Monday, November 11, 2013

It's a Long Wait until Christmas...

...if you are three years old! For the rest of us Christmas comes in a flash. At every reminder that Christmas is around the corner, Tom drags me to the shed to beg me to put up our Christmas tree.  I have to distract him by telling him we will put it up after Halloween, then after his brother's birthday and then after his sister's birthday (which is only two days time).  So it looks like it the tree will go up early this year but it will sure be loved by a little man!!!



I wish my Christmas stitching was flying at the same speed as Christmas is arriving, but alas it is not.


I have finally finished the wise man on the Shepherd's Bush Christmas stocking.  I suppose the stocking is about a third done as the central character has the majority of the stitching.  I recently added the  mustard tone to the robe and sleeves and it sure brings out the richness of the other colours.  I will move onto the top of the stocking and hope that I get it done by the end of November.

Do you have a Christmas deadline for any of your stitching?
Thank you for visiting my garden...
                                                  Jan x

PS If you like the Shepherd's Bush Christmas stocking you can see similar patterns at this link

12 comments:

Justine said...

Jan your Shepherd's Bush stocking is stunning. I noticed all the Christmas adverts were on TV in the UK this weekend. I have a 4 yr old who asks every morning how many more "sleeps" to Christmas.

I have ordered two of Nancy's Christmas chart packs from the Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe and am hoping I get to stitch them before Christmas but I have a bigger piece with a deadline of end of January which I must finish first!

cucki said...

Wow it's looking so beautiful ..
Well done
Hugs x

Chris said...

Lovely progress on the stocking. I would love to start some ornaments but I have done so little stitching I am not going to do any for the holiday. :(

Angie said...

I'm working on some ornaments but they just need finish finished. The stitching is done.

It won't be long before my 3 year old is wanting to put up our tree.

Shirlee said...

I think I am way behind in my Christmas stitching ... sigh! The stocking is looking beautiful! Do you use these stockings or just hang them for display?

Catherine said...

Lovely stitching! Not sure if I will get to any holiday stitching this year ~ but am so glad to be finally finding stitching time again!

Sarah in Stitches said...

Beautiful progress! Can't wait to see the rest of the stocking as it's stitched in :D

Jennifer said...

Yes, Christmas is on it's way too quickly this year. I still need to finish some Halloween stuff! Oh well, there's always next year....

Linda said...

The stocking is looking great Jan. I love the colors.

Linda

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Karoline said...

Great progress on the stocking, it's looking lovely

Julie said...

The SB stockings are always so lovely, the colours in the one you chose are so majestic.