Christmas Hearts

Christmas Hearts Ornament
Just Nan - free chart HERE
32 ct Flax Belfast Linen, DMC Floss, Kreinik Blending Filament, SJ Designs Beads
Stitched by Carol S.

Merry Fifteen

Design Just Nan
Belfast Linen Raw\Opalescent & Belfast Burgundy Linen
DMC floss, Mill Hill meads, charm
Stitched by Ponechka

Snow faces

Vintage Belfast Linen 32 ct, DMC floss

Stitched by Ponechka

Candy Cane Snowflake Ornament

Candy Cane Snowflake Ornament
Just Nan
32 ct Confederate Gray Belfast Linen, DMC Floss, Various Beads, Snowflake Button and Angel Charm
Stitched by Carol S.

Whimzie Rose

Whimzie Rose ornaments, Just Nan.



The chart is available as a freebie on her site.



I stitched these ornaments on 32 count antique white linen, with DMC floss.

Snow Bonnets

This is a Just Nan and I have caught up I added a silver charm at the top edged it with beads adding a small loop in each corner also longer ribbon to use as scissor fob - this is for my daughters stocking

Winter Spell

This is a Just Nan design, I added a silver snowflake charm at the top and put a longer ribbon to also serve as a scissor keep

Just Nan ornament

This is my latest finish for a christmas in July exchange:

Just Nan´s "Memory stocking",
JCS ornament issue 1999,
stitched with DMC threads
by Gaby

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.

Just nans Nutcracker

Next weekend there won t be time for stitching, therefore -better earlier than never :-) -the ornament for april. It is Just nans nutcracker from JCS-Ornaments. The nutcracker will be the "cinnamon stick carrier" next christmas.

Besos de las islas canarias, Birgit

My January Just Nan ornaments

I have seen these stitched up and finished at a local needle shop in Spring, Texas a few years ago. There are a set of 4 that I have always wanted to stitch. I managed to complete 3 of them. Here are the pictures:

Yuletide Wreath Ornament:

Rose ornament:

Sugarplum Violets Ornament:

They all share the idental borders with gold beads.