Winter Wonderland - polar bear

Here is the promised picture of progress on Winter Wonderland. It feels strange to be working on a winter/Christmas picture at this time of the year, but if I want to finish it by December I'll have to keep having a go at it. It's quite a nice design to stitch because you have big blocks of colour, so you feel as if you're actually achieving something. I think the characters are really cute, and I really enjoyed bringing the polar bear to life. I left the dark stitches for his nose and eye until last and suddenly it was as if he magically appeared before my eyes!!




I hope you all think the polar bear and penguin are as cute as I do!!

Now that I've done a bit more on Winter Wonderland, and progress is good on my Snow Hunter I might try and make a start on Raggetty Ann which I mentioned in an earlier post. I always feel guilty about starting a new project whilst I have others on the go, but I'm starting to find that it's nice to have options to suit my mood. I also feel much more confident in my stitching now which helps a lot, and certainly speeds things up!

For those living in the UK, have a wonderful (hopefully sunny!) Bank Holiday. I'm planning to go to a local country park and enjoy some time outside. :-)