Yay! An ornament finish! I finished stitching O Christmas Tree.
Now to actually finish it into an ornamnet. (Ugh.) I think I am going to finish it into a flat ornament using Vonna’s directions. Now, all I need is to find a backing fabric I like and decide what color to do the cording (and figure out how to make cording).
This is the second ornament for this year. Again, it is out of a 2007 issue of Just Cross Stitch magazine. It is called “A Wish For Hope and Peace” designed by Belinda Karls-Nace of Blue Ribbon Designs. I remember stitching this a few years ago as a present for a family member.
I am substituting DMC thread (shocking, isn’t it) for the Weeks Dye Works used in the model. I am stitching two threads over two on 32-count Mushroom Lugana.
I can’t find the magazine to get a picture of the finished project but here is my progress so far. I think it should stitch up fairly quickly.
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Here is my little collection of ORTs
It is fun to see the “layers” of different projects I have worked on!
See ya on the next new moon!
I am in the mood for Christmas! So, I dug out some old Just Cross Stitch magazines and pulled some Christmas ornaments to stitch! I have several lined up, but this is the one I started with – O Christmas Tree by Follow The Leader Designs.
This appeared in a 2007 issue of Just Cross Stitch magazine. The original design called for Gentle Art Sampler Threads, but, of course, I am sticking with my trusty DMC. It also was designed to be a scissor fob with a finished size of 1.5″ x 1.75″ by stitching over one with one thread. I wanted an ornament so I am stitching over two with two threads.
I am stitching this on 32-count Cream Belfast linen. After I finish it, I may make another using some brownish/grey linen I found in my stash.
Here is the chart (of course I will change out the 2007 to be 2015):
Here is my progress after one afternoon of stitching:
I hope to complete it this weekend and then I am going to try to “finish” it into an actual Ornament! Whoo Hoo!
This is one of the projects I wanted to start (and finish!) this year – Loose Feathers by Blackbird Designs. It was originally released in 2011 in three separate pamphlets: Summer, Autumn, and Winter. I picked up all three at Quilt Festival this past fall from The Silver Needle booth. I just love visiting their booth every year during Quilt Festival and looking at all the goodies!
The chart calls for using Cresent Colors and Gentle Arts thread, but I chose to go with regular old DMC thread. Only because I am lazy and it is easy for me to find and I have almost every color. I went to my local needlework store and picked up a piece of 32-count Mushroom Lugana.
Here is my progress after a few days of stitching:
I have enjoyed stitching this chart so far. I always begin stitching in the middle of a pattern so I am currently stitching the birds in the “Autumn” chart.