I am thrilled to report I have a finish with my Owl and Cactus cross-stitch.
At our last check in I was here
Finish
I decided not to backstitch around the flowers. Attempting it a few times, I just could not get a smooth soft curved feel. One to take things quite literally, including directions and not working outside the box, I threw caution to the wind and left the flowers alone. I think it looks ok. Now to have it blocked and framed and it will be ready for gift giving.
For those of you celebrating Thanksgiving I wanted to wish you a wonderful day next week filled with lots of love and laughter and for those of you who aren’t, my wish for you is the same 🙂 Ours will be a quiet day as all the children are scattered into the cosmos of life outside of Washington state with their children. We have decided on 2 cornish game hens in an orange marmalade glaze, wild rice and a favorite shredded carrot soufflé.
Please take a moment or two to stop by the others in this SAL. There’s a lot of great projects in works. And if you would like to join along ~ please contact Avis at the link below and she will be happy to give you the details. It’s easy and fun!
Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Linda, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley,Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Jenny, Carmela, Jocelyn, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie
Piecing Life Together One Stitch At A Time 
happy dancing with you ^^
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Dancing partners 🙂
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Hurrah for you! I love it as you have finished it, Sharon. Your Thanksgiving menu sounds delightful. Ours will be somewhat traditional, but quite pared down with just the two of us. 🙂
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Thank you Kathy! Pared down…thats the perfect way to describe it 🙂
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Yay, well done on finishing your fab project, it’s going to be a great gift for someone. Wishing you and yours a wonderful thanksgiving. Jenny xx
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Thank you Jenny ~ its going to a daughter living in Okinawa so I need to get done and in the mail!
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Congratulations! It turned out darling. I hope you have an amazing Thanksgiving. Your dinner menu sounds delicious!
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Thank you Renee 🙂
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That looks fabulous! Congrats on the finish 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Yahoo!💃💃 it’s wonderful,and charming …those puppy owl Eyes get me every time!😍 I’m going to be busy .. did I say busy! The children will all be here this coming week starting Tuesday nite through Sunday afternoon. That means 21 settings at the table…🥰 Hubby is going to smoke a turkey on thanksgiving.
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Sounds absolutely wonderful, fun and festive and a smoked turkey….yum! Enjoy every moment and don’t forget to breath 🙂 Sharon
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It’s beautiful. I think your decision was wise, and it looks great without. Happy Thanksgiving to you, even without children around.
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Thank you Susan and glad you concurred on the backstitching on the flowers…Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family 🙂 Sharon
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Congratulations! That stitching piece is sooo cute! I can’t get the post to change between my sites. I am Connie from Connie’s Creations https://stitchingirlblog.wordpress.com/
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Hi Connie – I am not sure what you meant by “change between my sites” but I did get this just fine. I hope you worked things out. Sharon
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A big high five from me as well for your cactus and cute owl finish. I also love that menu you have planned for next week. Sounds yummy. Yes the children do scatter and I left home to move here to Ontario to be near my two girls. Meanwhile, have a lovely day!
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Thank you. So now you have a new home and I think it’s lovely your near your two girls. I anticipate a move myself in the coming years to be by my youngest. Until then phones and internet will connect us and make the day lovely 🙂 Sharon
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Grattis! And a happy dance for you!
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Hurrah for your happy dance! I think not backstitching the flowers gives them a softer edge. Happy Thanksgiving to you, too!
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Very nice ! Backstitching can be tricky but I often find all it requires is a bit of pushing around with the needle tip. It looks great as is nonetheless
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Thank you. I haven’t done a lot of cross stitch and it does seem a bit tricky to get it to look right. Thanks for the tip 🙂
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