A bell-pull start

Greetings all!~ I hope you all had a wonderful day yesterday! It was a balmy 78 here with the sunshining and just the right amount of breeze every now and then. It's due to be another fabulous day today as well.

If you've followed my blog for very long , you know that my dad comes up with some goodies for me from time to time. A couple of years ago he came across some cross stitch magazines that he knew I would like. In one of them was a pattern for a bell pull. I'm not overly coo-coo for them , but this one particular one was one I knew I must stitch someday. As I mentioned yesterday, I got a few stitches put into it and this is what I have gotten done so far.

What the finish will somewhat look like.

The pictures aren't very clear I know, but I hope the photo of the finished product will turn out better.

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Yesterday Berit asked if I did anything specific with the pattern to get the floss to "fall" the way it did. On the pattern, there are sections that are marked with different symbols so that the colors on the house will be different in those particular spots. Everyone's house that does this pattern is going to look somewhat different because, as you all know, each overdyed skein is different from one skein to the next. I like the look the different shades give to this house. Makes it look like an authentic saltbox house don't you think?

Yesterday , Judy also had a question , but I answered that within the comments so if you haven't read back over them , that's what that answer is.

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Thank you all for your continued visits, and for the warm and wonderful comments yesterday. I appreciate them!

'till next time,

don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte