xmas gifts

I had big plans for xmas crafts, which obviously were derailed. In the end, I only finished those crafts I had already started. I'll admit, I'm rather proud of the end results, but it was a rather paltry offering compared to what I usually do. Bless my friends, they understood.

There is a whole series of these black cat cross stitches. I got most of them on sale over the years and put aside, knowing that 'one day' I would make them and sure enough, they were the perfect gift for a friend with a a - wait for it - black cat.



These are a rather bittersweet gift. I spent most of my summer with my mom and since this series was small, portable and simple (black, black and more black), I kept them at the house to do while she was sleeping and we were watching movies.




They also went a rather circuitous route to completion. My initial idea was to frame them and then I was going to make them into door pulls and at once point I even toyed with the idea of turning four of them into an open cube to be used as a catch-all for a desk. In the end, I backed them and stuffed them, turning them into cute little pillows. :) I'm rather pleased with the end result.




This was the other cross stitch I spent the summer on, finally finishing it and turning it into a bit of a wall hanging/tapestry.




And finally I gave my friend the afghan I had meant for her birthday last October. She loves the colors, which suit her to a T.