Christmas in July

Well more like 'Nightmare before Christmas in July'.  ;) I stitched this tiny Jack Skellington for Justine as part of a tiny swap and will hopefully hand it over to her at some point in the next few days at the Fat Quarterly Retreat. I also have a slightly larger, nearly finished, version of Jack that I started for the Tim Burton Stitch Along, three months ago.

At the moment I'm doing some last minute packing and panicking as I will leave tomorrow very, very early to catch a plane to London. I hope everything will fit in my small suitcase. I'm also taking Bird the Squirrel with me but he's only tiny so that's ok.

Bird the Squirrel:" I mean no 'arm, stealing from them birds, 'onestly"

Sami thought I should embroider a tiny portrait of a Bird seed stealing Grey squirrel called 'Bird' so I made a quick drawing this morning and hopefully will have some time between classes to start stitching Bird's portrait. :)

Tim Burton Stitch Along: Jack the Pumpkin king

I finally started stitching my piece for the second Illustration Stitch Along which started back in April. Luckily it lasts until July so I have some time to finish this small stitchery. Jack Skellington is the main character in 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' one of my favourite Tim Burton films. Jack is actually quite endearing as he tries to take over Christmas but gets it all wrong. My kids love the film as well and both wanted to claim my Jack Skellington embroidery for their rooms. I think I will just keep him for myself though. ;)

If you want to join in the Stitch Along, or want to see what others have made (in the past and more recently) with the same theme, head over here.