If you view and elephant from the side…you might see…
See all the beads.
See all the stitches.
Changing gears, yet again, here is my newest time interest. Mill Hill comes out with new bead kits every so often and once in a while I find something that catches my fancy.My local shop here, Fiddlesticks, ordered this one special just for me.
Look at this! It was just too adorable to pass up…and I have the perfect space to display it while ‘gently reminding’ people that “I’ll never forget”…heehee…<evil grin>
I actually started off back into cross stitch with Mill Hill’s release of their “Kitchen Collection” (which will be my next post) and from those two pieces I stitched up, I moved onto doing just this little elephant.
I just love the texture, colors and shimmer of the beads. The complementary colors are done well in this piece and makes it just irresistible in my book! Had to get my artsy hands on this one.
After picking it up yesterday at the shop, I’ve gotten this far today with it. These kits usually take me 2 days to complete…so lets hope that tomorrow or the next day will show us a full grown, stitched shiny blue elephant!
Your life needs fun. Go ahead, have some fun!
alicia in Hawaii
Stumble It!
Yes, those are lovely colors on the elephant, but the Debbie Mumm Kitchen Collection are definitely MUST HAVEs. What to stitch first? Toasty? Easy as Pie?
Kathryn,
Yes! The Debbie Mumm Kitchen Collection is great! I’ve stitched up the Blender and the Cupcake so far. After this Elephant (which is also Debbie Mumm) I am thinking of stitching the Toasty Toaster…or maybe the cute bowls…;)
smiles,
alicia in Hawaii
Very cute elephant….looking forward to seeing it finished
Thanks Rene…
I’m stitching away on it…have the legs done now.
smiles,
alicia in Hawaii
Beads always add a lovely dimension to cross stitch, this looks like a fun project. There is something about elephants that make them adorable
Hi Jane,
It really is a fun and fast project. The beads add a LOT to it!
With this the beads are petite beads…a little more trouble than
a full size bead to pick up on the needle, but none the less really
enjoyable to work with.
smiles,
alicia in Hawaii
Gorgeous. I love projects with cross stitch and beads. And your stitching is lovely too.
Hi Gabi,
Thank you for the wonderful comments. Glad you
enjoy the project.
smiles,
alicia in Hawaii
Adorable! Great job so far.
Hi Debbie Jo,
Thanks for the great comments! Hope you check back in
on it’s progress. Hopefully, I will get most of it done today.
smiles,
alicia in Hawaii
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Cute elephant. I love Mill Hill things myself! And have done several. I haven’t seen any of these before.