June, July & August ornaments

Log Cabin at running deer farm pinkeep
The Prairie Schooler
JCS 2004
32 ct linen and DMC threads

A star on top ornament
Blue Ribbon Designs Freebie
32ct zweigart belfast naturel
DMC threads

Noel ornament
Gazette 94 freebie
32ct. linen
DMC threads


stitched by: Mylene

Red Birds for Peace

Red Birds for Peace Ornament
Blue Ribbon Designs - for 2008 Diabetes Tree/Busy Needle
32 ct Antique Ivory Belfast Linen, GAST Floss
Stitched by Carol

MY FIRST ORNIE!

NOEL ORNAMENT

Freebie by Blue Ribbon Designs

Mystery Fabric- 32 count

DMC threads

Two Christmas Ornaments

Treasure Christmas
MTV Designs
(published in the Gift of Stitching Magazine November 2008)
Zweigart 32 ct Antique Ivory Belfast
Crescent Colours
Delica Beads



Four Winter Wishes: Inspiration
Blue Ribbon Designs
(published in the Gift of Stitching Magazine December 2007)
Zweigart 32 ct Antique Ivory Belfast
Crescent Colours, DMC

Stitched by Svenja

A Star On Top

A Star On Top
Blue Ribbon Designs
32 ct Clay Belfast Linen, GAST Floss
Stitched by Carol

November Ornament

Glad Tidings

by Belinda Karls-Nace

of Blue Ribbon Designs

Here is my ornament for November. All I have left to do is put a hanger on it. It is from the 2008 JCS Christmas issue.

Finishes

Dove (Christmas Past) by Prairie Schooler

Stitched on black 14 ct aida using DMC floss

Joyful Blessings by Blue Ribbon Designs

Stitched on 28 count Khaki lugana using DMC floss

I've been on vacation but I did finish these two ornaments.

I am new!

Hi,this is my first post;I am Viola from Italy and I love Christmas ornaments so much!!!!!! Yours ornie are very beautiful and they are a great inspiration for me.

January

SNOW from Whispered by the wind
Chart available HERE

thread DMC variations 4010

Linen 32 ct Cascade by Silkweaver

February

A CHRISTMAS WISH from The Gift of stitching Dec 07 (Can also be found for free here)

Linen Siena 32 ct Telerie Graziano Dark tea & coffee Hand dyed by me

March

Swedish Christmas Star, Hearts and Reindeer

Mary Garry's Sewing Cabin from Just Cross Stitch Ornament 1998

linen Siena 32 ct Telerie Graziano Light tea Hand dyed by me

April

JOY Pine Needle Christmas

Cinnamon Heart Needleworks;

Linen Siena 32 ct Telerie Graziano light tea Hand dyed by me

Ornaments

Whew! been busy! well I finished the Treasured Memories Bear ornament, went on to a snowman, then a Blue Ribbon Designs Health and Happiness ornament (freebie found here) for a friend. Hope you enjoy!

Joyful Blessings Ornament

Verona in The Netherlands has received the ornament I made for her this month for the Christmas in July Exchange, so I can show it now...

Joyful Blessings Ornament
Blue Ribbon Designs
Just Cross Stitch Ornament Preview Issue, August 2008
Silkweaver 32 ct Heritage Belfast Linen, WDW Floss
I subbed gold beads for the red beads

Health and Happiness

This is the design that I completed a while ago, but have only been able to finish as an ornament recently.

Designer: Blue Ribbon Designs
Design: A Christmas Wish of Health and Happiness (freebie found here)
Thread: Gentle Arts Sampler Threads
Fabric: 28ct Cashel Linen from Zweigart - Antique Ivory
Finish: Pillow Ornament

Christmas at Easter

'Wishing you happiness'

Blue Ribbon Designs

GOSM Dec 2007

stitched using recommended fabric and threads

Happy Easter!

My christmas stitching

These are some of my christmas stitching, I did stitch a lot of christmas theme biscornu as well:

Just cross stitch ornament issue, Jean Farish:

Prairie Schooler, Christmas strawberry:

Bent Creek Glad Tiding:

Blue Ribbon design, Red ornament:

M design, snowman freebie:

Pam Kellogg Christmas Biscornu:

French freebie:

Sweetheart tree design:

Elizabeth's Design:

Merry christmas and a happy new year.

Stitched by Anita

Blue Ribbon Feb Ornie

Ok, I'm 'fessing up, I've been working on this pretty much since last SAL weekend! I'm a slow stitcher so I thought I would plan ahead and try for a finish during the alloted weekend :) It's a Blue Ribbon Design from - you guessed it - the JCS 2006 magazine. I added 4 Mill Hill antique cranberry beads to the bottom holly row and boy did I have the whole frog chorus at my house several times! It's the most over one I've ever tried too and like Pennie in January I didn't realise this until I got started but I must admit I quite enjoyed it! You may be seeing a lot from this magazine from me cos it's the only one I have ;) Sorry if the photo is not that good, the light is very poor here and so are my photography skills! I've really enjoyed seeing everyone else's postings, will try to add some comments soon. Have fun til next time :)

My ornament...that's not going to be an ornament =)

First off...thank you so much for getting me back into the loop Nicki....being "expired" is no fun =). I finished this ornament from the Christmas Sentiments Volume 1 by Blue Ribbons Designs last weekend. I chose 32 count linen and it's stitched with Gentle Art Threads.

What I didn't realize, until after I'd stitched the flowers in the middle and part of the border, were the numbers and letters are all stitched over one. Yikes!!! I've stitched over one on evenweave and aida before, but not linen. You know how linen has it's little "nubs" (for lack of a better word). I ended up doing a lot of frogging and being frustrated with this one.

What I thought would be a quick piece ended up taking me a week and a lot of frustration. After thinking about all the work I've decided it's too special to hang on a tree once a year, so I'm going to have it framed instead and put where I can see it everyday. Sooooo....that's how my first ornament turned out not to be an ornament. Maybe I'll get two stitched next month...and, I'll be sure to read the instructions before I start stitching it. =)

Had it not been for this SAL group I think it would have been something I would have started and then put down because it was so frustrating. Thanks for the inspiration.

Pennie