to be framed, but I hope to get that done before the summer is over.