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Monday, July 18, 2011

Christmas in July!

Wish we had the weather to go along with Christmas!  It's HOT in North Carolina right now!

My rotation interlude turned out to be a Christmas ornament, the 1990 Schooler Santa by Prairie Schooler.
It is stitched with DMC on 18ct putty khaki davos over one. I started stitching them around 2000, and decided to go back to the year my DH and I met in 1989 and make one a year onward as well. I am almost to the end of the oldies!  I will finish them all as ornies and will have a Schooler Santa tabletop tree at Christmas (along with our artificial tree...we have cats). This one I have dubbed the Wildlife Santa.
Now I get to go back to a large piece, Chatelaine's Holland Landscapes, to finally stitch the last of four tulip rows! At that point I will be 75% done on it. Think cool thoughts in this hot summer!
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8 comments:

  1. JoyszeJuly 18, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    Love his rosy cheeks. Maybe he's flushed from the heat too? ;)

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  2. wendy111July 18, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    Love your Santa and the squirrels - definitely wildlife santa!

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  3. GabiJuly 19, 2011 at 1:13 AM

    What a lovely finish. Congrats

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  4. JustfloJuly 19, 2011 at 2:38 AM

    I rather like him. Looks as though he's been out in the sunshine. I wish we had some of your weather here in the UK!!

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  5. mdgtjulieJuly 19, 2011 at 3:39 AM

    I hope you are staying cool too. It's been terribly hot here in OH as well. Your Santa is cute, and I think wildlife Santa is appropriate. Can't wait to see your update on Holland!

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  6. GiovannaJuly 19, 2011 at 7:44 AM

    Great Santa - he's one of my favourites in the series. Well done Kathy!

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  7. geeky HeatherJuly 19, 2011 at 3:25 PM

    SQUIRRELS!!!! Oh, I need to find this chart. It's darling; congrats on the finish!

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  8. StitchinKatJuly 20, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    Thanks y'all! Heather, I thought of you with that squirrel...mutant one, seeing as he's almost as big as the raccoon! He's on the sheet with 1988 to 1991 Santas.

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