Two new members plus a very cute freebie SAL.... UPDATED!

 .... Please welcome two new members to our wonderful group:

ROSARIO

and

CLARE

Rosario is fairly new to stitching and does not have a blog but would love to be inspired to do more Christmas stitching, hence her desire to join us.

Clare is probably known to many of you from her blog: Aimetu's Stitching, so she is a more experienced stiching but one who also wants to do more Christmas stitching....

... so, it just goes to show that Christmas brings us all together.

Welcome, Rosario and Clare

Now, I also promised to tell you about a very cute freebie SAL.  It is being held by Brenda Gervais from With thy needle and thread and is called "Merry and Minty". You can find it on her FB page, here.

UPDATE: Dear Jo has kindly reminded me that she has started a 12 Days of Christmas FB group for stitching anything relating to the 12 Days of Christmas song. You can find that group, here

So, sweet Stitching Elves, that is all from me today, 

Christmas is nearly here,  hugs,  

A Christmas Freebie....

Thanks to the lovely Mel from Epic Stitching for posting about this sweet Christmas freebie from Whispered by the Wind.

Just click on the pic to get to the chart.

I am sure that we could all find a way to shoehorn this pretty design into our Christmas ornie stitching this year.

hugs, Kaye

Merry Christmas

My block for this month is the freebie day 12, Twelve Drummers Drumming by Plum Street Samplers.

Fabric/Threads: Picture This Plus - 36ct Wren Linen /DMC, WDW and TGA.

My others ornaments:

Thanks for visiting!

Merry Christmas!!

Lili

Two months rolled into one....

Hi there!  It is nearly the end of another month... goodness me this year is flying by!

As we all know this month's theme is presents/toys.  What a fun theme... there were so many things to choose from in my pile of magazines but in the end I picked a nice quick one!

This little Christmas Bunny was a freebie from a late 1990's/early 2000's issue of Cross Stitch Collection (I think...)  She fits in with the theme as she is holding a beautifully wrapped Christmas present :o)

The kit came with 18ct Aida - it is stitched with one thread of DMC floss.  (In the old days if they said DMC it was most likely really DMC thread!)  I even managed to make up the card as soon as I finished the stitching (not often I do that!!)

So that was October.... onto November's Christmas Tree theme!

Now is this cheating... I hope not... I want to call it brilliant planning because I have already finished my Christmas Tree for November!!

This design was published in the Just Cross Stitch Christmas 2015 issue.  The designer is From the Heart ~ NeedleArt by Wendy.  I didn't use any of the recommended threads - instead the lettering is stitched in Dinky Dyes "Pilbara", the tree foliage in Dragon Floss "Stem Green" and the trunk and star in DMC.

So that's me done and ahead of the game for a change.....

Happy Christmas Stitching
Hugs xx

Cheryl's Nov and Dec Ornaments

For my November ornament, I selected "Snow" by Valerie Danish.  This pattern is featured in the 2015 Just Cross Stitch Special Holiday Issue.  I stitched the pattern on 14 ct plastic canvas, and backed it with black felt.  I actually started stitching this one in November, but got too busy with work.  I finished it last week.

For my December ornament, I stitched "Quaker Flower" (freebie) by The Stitcherhood.  I have yet to finish it into an ornament ... but the stitching is complete.


Merry Christmas!

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!

Santa #2....

..... American Santa, I am cross posting him with the Americana SAL blog, as well - tricky  of me, hey?  (... and of, course, he is going to turn up on my blog, Kitten Stitching, as well for the Smalls SAL - double tricky!

This is a freebie from I don't know where stitched on what I think is 32 ct white linen using a variety of speciality threads, colours chosen by me.

I am quite pleased with him - he is going to make a cute ornie.

I am so thrilled that you are all enjoying this SAL - some beautiful stitching and designs have been posted so far.  Thank you for wanting to play with me, lovely stitchers.  

Now, don't forget, only a couple more days to post an ornie for August and if you do post, check out this post to see what this month's prize is.....

hugs, 

A new Christmas freebie and dare, I say it a new SAL for you....

Hello, my dear fellow Christmas Elves,

The lovely Maryse from Les Grilles des Maryse has a wonderful Christmas freebie, which you can find here.   I have also put the link on our Jolly Xmas Freebie Links page.  Thanks to our lovely Jo from Serendipitous Stitching for the heads up!

Maryse is also offering a Christmas SAL of seven postcard size designs for a relatively small fee. If you are interested, you can sign up on the same link above.

[Now, if you draw a long bow, you may even be able to use this free design for next month's theme - a very long bow, though, lol!]

hugs,