February 2021: Ornie

My February ornament is my second Starry Night ornament.

Starry Night

Prairie Schooler

February ornament" 12 Days of Christmas

 I stitched the second day of Christmas by Jardin de Prive the first week of February, but just finished it today. I could not cut the sticky board straight and I cannot put to much pressure in my wrists. Well now it is done and working in the one for next month.

Cathy's Second Day of Christmas

 For this SAL, I'm doing the 12 Days of Christmas option.  I've chosen Ursula Michael's version for this.

 And all of it so far: 

Clare's February Stitching

I have stitched but not yet made up my two 12 Days of Christmas for Theme One. My Two Turtle Doves are by two different designers: the first is Jardin Prive design and the second is Plum Street Sampler. 

I'll be finishing them the same as my Day 1 pieces. On set will be hung around our mantle at Christmas and the other on my ornament tree. These are my Partridge finishes.

As this month is free choice for Theme Three - JCS ornament stitching I can include my Santa Claus that I have just finished. I'm stitching 12 ornaments from the 2020 magazine with Jo's Facebook SAL. 

This is Santa Claus by Autumn Lane Stitchery on page 52 of the 2020 JCS Christmas Ornament magazine. This photo frame currently has this Love design in it but I like to interchange my pieces to make full use of the frame so at Christmas the Love piece will be swapped for Santa Claus.

I'll be stitching my French Hens for Theme One next month, I'm not sure yet if I'll manage any other themes. 

Serendipitous Jo's February Ornament

Once again I am following the 12 Days of Christmas theme.  This year I am stitching the Stoney Creek 2019 Ornament series as my monthly project.  I have also started the large Bothy Threads' design but won't be completing one block of those per month!

As per previous years, I started the 12 Days on Boxing Day and stitched one day for the next 12 days.  Each month I will return to the relevant Day and finish it.

Here are my Two Turtle Doves:

stitched on 32 count Lime Green evenweave

Bothy Threads did not come up in my rotation this month.

DJ's February Update

Hello Fellow Stitchers!  I can't believe it's the middle of February already...this year seems to be whizzing by!  It's been a busy month here, but I'm still finding time to stitch...yay!  I hope I can keep it up!  This year I've only been working on two themes.  The first is the 12 Days of Christmas, which I chose the 12 Dragonlets of Christmas 2012 by Dragon Dreams.  Here is Two Turtle Doves...I really thought this one was cute!  It's stitched on 28 count Natural over two.  I'm going to include a picture of the first one I stitched too...as I was able to get it finally finished!

For my second theme I chose Theme Three and this month was a free choice.  So I picked Snowflakes Falling from the 2002 JCS Ornament issue.  It's stitched on 40 count flax over two.  I'm not sure why I like snowmen so much, but this one was too cute not to stitch!

I hope everyone is keeping safe...and if you are in the US...I hope this polar vortex takes a hike soon....brrr.  Stay warm folks!  Happy Stitching! 

Suzanne's February Ornament

 Hello Everyone! I hope everyone is staying healthy. I live in the North Eastern part of the US and we been having rounds of snow each week. Which is how it was when I was a kid but not so much lately. Since I'm working from home now, it doesn't bother me too much and it's pretty to look at. 

This month I went with Theme Three and chose a design from Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament Issue 2007. It is Julia Lucas Designs - Deck the Halls. 

I went through the magazines and CD I have and will be stitching a few more of her designs this year and squeezing them into the themes. This is stitched on 18 count oatmeal aida. I didn't have the seed beads, charm or some of the special threads but I made do with DMC and french knots. I made up my own wreath design where the charm would be. I was pleased, as I'm getting braver in just deciding to do my own thing and not be so rigid. I finished it as a flat ornament similar to the banner design as shown in the magazine. Can't wait to see everyone's stitching this month.