Hello Denise . . and fellow Cross Stitchers

Here is my 1st Cross Stitch in almost 10 years . . if not more. (For those of you who don't remember . . I am VERY Near sighted and my eyes finally gave up when it came to cross stitch . . I was one of those who only liked to do 22 count or smaller . . . then 2 years ago I had cataracts taken out and lens implants and this past summer was FINALLY able to see, with Mag-Eyes, well enough to Cross stitch again.)

I always seem to have an idea floating somewhere around in my head. Not bad in the daytime but I always seem to get them after I go to bed . . and lie there for an hour or more . . .my brain feeling like the scene in The Wizard of Oz with the flying monkeys . . everything just whirling around.

Then when I get up in the morning, I normally start on whatever was whirling around the most.

So, here is my 1st cross stitching,

which also is my own pattern . . .

at least I have never seen it before . .

but,

then again,

I've been out of the

Cross Stitch Loop for quite a while.

Hopefully you can tell this is the front :0}

And this is the back.
Remember,
Blackwork is hard to do
without dragging some thread :0{

I'm posting the back because I teased Denise about showing the back of one she did so I could see how good she really is . . and she is GOOD.

I had a friend in the custom framing business and you should have seen some of the backs of the projects some people brought in! It was a shame that they put time into something that would frame with lumps and bumps from the hills, valleys and ridges on the backs.

Now, I need to go and get back with my catnip apples. I need to make 2 more stems and those and one that is "stemmed" already. Then, will see if I have some time to make more before I mail them to the Wyoming County (NY) SPCA.

We have an SPCA in our county, but this one seems to get inundated with cats and does not have a very good source of income. SO, when I make something I think they can sell at  their shop in one of our malls (which the mall donates to them), I make something. I also donate all of the money I make on the patterns and crafts I sell on eBay, Etsy and Ravelry to them. During the months of September and October I made $55.12 which isn't a whole lot. But, when added together with more "not a whole lots" it can amount too a lot of help for some abandoned, neglected "fur babies."

Signed,

I Create for Fur Babies!

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