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Thursday, 27 January 2022

Whew....So far so good!

Hi fellow stitchers!  I think I'm glutton for punishment...LOL!!  I've decided to try all four themes this year...and though it was a real challenge, I think I did ok this month.  I sincerely hope I can find time this month to fully finish these, but I kind of doubt it.   I'll try to do better next month.  

For Theme One I chose to stitch the 12 Days of Christmas from the 2001 Cross Stitch Designs book by Better Homes and Gardens.  I know the fabric looks dark in this picture, but I used 32 count Ice Blue fabric and stitched over two.  Here is a Partridge in a Pear Tree.  



For Theme Two , Christmas Movies- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer I chose a design from the 2007 Nov/Dec JCS Issue called Sparkling Country Ornaments.  I chose the reindeer and changed the nose color to red.  



For Theme Three-Any ornament from the 2014 JCS Ornament issue, I chose Snowy Days by Little House Needleworks.  It is stitched on 25 count natural over one.  




For Theme Four - Nutcracker - I chose to stitch the Nutcracker from a design called Merry Christmas from the 1991 Nov/Dec JCS Issue.  This is stitched on 32 count white over two.  




It's been a challenge finding patters for some of these...but kind of fun in a way.  The way I'm going I may have to have some ornament give-aways on my blog toward the end of the year.  I'll let you know if I do.  haha  See you next month...till then Happy Stitching!

8 comments:

butterfly said...

Lovely ornaments .
Have a great weekend.

Khristine Doiron said...

Well done! They are all fabulous! I especially love your little Rudolph :)

Mary said...

They are all very pretty ornaments.

Gwen said...

Great job.

cheryl said...

Ambitious! They are all lovely, but the partridge is my favorite.

Kaisievic said...

Wow! D.J. Great work and I love the fact that you took on the challenge of all four themes and achieved your goal this month. Awesome stitching. They are all great desigsn. Thank you so much for taking part in the Christmas Ornie SAL this month.

Suzanne H said...

I'm impressed that you've taken on all four themes. Your stitching is lovely.

Denisesc said...

Lovely stitching! Did something happen to the Theme 3 list? I can't find it on the blog. Any info would be appreciated.