Serendipitous Jo's October Ornie - Presents

I have decided to stitch the Christmas Cubes by Primitive Hare as my Christmas project this year.  I looked at the themes which Kaye had chosen for this year and all but two are covered by the Cubes.  Perfect!  It does mean that I will stitch the letters out of order but I can cope with that.

Here is Cube 8 - M

Here are the eight I have stitched so far:

And here is the first one finished into a cube:

I have some good news to share, I got an email from Immediate Media earlier this week telling me that I have been nominated in their Best Blog Category.   I was blown away and had to log on to see the other nominees.  I am in good company, there's a couple of designer blogs, one with 3 times the followers I have, a group blog and a couple of other bloggers who have really nice blogs, although one seems to be having a little break right now.  

If you enjoy my personal blog Serendipitous Stitching, I wonder if you would mind voting for me.

This is the website where you can vote - British Craft Awards.  There are several categories to vote in and have your say.  The first question asks if you live in the UK but that is only to assess your eligibility to be included in the prize draw.  Non UK residents can still vote, so please do!

Two months rolled into one....

Hi there!  It is nearly the end of another month... goodness me this year is flying by!

As we all know this month's theme is presents/toys.  What a fun theme... there were so many things to choose from in my pile of magazines but in the end I picked a nice quick one!

This little Christmas Bunny was a freebie from a late 1990's/early 2000's issue of Cross Stitch Collection (I think...)  She fits in with the theme as she is holding a beautifully wrapped Christmas present :o)

The kit came with 18ct Aida - it is stitched with one thread of DMC floss.  (In the old days if they said DMC it was most likely really DMC thread!)  I even managed to make up the card as soon as I finished the stitching (not often I do that!!)

So that was October.... onto November's Christmas Tree theme!

Now is this cheating... I hope not... I want to call it brilliant planning because I have already finished my Christmas Tree for November!!

This design was published in the Just Cross Stitch Christmas 2015 issue.  The designer is From the Heart ~ NeedleArt by Wendy.  I didn't use any of the recommended threads - instead the lettering is stitched in Dinky Dyes "Pilbara", the tree foliage in Dragon Floss "Stem Green" and the trunk and star in DMC.

So that's me done and ahead of the game for a change.....

Happy Christmas Stitching
Hugs xx

Oktober 2016

Thank you all for the kind words in the comments to my post of September! They were pleased :-)

Today I present the October my cross stitch:

I wish you a wonderful November!
Daniela

Oh Golden Christmas Tree

Bonjour et un grand merci pour vos commentaires lors de mon premier post!

Déjà terminé  eh, oui!
Mes petits sapins pour le mois de Novembre  sont déjà fini!!!

 Oh,oh,   Golden Christmas Tree

Modéle d'un livre de Brenda Keyes

Brodé sur Murano 12fils,t Gentle Art "Piney wood"et fils doré Madeira

A toutes une belle et douce semaine

Amicalement 

MC

October Ornament

Hello again!

I hope everyone is having a lovely October!  So far our October here in eastern Canada has been fairly nice.  Just wet and windy.

This month I chose Christmas ABC by Shepherd's Bush from the 2011 Just Cross Stitch Ornament issue.  I chose this because there are 4 presents in it, well 3 for sure and one that I am 75% sure it is a present.  Can you find them all?

I really had a lot of fun stitching this and can't wait to get started on more Shepherd's Bush patterns!

I love all the themes for next year!  Right now I am going to check out what I have that I want to stitch that I can sneak into the themes each month.  :)

Happy Halloween everyone!!

And if you don't celebrate Halloween, Happy Stitching!

Khristine

2017 Christmas Ornament SAL themes revealed!

Drum Roll please (or at least listen to the wonderful version of The Little Drummer Boy sung by A Capella group, Pentonix, below)....

The themes for our Christmas Ornament Stitching for 2017 are revealed below..

As the idea of having two themes running concurrently, seemed to meet with everyone's approval, we will be going ahead with that plan.

So, THEME ONE....

  THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS.....

On the First day of Christmas my true love sent to me
a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

On the Second day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

On the Third day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Three French Hens,
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

Subsequent verses follow the same pattern, each adding one new gift and repeating all the earlier gifts, so that each verse is one line longer than its predecessor:

4 Calling Birds

5 Gold Rings

6 Geese a-Laying

7 Swans a-Swimming

8 Maids a-Milking

9 Ladies Dancing

10 Lords a-Leaping

11 Pipers Piping

12 Drummers Drumming

There are so many different designs out there on this theme - I just did a quick Google search and look at all of these:

Now, here is the exciting part of the reveal....  As it happens (with a little bit of tidying up), we had exactly TWELVE suggestions for Theme Two, how is that for a bit of Serendipity?  So, without more ado, here we are...

THEME TWO ....

January - Christmas Tree

February - Carols/Music

March- Tinsel/Christmas Lights

April - Snowy Scenes

May - Sleighs/Reindeer

June - Christmas Words/Phrases

July - Birds/Animals

August - Blingy Ornaments

September - Santa

October - Nativity

November - Primitive Christmas Designs

December -  The Three Kings/Wise Men

Now, remember, please, this is meant to be a no-stress, fun SAL, so please feel free to stitch either Theme One or Theme Two or both or dip in or out of either as the mood takes you.

My plan (at this stage) is to stitch Theme One and to dip in and out of Theme Two, as the fancy (and time) takes me.

To that end, I have already organised my Twelve Days of Christmas Design. It is a Jim Shore design, I have always wanted to own one of his ornaments, and now I have the chance to stitch one (or twelve, really).

I have all of the floss, beads and buttons ready, I just need to get my fabbie organised and decide whether to stitch one large piece or twelve single ornaments. I am leaning towards one large stitched piece.

 So, I hope that you are happy with next year's themes, I know that I am.

hugs, Kaye

September and October

For my September ornament, I stitched the companion for my July gingerbread man, only I stitched her on 14-count plastic canvas instead of fabric.  I'm in the process of making several of these to hang on my tree.

 For my October ornament, I chose Mill Hill's Holiday Express, because who doesn't like to see a train circling the tree.

Lili's October Ornament: Toys/Presents

Hi!!
My October ornament!

Design: Needle Bling Designs - Happy Holidays
(JCS Special Christmas Issue 2016)
Fabric/Threads: 40 count Vintage Country Mocha linen/ DMC

Thanks for looking!
Happy stitching,
Lili
(my blog: Stitching Basket)

Christmas Toys

Hey,

Nouvelle inscrite je vous dis bonjour a toutes,j'habite en France en Alsace.

Voici ma participation pour le mois d'Octobre !

Brodé sur lin irisée 12fils 

Fils DMC

A bientôt

MC

Rita's October 2016 Toys/Presents

I can't believe it's not the last day of the month and I've stitched mine already.  Take note, because this may not happen again for a very long time.  ;-)

While looking for what to stitch, I remembered that I'd started it but it's been languishing in my wip pile.  So......killing 2 birds with one stone I finished a wip that works perfectly for the theme.  It's by Little House Needleworks, one of my favorite designers.

September: Christmas Food

September: Christmas Food

Gingerbread, Christmas pie and cupcake are all on my first ornament.

Baked Goods

Ornament Series 2011, No 7

Little House Needleworks

The second ornament features Christmas cookies.

Christmas Cookies

Country Cottage Ornament Series 2014

September 2016

Girls, Thank you all for your kind comments in the August post!

The task for September I started late. To this must be added my strange illness that troubled children and not an old woman.

So, in October, I want to show the September award - eating :-)

I wish you a nice October!
Daniela