All Creatures Great and Small

This project is a little bit naughty! I have quite a few projects already going, but my dear friend mentioned that she was working on this project. I went to visit her the week between Christmas and New Year's and she was sharing with me the cross-stitch and quilting projects that she was working on. She showed me "All Creatures Great and Small" by Barbara Ana Designs. I just fell in love with it, especially when she said that she was working on it during her time watching the show on PBS. I loved that idea. My husband and I have been watching the TV show since it was first introduced on Masterpiece Theatre, and I read the book long ago.

As I drove home from visiting her, I was thinking how fun it would be to do the same - the thought of stitching "All Creatures Great and Small" while watching the show seemed so cozy to me. Almost immediately after I got home I ordered the pattern and linen. I went to a local craft store chain to purchase the DMC floss. Buying the threads at the store and also winding all of them on thread cards was fun. I also purchased a new storage bag and needle minder and thread holder since it is such a big project. I thought it would be fun to have some new accessories for it because I do think that this project will take along time. I really love the project bag. It was advertised as being a needlepoint project bag, but it fit the thread cards perfectly for cross-stitch and was only $15.99. It is such nice quality, and I put some little pins on it.

I think I will probably work on this project even when not watching the show, as I am quite excited about it.