Cathy's February Ornament

My ornaments this year will be coming from the Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament Issues.  My February Ornament is from the 2020 issue.

This is Deer in the Forest by Saving Grace Fine Needle Arts (Elizabeth Spurlock).

 

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: 

Cathy's February Ornament

This is Merry 2008 from the 2008 JCS Ornament Issue and was designed by Glory Bee.  The yellow flower centers were supposed to be Rhodes stitch, but I don't know how to do that stitch so I used beads instead.

Cathy's January Ornament

Since I have all of the JCS Christmas Ornament Issues, I decided to do this theme.  Unfortunately, I couldn't find the 2009 issue (it's here somewhere, but right now, it doesn't want to be found).  Instead I chose an ornament from the 2010 issue.  This is Consumed by Gifts from Brittercup Designs.

I'm glad to finally be getting some use out of these magazines!

May 2018 - Hark the Herald Angels Sing

This is my May ornament.  I know I'm behind, but I hope to catch up by the end of the year. 

A Chuch in the Snow

This is my ornament for April.  Since the Caroling theme was White Christmas, I looked for something with lots of snow and I'm very happy with what I found.  Instead of fabric, I used 14-count plastic canvas so with the addition of a hanger and backing it will be ready to go on my tree this year.

In looking ahead to future themes, does anyone have any ideas for Good King Wenceslas or God Rest Ye Marry Gentlemen?  I'm drawing a blank at the moment.

March - We Three Kings

I'm stitching the Christmas Carol themes this year and the theme for March was We Three Kings.  I had several choices, but I found a group of charts that will match three of the themes so that's the one I chose.

This is the Three Kings chart from Cross Stitch Crazy #222.

 

Cathy's February Ornament

This came from the 2016 edition of Christmas Cross Stitch Favorites.  It's stitched on 14-count oatmeal Aida with the called for DMC floss.  The only change I made was to make the the two Christmas ornaments identical and stitch them with solid colors instead of the called for stripes.

He was a quick and fun stitch!

Cathy's January Ornament

It took awhile, but I finally found an ornament to stitch for January.  It's Fa La La from the 2000 Christmas Ornament Issue from Just Cross Stitch and was designed by Ruth Sparrow of Twisted Stitches fame.

The fabric is 25-count Opalescent Lugana in Elegance and is actually more beige than purple.

September and October

For my September ornament, I stitched the companion for my July gingerbread man, only I stitched her on 14-count plastic canvas instead of fabric.  I'm in the process of making several of these to hang on my tree.

 For my October ornament, I chose Mill Hill's Holiday Express, because who doesn't like to see a train circling the tree.

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

Cathy's Reindeer

This is Festive Reindeer, the free cover kit from an older World of Cross Stitching magazine. 

It was started sometime ago on the enclosed Aida, but I didn't enjoy stitching it so I switched it out  for a scrap of an off white 25-count Lugana (the same fabric I used last month).  I was able to use all of the floss in the cover kit except for the brown in the reindeer so that's DMC from my stash.

My April Ornament

Here is my April ornament.  This is from the same set of Christmas motifs as my March ornament.  It's by Durene Jones from an older Enjoy Cross Stitch at Home magazine.

Santa and Elf

Here is my choice for the Santa and his helpers theme.  I took two motifs from an Enjoy Cross Stitch at Christmas magazine and put them together. 

February - Snow

Here is my February ornament.  It's a modification of one of the Let it Snow charts from the Cross Stitcher #297 and stitched on Picture This Plus Dwarf 18-count Aida 1 over 1.

Away in a Manger

This was my second choice for the music theme; the first one ended up in the garbage.  I don't know whether it was the fabric or the pattern, but it seemed like I was frogging more than I was stitching and I definitely wasn't enjoying it.

When I was refiling the chart, I found this one that worked out much better.  It's "Away in a Manger" from an old Quick and Easy Cross Stitch magazine.  It's not finished finished yet, but it will probably be my granddaughter's ornament this year since this was the first Christmas song she learned.

Cathy's September Ornament

Here it is the last day of the month and I'm finally posting my September ornament.  I chose another Mill Hill kit called Golden Tannenbaum that I had in my stash.

The hanger on this one is made from leftover gold beads. 

August Ornament Complete

When searching for an ornament to do for August, I looked in a bunch of magazines and found several, but couldn't choose just one.  Then I decided to just look in my stash instead where I found quite a few for this month's theme.

I finally chose Santa Noel from the Mill Hill Charmed Santa Faces -  Series II.  This is a very old kit that's been in my stash for years.  I'm glad I finally found a reason to stitch it.

The reason I'd put if off for so long is that it looked difficult, but it was actually easy.  I have a couple more in my stash so I may have to stitch them too.

Cathy
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