Earlier in the year I had the idea of making my boyfriend an advent calendar. He had commented that me an my brother are still treated to a chocolate advent calendar every year, but he doesn’t get one. So I set out to make him one! I found some adorable cross stitch designs for the pockets and started stitching away!
This was months ago, and so far I have only managed to stitch 10 squares! It is easy enough to get one done a day, but finding time to do them has been proving difficult! However, here are my first ten pockets:
A close-up of pockets 9 and 10
The design uses Kreinik Blending Filament, which looks lovely and shiny in the finished piece, but has the habit of getting itself incredibly knotted in the process! Hopefully the finished calendar will be worth the struggle though!
I’m hoping to find the motivation to get a few more squares finished next week so that I can finally feel like I am getting somewhere!
what do you plan to put in the pockets when you’ve finished making it??
I have been buying all sorts of little goodies throughout the year…I have been more efficient with the shopping than the stitching! I can’t say too much though…the boyfriend will be reading! I shall make sure he keeps everyone updated throughout December though!
Okay, first, what’s an advent calendar?? And secondly, your squares are coming out so cute!!
It’s a calendar that has 24 numbered pockets and you open one a day until Christmas e.g. pocket one on the first of December etc. Usually we just get chcolate ones which have little doors in and you get a piece of chocolate each day but this one will have little presents in
That sounds so cute!! I’m definitely going to try and make one up for my daughter before December!!
You should do! I love them
How much fabric do you use and where do you get the patterns from? Do you just stitch them all on one big piece and them cut them or cut them first?
No I cut them all out separately, each square is cut to roughly 40×40 stitches but as you can see the designs are much smaller. I got these designs from an old issue of cross stitch gold magazine.
beautiful Hannah, your boyfriend is definitely going to have a great Xmas thanks to you, love these little cross stitch squares.
Hopefully! That’s if he gets it this Christmas…lol
Back working on mine now, started last year… Determined this year though!
Good luck with it!
Thanks! You too
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