Xanadu by Jim Wurth, FINISHED

Xanadu is finished!  Hurray!  It turned out pretty, although it is really shiny.  I don't know how I will decide to finish it, frame or box or what.  No hurry there.  For now it goes in the "finished" pile. 

This small piece (5" square) was difficult to stitch for 2 reasons:  One, I used different threads than called for and some were hard to handle.  Two, the instructions were from an old issue of Needle Pointers and were less than stellar. 

But now it is done & I will go on to something else.  I think I'll concentrate on finishing up a small cross stitch to give my Mom for her birthday in May.  Will post about it eventually.

Xanadu by Jim Wurth, Progress #2

I haven't worked on it very often, but I have made some progress on Xanadu.  The directions are not great, so it is slow going trying to figure out how to do things.  I don't know if I did some of the stitches correctly, but they are at least consistent!  Next is to fill in the corners, which are mostly big Chilly Hollow stitches.  It is a pretty piece.

Xanadu by Jim Wurth

 Hello again!  Happy New Year, almost!  We are still in Reno, but I have a little time today so wanted to begin catching up.

The ANG Chapter in Las Vegas is doing Jim Wurth's Xanadu as a group project and I have just started it.  This pattern appeared in NeedlePointers, July 2009 issue.

I chose my colors starting with Frosty Rays Y357 and #8 & #12 Kreinik Braid #4005.  I added Neon Rays N92, Neon Rays Plus NP92, FyreWerks FT33 and #12 & #8 DMC Perle Cotton #3033.  I should have had Petite Frosty Rays, but the color I wanted didn't come in Petite.  The Petite would have been easier to use on the 18-count canvas (Eggshell), but I like the way it looks as is.  DH said he'd never seen me work so hard to pull a thread through the canvas!

I have a good start and it is looking really pretty.  This pattern is fun to stitch & goes fairly quickly.  It is not too big, finished size is about 5" square.  I think it will make a really pretty box top.  It is waaaaay sparkly in person!