Believe Ornament

Believe Ornament
The Sampler Girl
28 ct Taupe Cashel Linen, DMC Floss 115
Stitched one-over-one
Stitched by Carol S.

Christmas Eve Flight

Christmas Eve Flight
The Sampler Girl
Chart Available HERE
Unknown R&R Reproductions 40 ct Linen, GAST - Buckeye Scarlet, Blueberry, WDW - Cocoa
Stitched by Carol S.

Believe

Believe Ornament
The Sampler Girl - chart found here
36 ct Ivory Linen, HDF Silk in Dragon's Blood
Stitched by Carol

Believe

Believe freebie by

The Sampler Girl

fabric: 32ct lambswool linen

fiber: DMC 347

stitched by staci

(more pictures can be seen on my blog)

gifts for the better half

I stitched a design from The Sampler Girl (Merry Christmas My Love) this year for my DH, using VC silks on a 40 (?) count coffee-dyed linen. I just love how it came out. I made up the personalization on the backside.

Last year, I stitched a design from The Needle's Content for him. It was my first attempt at ruching, and because the ribbon was a thick velvet one, I had to improvise quite a bit but it came out looking pretty good. :)

gifts for the kids

Here are the three ornaments I've stitched for the kids for little surprise gifts. I'm going to make them a special ornament each Christmas from now on, as I also do for their wonderful Daddy.

Normally, I avoid aida but I just loved this deep, rich Victorian red. All three are stitched in either DMC or another colorfast floss for washability. ;) The talented designers are, from top to bottom: "Christmas Partridge" by Stacy Nash Primitives (Rowen's ornie), "Dash Away All" by The Sampler Girl (Max's ornie), and "Christmas Bear" by Beth Hendzlik (Nicky's ornie). Other than Rowen's ornament, I used my own choice of colors rather than those suggested, and made various other little changes.

Tree Farm ornament finish

Here I am, for one of my erratic and irregular appearances. I just finished Tanya's freebie into an ornament - forgive the hasty photo, it does look better IRL. ;) Astonishingly, I'm up to six ornaments - all thanks to this blog!