Snow Bird Ornament

Snow Bird Ornament
La-D-Da
2004 JCS Christmas Ornament Issue
Lakeside Linens 36 ct Meadow Rue Linen, Crescent Colours Floss, GAST Floss
Stitched by Carol S.

Prancer

Prancer by

JBW Designs

JCS 2004

fabric: misc 32ct linen

fibers: DMC

Mill Hill beads #00123

stitched by staci

(more pictures can be seen on my blog)

My July ornament

I whipped this baby up in two days!

Snow

Designer: Glory Bee

Source: 2004 JCS ornament edition

Fabric: 32ct Misty Blue linen

Threads: GAST, WDW & DMC

May/June Ornament & Card

Hi Everyone,

As I was away on holidays the first half of May and sick the second half I am a bit behind with my ornaments. Although I did manage to stitch 2 cards, which are from the Christmas Miniatures Leaflet by The Prairie Schooler, stitched on 25 count Evenweave with DMC threads.

I'm not sure how I will 'ornamentify' the beautiful bird yet, he is from the JCS 2004 Christmas Ornaments issue by Blackbird Designs. Stitched on 32 count ivory Jobelan with DMC threads and Kreinik gold for the stars.

For those of you who have the pattern I left out the Noel (noelle) because my DH asked why the bird's named Noel. Men!!

Happy Stitching, Sue in Australia.

Feb & March ornament

These are Feb and March ornament, i always forget to upload it here.
Feb. ornament Woodland Snowfall, is a LHN designs featured at JCS 2004.
Stitched on 32ct linnen and used DMC threads.




This is a blackbird designs, featured at JCS 2004. Stitched on 32ct linnen and used DMC thteads.

Some New Finishes

Here are a couple of ornaments I have completed and wanted to share them.

Here is M Designs from the JCS Ornament magazine,I have yet to add the beads and it will be for my daughter Amanda who decided she needed more "Grown Up" ornaments.




The second is from Gloria and Pat "Precious Moments" My youngest who is into ballet big time begged me to make this for her.

January Finish

Here is my ornie for this month. It is Woodland Snowfall by Little House Needleworks and it's from the 2004 issue of JCS Ornaments. I can't wait to get to the store to get some jute twine to make the little bag that it gives the directions to finish it as. Now to start thinking about what ornie I will stitch for February's SAL. This makes 2 ornies that I have gotten done so far this month.

New ornament

This is "Sapphire Star" from Patricia Ann Designs (2004 JCS Issue). I stitched it with a Dinky Dyes Silk, and erinite coloured crystals on mystery fabric.

Two for Back to School

I managed to finish two ornaments this month. One was a UFO from three years ago and the other was a new ornie from a three year old magazine. I needed a break from the red and green ornies of the past four months. I'm trying to stitch them in groups of four.

This weekend, I stitched this lovely Norwegian Ornament by Scandinavian Stitches from the 2004 JCS Ornament issue. I resumed cross stitching when my DD was two and this was one of my purchases then. Sad to say it, but this is the first ornie stitched although I really love several designs from this issue. I used DMC because the only flower thread in my possession is in a kit. Though it is not my usual style, I'm fond of it anyway and it was a fun stitch. I think it would be fun to do in shades of blue or maybe as a beaded ornament. I may try a blue version one day, or perhaps some other color variation.

I started Snowberries by Just Nan three years ago, but put it to the side for some unknown reason. I had just a teensy bit of stitching remaining (including frogging one slightly misplaced special stitch) and all of the beading. The scan does not show the sparklies too well--the crystal beads vanish--but oh my goodness there were a lot of beads to add. I stitched this on an uneven linen so it looks more rectangular than square and I used Mill Hill beads rather than SJ beads because I had MH beads in my stash.

This is my last group of ornaments from my maternity/medical leave. I haven't picked out ornaments for next month's SAL, but it may include a TW freebie UFO. Selecting an ornament, or two, for the SAL is as much fun for me as the stitching.

With these two finishes, I have stitched 14 ornaments in 2007. That's wonderful considering I did not stitch a single ornie in 2006. I hope to complete 2 ornaments each month for the rest of the year. Of course, I still need to finish them into usable ornies.

Folk Art Topiary

This is from the 2004 JCS Christmas Ornaments. It is stitched on 32 ctr. Vintage Linen with the called for Crescent Color threads.

April Ornament

OK, it took a while, but it is stitched.

Woodland Snowfall
Little House Needleworks
JCS 2004

Cafe au Lait Linen
DMC, Rainbow Gallery Designers Dream,
and Kreinik Blending Filament Threads

Details here and here.

Finally a finish!

I'm pretty sure I last posted in April and I have been working on an ornament (or two), they just took me longer than expected to finish, so finally here they are in all their blurry glory ( I just can't seem to take good photos).

Moonlit Joy Ride
Full Circle Designs
(JCS Ornaments 2006)
32ct Belfast Dirty Linen
Used recommended GAST, Mill Hill beads
and DMC 5282.

I really like this ornament because it's a bit quirky, I changed the colours to DMC threads and even though it's not as nice as the original I think turned out OK.

Peace
Sisters & Best Friends
(JCS Ornaments 2004)
28ct Jobelan
(Polstitches: Dragon Shades - Let It Snow)
DMC Threads

This is the one that took so long, I've only done one other of these kits and this one had lots more beads, it seemed to go on forever! It's so much more sparkling IRL than in the photo, I wish I could capture it.

Winter Whimsey
Button and Beaded Kit by Mill Hill
14ct perforated paper
DMC threads. Mill Hill beads and button

Celestial Santa

If I EVER get this posted it will be no small feat! I keep hitting a wrong key and backing completely out of my post! Anyway, here is Celestial Santa, by Pat Thode of HeartStrings/The Artists Collection. It doesn't look exactly the same as it does in the 2004 JCS Christmas Ornament issue because I received the materials to stitch it from a club I was in a few years ago. I ran completely out of the red and had to change the hat to blue, which I think gives him a more patriotic and less celestial look, LOL. He is more glittery IRL than in the scan, the bottom of his coat is stitched with a red metallic fiber blended into the GAST fiber, but it doesn't show in the scan very well. I like the overall look, though, and this fabric was dreamy to stitch on. I like the sort of denim-ish feeling it has. The bells don't ring, much to my 8 year old daughter's chagrin. He's kind of big, so I'm thinking of making him into a pillow. The quilt store in my neighborhood had a really cool dark blue fabric with stars on it last time I was in, I think I'll have to go back and get a cut of it.

Hello, I am Marisa and I'm new to this SAL. Not new to stitching ornaments, definately not new to that! I'm not sharing my most recent finish, but I am sharing one of my favorites. Last year I participated in a automatic shipment program with an online LNS I frequent. She was shipping small ornament cuts from the 2004 JCS ornament issue, and sending her own hand-dyed fibers to complete the ornaments. This was one of the first I received, and I absolutely love the colors she chose. This is Silent Night, by Imaginating. A link to my blog is listed on this site, and I also have a gallery at Cyberstitchers (Marisa's Stitchworks) where most all of my stitchings are posted. Thanks for letting me join!

I think, you all know this design, but I love it! (Little House Needleworks , Just Cross Stitch 2004 Special Christmas Issue) I used the recommendet Anchor-threads and a cashel-linen.

My March Ornament

Here is my March ornament, I am little behind as you can see. It is noel birdhouse by Brittercup Designs. It is from the 2004 ornament issue. It is missing the little bird button near the opening. It's on order, and I did it on sparkly white fabric instead of the summer khaki the pattern called for. Now onto the April ornament. I will catch up!

Anne's April ornies (a bit late)

I made up for missing March too by having an entire day yesterday devoted to ornie stitching. Here are the results:


Cardinal Snowflake by The Victoria Sampler
from 2004 JCS Christmas ornie magazine
Stitched on 28ct Kiwi Illusions Jubilee in Alpine Spring (Countrystitch)
using substitute threads from my stash


Merry Christmas by Glory Bee
from 2003 JCS Christmas ornie magazine
Stitched on 28ct 'mystery' evenweave
using recommended threads except for using Crescent Colours Toasted Marshmallow instead of GAST Porcelain


Christmas Rose by Elizabeth's Designs
from 2002 JCS Christmas ornie magazine
Stitched on the same 28ct 'mystery' evenweave
using all the recommended threads

Snow Bird

I've finished stitching one and a half ornaments this month to make up for my poor performance last month, but I'm only showing the finished one. It's Snow Bird by La-D-Da from the 2004 JCS ornament magazine. I actually had the recommended 36ct linen and thread, which was a minor miracle!


It's not finished finished as I didn't pack any fabrics or ribbons in the suitcase. I'm going to have a finishing frenzy later in the year when my stuff arrives.

Speaking of which - I was thinking of having a mid-year finishing weekend. Would anyone be interested in joining me? How does the first weekend of July sound?

Kimberly's March Ornament

This is from the Just Cross Stitch Ornament Issue 2004. Christmas Ornament 2004 by Periwinkle Promises. Stitched on 28ct linen that's white with a bit of silver sparkle and cranberry by Gloriana as a thread.

With My Needle JCS Ornament Issue Designs (Adana)

These are the With My Needle JCS ornament issue designs from 2004-2005-2006. I have three of the five pieces in this series stitched as I still have the 2003 design and the additional design from 2006. These are a really quick stitch and I'm doing mine on Belfast linen with Threadgatherers Silk n Colors 'In The Reds'.

The pieces in the issues and that I've stitched are as follows:

2003 - A Needleworker's Pocket

2004 - Christmas Swan Needlebook (top left)

2005 - A Quaker Scissors Sheath (right side)

2006 - Quaker Pinkeep and Scissor Weight (scissor weight- bottom left)