Four Seasons Ta-Dah!

Back in the depths of winter... 

{No, by that I don't actually mean last week, even if I was back to woolly socks in the evening and occasional blasts of central heating then!}

...Mr U-t-B kindly presented me with a lovely French cross-stitch magazine following one of his trips.

I got started on one of the projects therein (you can read about the magazine here and see the project I made here) and then determined that what was really required was a set of four.

Finally, last night, I stitched the last cross with a flourish and sat back feeling rather pleased with the result.

So here is 'Winter'...

...'Spring'...

...'Summer'...

...and 'Autumn'...

They are all based on the original 'Winter' designed by the very talented designer behind '1 2 3 Citrouille'.  I decided to change the alphabet for two of them, which caused me a few problems over spacing that I can only see now that I'm looking at the photographs.  I have a 'Q' I'd like to shift and a 'D E F' too, so need to remember to do this before I frame them.  I have bought cheap frames from Wilkinsons because if I don't stretch them and frame them whilst I'm still feeling chuffed with having completed them, they will lie around for years in a drawer!

I am very happy with my sheep under the blossomy tree...

...and of course the bees, one of which was on the original 'Autumn', but mine have multiplied and got a choice of beehive homes...