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Tuesday, 28 December 2021
Some Quickies

 




I ran out of stitching time so decided to do some quickie ornaments using felt, Christmas buttons, beads and hand-twisted cord. I did stitch the name plates on the backs. I thought they turned out quite nice and they were well received. 

I take this opportunity of wish all my readers a Happy New Year.
Carol



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Monday, 6 December 2021
First Christmas





First Christmas - this was designed for my twin great grandchildren, Connie and Henry. It is stitched 1*2 on 40ct white Newcastle linen with DMC threads. The stitch count is 41 x 60. Full upper case and lower case alphabets included for personalisation 

You will receive a pdf file with a colour picture/frontsheet - available *here* 

Price: US$9




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Sunday, 27 December 2015
Ornaments for the children





I took a quick snap of these ornaments with my iPhone before I gave them to the children so sorry for the awful picture. I had the idea of using the wood spools months ago and set to designing the bands for them. They are stitched 1*1 on 1¼" line banding using threads from my stash. I was originally going to put charms on one side and the bells on the other but putting bells on both sides made the balance better. I backed the stitched banding with iron on interfacing and then joined the bands covering the join with a tiny length of trim.  The children were pleased to think that these are the only 6 in the world! 

There are two new iStitch Designs and I need to stitch the models so I guess that's what I shall be doing in the next few days.

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and wish you all a very Happy New Year. 

Thanks for visiting
Take care


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Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Christmas stitching


Kirby's ornament is 'Christmas Stamp' by Jeanette Douglas Designs from the JCS Ornament Issue 2009. This is stitched, mainly 1*1, on 36ct antique white linen with the recommend DMC threads. Although I had a Charland holly charm in my stash it was too big so I used a snowflake charm instead. Kirby liked the tiny heart on the back!

Meg's ornament is a red and white pendibule - no idea what the pattern is or where I got it from. I know it was a freebie which I found in my 'freebie file'. It's stitched 1*2 on 35ct white Brussels linen with an unknown red silk thread.



Georgia is the recipient for I ♥ Snow Days *here*. It was stitched 1*2 on a remnant of the blue fabric I used for Sew Winter using the recommended DMC threads.

Alex will receive one of the whitework humbugs. These are both stitched on 35ct white Brussels linen with DMC no 12 white perle cotton and finished with Delica silver beads. The pattern is by Yvette Stanton of Vetty Creations and can be found in the December 2007 issue of Gift of Stitching (page 40).

Sew Pink is stitched and has also been hem-stitched. Tomorrow I will iron it ready for a front cover photo-shoot. I am praying for good light tomorrow!

Thanks for visiting
Take care

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Saturday, 12 December 2009
Do you believe?



The last of my Christmas ornaments are stitched and finished. The last two are 'Believe', a 2008 freebie chart from The Sampler Girl. I know that neither Jack nor Tom read my blog so I think I am safe to post pictures now. I'm not too sure about the girls as I know that both Kirby and Meg pop in to visit occasionally, so I will delay posting pictures of their ornaments until they actually have them - I do not want to spoil the surprise. Both 'Believes' are stitched on 32ct raw linen with DMC 814 and have hangers made from gold or silver wire with the relevant gold or silver bells. I take no credit the 'wire' finish as I stole the idea from the lovely Staci - thanks Staci! I'm sorry for the poor photos but it's been very dark and gloomy here today and I just couldn't get a good picture.



And now for a sneak preview of Sew Pink! This is a companion chart to Sew Blue having the same stitch count and the same outer border. Not too much left to stitch on this one and as soon as it's finished I will complete the front chart cover with a picture and release it. I am not generally a 'pink' person but this pink silk thread by Dinky Dyes (103) is a really pretty variagated shade which looks good against the flax linen. Again not a great photo but enough to tease you with!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Thanks for visiting
Take care

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