Random Thoughts of Winter

Hey Blog Buddies,
How have you been faring this winter?  Do you like snow and cold, or do you prefer to be in a warmer clime?  Here in the Chicago area, the winter has been really strange.  The low here this morning was around 10 degrees Fahrenheit, I believe the coldest of the season--which really isn't that cold for January.  We have yet to get more than one inch of measurable snow in any of our infrequent snow storms.  Not that I'm complaining--I'm not a fan of snow and cold, but I know people who are.  I'm sure that we'll get a blizzard eventually--this is Chicago after all--but every day without snow gets us one day closer to Spring.  And the weatherman said little or no snow for the coming week, too.

All this was leading up to my latest finish:  Random Thoughts of Winter by Erica Michaels which I started on New Year's Day:

This was stitched on 28-count Amsterdam Blue linen,

with DMC 762, which is a very light gray.

The linen has a greenish tinge in real life, too,

but it's a few shades darker than the photo.

I changed a few of the motifs in this piece:

a mitten replaced a Christmas stocking,

two snowmen replaced the words "fa la la,"

the word "snow" replaced the word "peace,"

the diamond motif replaced a bell,

and I omitted the entire bottom row

of Christmas trees.

This was because I wanted to make the

piece more "winter" than "Christmas."

You'll notice that the piece still has

a reindeer, a present, a sprig of holly

and a star!

Below is a photo of the piece as charted:

She gives you two choices,

along with a suggestion for an ornament.

I think she'd be fine with my tinkering.

I'm really happy with the piece.

It got finish-finished so fast

because I found that white frame last week.

This is my first 2013 finish

from a 2013 start!

Hope your weekend was enjoyable,

with maybe a little stitching, too.

Thanks for visiting!