Gwen: October 2021

 I can’t believe it’s been so long since I’ve posted here. I’ll have to take a look and see what, if any,
I forgot to post here. This month I finished 10 Lords from Hands On Designs’ 12 Days.  I replaced some of the berries with beads.

Day 10

12 Days, Hands On Designs

Aztec Red Gingham

Gwen: May ornaments

 Last month I managed to finish three 12 Days of Christmas ornaments and one from Starry Night.  Then I almost forgot to post! Anyway here are my finishes for May.

 Hands on Design

12 Days

Erica Michaels

12 Berries of Christmas

and

Starry Night

Blackbird Designs

It was nice to finally finish HOD 12 Days. I lost some of my momentum on this series with this one. Hope I can keep going and finish this series this year. 

The Maids are Milking

I'm just squeaking in my last post of the year. I got bogged down on this one and couldn't seem to finish the stitching. I finally got it done and now have just 4 more to complete the set. Used the called for fibers and fabric but used Mill Hill beads (P 40553) for the berries.

Maids - 12 Days

Hands On Design

Gwen: January 2018

I'm continuing with the 12-Days by Hands on Design with the hopes of having them all stitched this year. While I wasn't able to this month, I would also like to do a few carols from the other theme. I've picked out a few to stitch, just need to kit up the threads.

Hands on Design

12 Days

Swans

Gwen: 12 Days, Geese

Hands On Designs

12 Days

I'm half way there. Yeah!! This month I used Kreinik number 4 blending in gold for one of the eggs and some beads in the holly spray at the bottom.  No doubt I wouldn't be able to finish stitching the other 6 in 4 weeks, but I hope to have at lease 1 more done this year.

Gwen

Gwen: 12 Days

My ornament this month is the 5th of Hands On Designs, 12 Days. I used Kreinik and some MH beads to add some bling,.

Hands On Design

12 Days

5 Gold Rings

August: 12 Days

Four Calling Birds

My Birds from 12 Days by Hands On Days is done except for the back stitching. I substituted beads for the cross stitch berries. I'm planning to get some petite beads to use on a few of the other ornaments.

Gwen: July 12 Days

What a wonder. I was able to complete the stitching on 2 ornaments this month. I stitched 'Doves' and 'Hens' from Hands on Design's 12 Days.

Doves

12 Days, Hands on Design

Hens

12 Days, Hands on Design

Since taking this picture I've done the back stitching on Hens. Just need to add my initials and the year and it's ready for finishing.

FYI: I don't know if there is an errata page on  Cathy's  blog/website. But the symbol for the HENS wings on  the printed chart is wrong. It's charted as DMC 738, based on the photograph it should be WDW Grits.

Gwen: June Ornament

Hands on Design

12 Days

I've started stitiching again and finished this ornament. I still need to do the back stitching, which I hope to complete this weekend.