Cross-stitch had center stage last night on the Ace of Cakes “Merry Cakemas” episode (Food Network). Mary Smith decorated the ultimate Christmas stocking cake based on a Christmas stocking cross-stitched by one of their viewers.  Apparently the husband of an avid stitcher (who has stitched 53 Shepherd’s Bush Christmas Stockings for her family) commissioned Charm City Cakes in Baltimore to reproduce the stocking.

The episode is available for viewing online at http://www.foodnetwork.com/ace-of-cakes/demolition-cakes/index.html
Dec 06, 2009 at 5:00 PM ET/PT
Dec 08, 2009 at 8:00 PM ET/PT
Dec 09, 2009 at 3:00 AM ET/PT

By the way, thanks to Carole Watson of Always in Stitches (Palm Beach Gardens FL) for letting us know about this: