Nutcracker Sweet Cross Stitch Kit

Nutcracker Sweet Cross Stitch KitMy little girl is going to a new ballet school this year, and they do The Nutcracker every December. Normally we see it in the big, fancy theater downtown, but I think that no matter where you can catch a performance or how small the dancers, it is always just a magical part of the holiday season. This piece is stitched on 32 count linen (that's 16 stitches per inch) with two plies of DMC six ply cotton embroidery floss. Finished size of design area:

Rosie has light skin and auburn hair

With full-color printed patterns for a simple elastic-gathered peasant dress

102 stitches wide x 128 high on 32-count fabric

then rub lotion into skin and cuticles

My little girl loves to pick them for me

and fox softie dolls

Vintage Japanese glass cabochons from the 1970s are glued to brass tags and simply hung from gold-plated fishhook-type earring wires

Each one of five colors comes in a hank of 10 1-yard lengths

One 18" x 22" piece of quilter’s cotton

8" (20cm) 4mm silk ribbon

One 14" x 16" (36cm x 41cm) piece of 32-count Belfast linen from Zweigart in Mystic Gray  *Please note: There is only about 2

I made this tee shirt specifically for Amelia