WIP - Huggles Featherweight Birth Sampler

In contrast to the last birth announcement I worked on, I was able to zoom through this latest one in a matter of a week. This was largely thanks to a renewed fervour for cross stitching combined with the leisure of time afforded by maternity leave. I'm painfully aware that this will probably be the last time for several years where I will have so much free time available to devote to my own hobby.

The work remains a WIP because the little girl in question is also a WIP and due to be born in early January. By then I will have my own newborn to wrangle with and so I've tried to make life easier by just leaving myself with the task of filling in the name, weight and date of birth. Oh, and the framing (I need to go online and purchase some more framing supplies and a custom made frame).

This was a Bothy Threads kit and incredibly user friendly. They really are my favourite kits out there. The printed pattern is a great size - so much easier on the eye (especially compared to dimension gold kits, one of which is my current project) and I like how they produce a pattern for cross stitching and a separate pattern for the outlining. 

The colours were also lovely for this piece and the brown backstitching produced a lovely effect, I think black would have been too harsh.

You can see what a difference the backstitching made: