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Tuesday 14 July 2020

DJ's July Jewels...

Hello fellow stitchers!

I can't believe July is half over!!  Where is the time going?  I've found a little more time to get some stitching done this month but I procrastinated posting.  I hope everyone is safe and well!

For theme one I am working on the 12 Days of Christmas from the Stoney Creek Magazine.  These were published in the 4  magazines distributed in 2019...winter, spring, summer and autumn 2019.  This month was 7 Swans a Swimming stitched on 28 count over two white evenweave.  I should get busy and make these into ornaments...


For theme three I worked on an ornament from the 2015 JCS Ornament issue.  This is Merry Christmas by Samplers Not Forgotten.  It is stitched on 32 count over 1 antique ivory linen.  I substituted a little snowflake charm for the stitched snowflake in the upper right corner.


That's it for me folks!  Happy Stitching everyone!

Sunday 12 July 2020

Suzanne's July Ornament

Hello Everyone!
This was a hard one for me because I don't have the 2015 Ornament issue and The Bleak Midwinter is not a song I am familiar with. I didn't want to default to the 12 days of Christmas either, so I needed to put my thinking cap on! I printed out the lyrics to the song and decided this ornament from the 2013 Just Cross Stitch Ornament issue would fit the Bleak Midwinter theme.
It is O Holy Night designed by Knotted Tree NeedleArt. I thought it captured the manger, the angels, the lamb and the gift of the shepherd's heart found in the lyrics of the song. I stitched this on 18 count oatmeal aida with the DMC conversion. Finished as a flat ornament with jute twine for the hanger. 

I hope everyone is staying well and I can't wait to see your ornaments this month.


Friday 3 July 2020

June: Free Choice

My Free Choice ornaments for June are a finish for Day 1 of Erica Michaels', The 12 Berries of Christmas and a FFO of Quaker Birds by Little House Needleworks.  



Wednesday 1 July 2020

June Ornament finished

Well, it is technically July 1, but I DID finish it yesterday......just hadn't ironed it or taken a picture. This is #6 in the CEC 12 Days of Christmas series, a lovely goose sitting on her nest with some colorful eggs. I went and signed myself up for 2 more SAL's, a Maine one ( that's where I live), and I am going to tackle The Jane Fiddes Sampler ( anyone else??).
Nikki