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New Cross-stitch Completed: The Stargazer

September 26, 2025 A.L.H. Hughes

This summer I finished another cross-stitch. Like the last one I posted about, this is also a Mirabilia Designs cross-stitch (from a pattern released in 2006), and is called The Stargazer. As you will see, it’s not a particularly colorful design (so many different blues!). But, I’m a sucker for star-themed images to start with, and I feel like this design has such an elegant balance, I just couldn’t resist it. One thing I love about cross-stitches is how the…

fly-by-posting: 2024/03/13

March 13, 2024 A.L.H. Hughes

Yay! I get to start a new color! …It is also blue. #crossstitching

Cross-stitch completed: Scent of Old Roses

April 4, 2023 A.L.H. Hughes

I have recently completed the latest cross-stitch I’ve been working on, a pattern published in 2000 by one of my favorite designers, Nora Corbett of Mirabilia Designs, whose designs are always oh-so eye catching. This one is called Scent of Old Roses, and yes, the title was definitely one of the reasons I just couldn’t resist it. Though another reason was the somewhat understated website photo, which, as you will see, doesn’t quite capture the quite glittery effect of the…