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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 8:21 pm
My latest two projects:
I loved doing the cardinal one, it looks very textured with different thread counts and half stitches. The Santa is beautiful but I hated doing it, way too much taupe and beige.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Friday, October 26, 2007 - 5:41 am
Jasper, I am in awe of your work. Those stockings are beautiful.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 2:03 pm
Thank you, I hope they like them, my sil picked out hers, but my bil's is a surprise.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 12:33 am
wow those are beautiful. Lots of hard work and patience! I have great admiration for anyone who can Finish a project like that.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 4:54 pm
Thank you Sunshyne. I gave these to them on Saturday they loved them. Lina actually got rather weepy about it.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Monday, January 21, 2008 - 4:03 pm
I haven't cross stitched in years but am getting the itch to get started again and so found this thread. Those socks are beautiful Sunshyne!
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, January 21, 2008 - 6:15 pm
Kappy, those are mine. I have started another one recently to have ready for this year (doing another as well ) and finished off a few Xmas decorations. I'm going to do about 12 more Xmas decorations all for the end of the year. I think I'll try for all homemade things this year. I say that know with great intentions!lol
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 21, 2008 - 10:09 pm
LOL Jasper, let me know how that works. I have half a Christmas village I want to paint before next Christmas and haven't even looked at them yet!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 7:19 am
What's that old adage? The road to where? is paved with good intentions. There is a pile of Christmas material sitting in the sewing room that I got for a song after Boxing Day. Wonder how long it will be before it transforms itself into gift bags for next Christmas.LOL
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 10:45 am
Heh, maybe we should all get together and agree to har...er, encourage each other to complete our Christmas projects early, lol.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 1:29 pm
OK, War, you go first! Lead the way!
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 3:26 pm
I'll be first: these only took the length of a movie each.

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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 3:44 pm
Those look great Jasper! Do you hide the working side somehow on the inside?
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 3:47 pm
Very nice, Jasper. Can I be on your Christmas card list, please?
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 3:48 pm
Sure you can Bee. War they came with another square of card stock that I double sided taped to the back.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 3:55 pm
Oh cool! LOL, don't mind me, I'm the type who will see something I like, buy it, take it apart to figure out how it was put together, and then do my own.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 4:05 pm
Wow, Jasper, you are definitely getting an early start. Those cards are cute. How many do you mail every year? The material is still sitting in the sewing room, but it has made its way into a lovely basket and is looking much prettier in there. Dh just glued some eyes on my caterpillar amigumuri, and the octopus is balancing on 5 tentacles. Hopefully it will have all octo by bedtime. Does any of this count?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 4:19 pm
LOL Lum. My village is still on the shelf. I started glass painting yesterday. I want to see how difficult it'd be to do the whole peice (I guess around a 12x12 square.)
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 7:14 pm
My latest, I need to sew it together.

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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 7:28 pm
Oh wow, Jasper, what enormous detail; it's gorgeous!!! How many different colours/combinations are in that one?
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Monday, March 31, 2008 - 7:31 pm
Combined stitching there is 4 sets, one in each poinsetta, one inthe horn and one in the ribbon. The faint stitching, one strand on the background is all leaves and music notes and looks so nice but it didn't turn out in any of the pics. This took three months, not bad!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 7:11 pm
It's beauuuuutiful, Jasper, but that's not how you spell my name.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 8:46 pm
Holy cow Jasper! That is amazing with all the detail involved in it. Very nice!
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 9:15 pm
Wow, Jasper! I can't believe that only took 3 months! Can I ask how much time a day you estimate you put into them? I was serious when I said I was getting the itch to XS again. I took up knitting a few years back which took over my time for XS'ing but I decided this this summer that I want to give equal time to both. Last week I xeroxed off 4 patterns for ornaments that I want to do and put them in baggies with linen and thread and now have them next to the knitting basket. Does anyone else do xmas ornaments? I love doing the ones from the special XS ornament issue that comes out each fall - I think it's from Just Cross Stitch?
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 7:25 pm
Kappy - about three hours a day. I was very diligent with it because I am doing one for her husband and I don't tend to work on them so much once the nice weather hits. His I started the beginning of April, along with a baby blanket and I probably won't get either of them done until at least the end of August. Then I too have some ornaments I am going to do.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 2:01 pm
Done in time for Xmas. The pictures don't do them justice, specially the black one. The plaid was a lot of work but it turned out great.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 2:22 pm
Beautiful work Jasper!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 6:21 pm
Lovely, Jasper!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 11:23 pm
Those are beautiful Jasper!
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 7:53 am
Wow....absolutely gorgeous!!!
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 8:16 am
Thank you, I wish I could have got a better pic of the black one, it is so cute with the teddy and plaid. He is Scottish so I thought he would get a kick out of it.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 8:32 am
Wow Jasper, very nice! My fav is the black one.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 12:40 am
Very impressive, Jasper! I've finished off 2 ornaments so far and have 2 more in the works. I'm really enjoying being back into XS! Anyone else do ornaments?
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