Mill Hill Gingerbread House

There is no cross stitch shop in the city where I live.  About 20 years ago, The Counted Thread in Chesterfield County, the closest shop to me closed.  The next closest shop in Fredericksburg closed about 5 years ago.  There are still cross stitch shops in Williamsburg and in Northern Virginia now, but I get most of my needlework supplies online or at the LQS where I work.  The shop where I work has a few charts, Sullivan's threads, WDW, GA, CCW, a few beads and some basic colors of linen and aida.  Once in a while, I make a cross stitch impulse buy at work.  This time I actually stitched it!

This is Mill Hill's Gingerbread House. 

I chose to stitch this project on the perforated paper provided.  I like using perforated paper, especially when it is a small project with lots of beads.   I think the paper holds up better to the weight of all the beads than linen would.  The downside to perforated paper is that it is easily bent.  I transported my project inside a book to keep it flat, but I still have some curling on the corners.  I know that people love to run their hands over projects with lots of texture.  I spent a lot of time on this one and don't want dirty hands on the stitching or pulling at the embellishments.  I will probably frame it under glass.  

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