A Good Night to Stay In and Stitch

My Motif #1 ~ Top Row Center 

for my Quilty Love Cross Stitch is done!

I am really happy with how this one is working up.

I got to the center of this motif and decided o add a new color.

Green was not a part of the original plan.

I have decided I want to use these fabrics for inspiration and finishing 

and  I do not have a lot of DMC colors so I opened this package

of Cosmo Floss that was in my stash and used that.

The Cosmo floss feels different and I little thinner.,

but it works okay together. 

I am never going to get perfection in cross stitch 

but I feel my efforts are improving.

This Quilty Love Project started here

is my favorite cross stitch project so far.

The motifs are a good size and easy enough to follow 

an the chart is easy to read with my bad eyesight.

My eyesight is getting worse and I have to adapt.

Things I have leaned in my return to cross stitch adventures:

1) I like DMC (which is the least expensive) floss the best.

2) I need to use large count Aida like this 10 Count white.

3) I need to be happy with what I can stitch and not worry about the minute details.

and

4) A "Snag Nab-It" tool is good to have around.

I saw this at 

Dritz Snag Nab-It @ Fat Quarter Shop

tool for $2.24 and wondered if it might be useful

and I have to tell you that is is very useful.

I have used to to pull out the fuzz when I needed to rip out a mistake

and it also helps to pull loose floss threads to the back!

The official use video from Dritz is Here

Here is a Flosstube Video showing how to use it on cross stitch

I am going to get another one or two of these so I can always find one when I need it.

Time to snuggle under the quilts to stay warm .... brrrrr! 

Sweet Quilty Love Dreams <3