Serendipitous Jo's October Ornie - Presents

I have decided to stitch the Christmas Cubes by Primitive Hare as my Christmas project this year.  I looked at the themes which Kaye had chosen for this year and all but two are covered by the Cubes.  Perfect!  It does mean that I will stitch the letters out of order but I can cope with that.

Here is Cube 8 - M

Here are the eight I have stitched so far:

And here is the first one finished into a cube:

I have some good news to share, I got an email from Immediate Media earlier this week telling me that I have been nominated in their Best Blog Category.   I was blown away and had to log on to see the other nominees.  I am in good company, there's a couple of designer blogs, one with 3 times the followers I have, a group blog and a couple of other bloggers who have really nice blogs, although one seems to be having a little break right now.  

If you enjoy my personal blog Serendipitous Stitching, I wonder if you would mind voting for me.

This is the website where you can vote - British Craft Awards.  There are several categories to vote in and have your say.  The first question asks if you live in the UK but that is only to assess your eligibility to be included in the prize draw.  Non UK residents can still vote, so please do!

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

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.

Lili's October Ornament: Toys/Presents

Hi!!
My October ornament!

Design: Needle Bling Designs - Happy Holidays
(JCS Special Christmas Issue 2016)
Fabric/Threads: 40 count Vintage Country Mocha linen/ DMC

Thanks for looking!
Happy stitching,
Lili
(my blog: Stitching Basket)