A Cross Stitch tip

I thought I'd share a tip for those of you who cross stitch using black linen or aida cloth.  Use one of the little lights you tap to turn on and off underneath as you stitch.  The light makes seeing the little holes easy!  I use it with all dark colors of linen or aida cloth.  In fact, the light is too bright so I taped Kleenex over the light to dim it a bit.

Here are some pieces I made.

I made this one around our 20th anniversary.  
We've been married 36 year now!

I made this one when my daughter was 3 months old.  

She's 34 yrs old now!

 

Jolly July stitching

It's Christmas in July and I've started up cross stitching again, after a break of several years.  I made my daughter some Christmas ornaments, a pillow for my mantle and am now working on a piece that has 4 seasons I'll display in my kitchen.

I'm longarming now, after a 2 week shut down due to repair needed on my machine.  The covid delays made it longer than it would have been if times were normal.  But I did get a lot of cross stitch done during that 2 weeks.






I'm working on a customer quilt this weekend and have 3 more customer quilts waiting for me.  After they are finished I need to get busy on the 6 Quilt of Valor tops I've had waiting for me.  I hope your summer is going beautifully and you get in a lot of fun stitching time!