All Caught Up

I'm a little behind in posting (and stitching ornaments), but I finished the August one yesterday.

June's theme was Christmas animals so I stitched this little owl by Joan Elliott from The World of Cross Stitching #208.  It's stitched 1 over 1 on 20-count gold flecked Lugana.   I will be making this one into a small pillow ornament for my tree.

July's theme was a free choice so I chose a little gingerbread man since I love gingerbread anything.  It's by Lucie Heaton from an older Cross Stitch Crazy magazine and is one of seven gingerbread people available and it's stitched on a scrap of light blue Aida from my stash.  It will be going to WOCS for their Holiday Card project.

August's theme is Christmas clothing and what's more Christmas than an ugly sweater, only I don't think this one's that ugly.  It's from another older Cross Stitch Crazy magazine in the Crazy for... section.  It's also stitched on a scrap of light blue 14-count Aida from my stash (I'd cut these squares for another project and then scrapped that idea) and will also be going to WOCS--I love stitching for Christmas, but don't really need any more ornaments so that's why I give them away.

So, now I'm all caught up and will be starting to look for my September stitch soon.
Cathy

Carmie's August post.... UPDATED!

Hi everyone, Carmie has asked me to post a progress pic on her behalf as she is in the process of entering the exciting new world of owning a tablet and hopes to be able to post pics herself soon.

It is a PS Santa, not sure which year - 2006

Great finish, Carmie.

hugs, Kaye

Cheryl's August Santa Ornament

Ho! Ho! Ho!  My little Santa ornament is stitched from a freebie pattern that you can find here: http://www008.upp.so-net.ne.jp/gera/freecharts/freechartindex.htm

I backed him with a somewhat plain red fabric and added the button and "dangly bit" (not meant to be rude - but I'm not sure what it is called).

Hope you like him!

August Christmas ornament finished!

Hello fellow SALers!

I finished the stitching part of my Christmas ornament for August a few days ago. The chart I used was The night before Christmas by The Prairie Schooler. I enjoyed stitching it immensely:) The original chart had 'Merry Christmas' stitched at the top, but since I am Swedish I decided to stitch the Swedish equivalent, GOD JUL:) I also had some decisions to make about the snowflakes in the design. My original plan was to use beads, but I didn't have any matching white ones. Then I tried to use white DMC Pearlescent...

...but I didn't think the snowflakes stood out enough. In the end I chose DMC Satin thread and then it looked like this when I had finished the stitching part of the ornament.

 I have had a bit of anxiety about the FINISHING part of the process, but in the end I decided to use my sewing machine and a bit of white lace. This is the end result:

It is not perfect; the lace is stretched a bit too tight in the corners. The back is very boring and not so pretty but here it is...

 

Here's picture in another light where you can make out the snowflakes better:)

 

Still, maybe I'll try to use glue for the finishing details on the next ornament, since I'm not all together happy about the way this ornament turned out.

Speaking of the next ornament, I have not decided what I am going to stitch yet. I guess I'll have to browse through my stash again..:)

Finally, since we all love Christmas here, I'll share this festive photo of two of my furbabies with you! Enjoy!

Annie

 

August - Mr and/or Mrs Santa.

 The Littles Santa Claus, Bent Creek.

★ ★

I've Sarted

Finally got a chance to start my Santa last night. Almost got the border finished before I headed to bed.

I'm really enjoying this.

Here Comes Santa Claus.

here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus Lane!

Midnight Santa designed by Patty Cox. 

He's going to be a wonderful addition to our tree this year.

I had a remnant of 16 ct aida that makes this a 3" x 3 1/8" size.

Carolyn @ By the Pricking of My Thumb

My Choices

Well, everything is gathered for my start, but I won't actually get any stitches in until I finish the small I'm working on for an exchange.

But, here is fabric, floss and a bit of the pattern.

No, I really won't be using ALL those colours, but the key was for the set (11 patterns) and it was easier to pull them all rather than try and figure out which symbols/colours were for this particular chart.

My Pick for August

Oh, I'm so excited to do this SAL! I participate in quite a few (too many, sometimes I think!), but I especially love to stitch Christmas designs. So this is perfect for me!

My lovely friend, Linda, gifted me the Santa's 12 Days of Christmas charts by Prairie Schooler. I've started the first 8 (I'm a serial starter), but have made real progress on number 1. This'll be my ornament finish for August.

Here's where I am now:

Mostly just a lot of little fiddly bits left to stitch. I only work on this on Sundays, but I'm sure I can finish the stitching by the end of August. My real goal is to do the finishing, too; I haven't tried that yet but have seen many good tutorial videos.

Happy Stitching!

Kate