Hello everyone!
For the Nutcracker Theme this month, I stitched Durene Jones Christmas Owl which was a freebie on her Facebook page.
I was happy to find some ornaments I really wanted to make that matched the May Nutcracker theme of Trees and Presents! Here are my Victoria Sampler "Biscornuments" (ornaments in the shape of a mini biscornu)
The stitching on these doesn't take long, but the finishing is fiddly! I feel like I have hotdog size fingers when I'm stuffing them! Anyway, I had already made a couple of these from the booklet of 5 designs, and gave them to my mom. Now I am remaking the whole set for me! At that time I went ahead and made all the tassels and hangers and boy am I glad I did that, because it does speed up the final finish quite a bit, and gives the set more uniformity. Hooray for planning ahead!
I guess I should have waited a couple more days...haha. I didn't expect to finish up my June ornaments so quickly. Sorry for posting so soon. First is the 12 Days of Christmas theme...I stitched 6 Geese-a-Laying from the book 2001 Cross Stitch Designs. This was stitched on 32 count ice blue linen over two. I do love how these are turning out!
Next is the designated year from the JCS Ornament issues...this month was 2006. I chose Mary and Joseph by Shepherd's Bush. Stitched on 40 lambswool over two with substituted DMC threads. This was a fun stitch!
And last is The Nutcracker theme with Owl being our subject this month. I chose a pattern called Christmas Cross Stitch #7 by The Floss Box. Anyone who knows me will know that I love owls...so I had quite a few in my pattern collection. I've always wanted to stitch this one. I did omit the border because I want to finish this as a round ornament. I also changed the color of the moon from white to yellow. It just didn't look right the other way around. It's stitched on 40 count Summer Khaki over two.
So...I guess that's it for this month. See you next month (Lord willing and the creek don't rise). Happy Stitching!
Whew...where does the time go? I have been watching my granddaughter twice (sometimes three) times a week for a few months now and my stitching has fallen waaaay behind schedule. I've been working hard to catch up...but it's also left little time for posting. But...here I am to show what I've been doing for March, April and May. Hopefully I'll be back soon with a June update too! Fingers crossed! I was working on all four of the challenges this year, but couldn't find patterns I liked for some of the "Christmas" movie category so I've dropped out of that one this year. So...here are the other three.
First off is 12 Days of Christmas. I have been stitching from the 2001 Cross Stitch book I love this book and use it often! Here are 3 French Hens
4 Calling Birds
and 5 Golden Rings
Next category is ornaments from the Just Cross Stitch ornament issues for the year selected. March was 2012 and I chose Peace Pin Button by Jeanette Douglas
April was a Free Choice so I selected Merry Christmas by Glory Bee from the 2012 issue
May was 2004 and I chose In A Stable by Shepherd's Bush.
The last category was The Nutcracker March was The Mouse King so I chose The Mouse King from The World of Cross Stitching magazine (sorry I don't know the issue)
May was Christmas Tree/Presents so I chose Perfect Gifts by Full Circle Designs from the 2004 JCS ornament issue.
Hopefully I'll be back soon with the June stitching. I already have one done...but I like to group them together. Happy Stitching everyone!
