Themes for 2019...

.... so sorry, this post has been a long time coming but what with the big house move these past two weeks - my life is topsy turvy to say the least!

So, without further adieu, here they are:

Theme One: 

The Twelve Days of Christmas:
(this has been so popular that it is going to be a regular, I think)

January - A partridge in a Pear Tree

February - Two Turtle Doves

March- Three French Hens

April - Four Calling Birds

May - Five Gold Rings

June - Six Geese-a-Laying

July - Seven Swans-a-Swimming

August - Eight Maids-a-Milking

September - Nine Ladies Dancing

October - Ten Lords-a-Leaping

November - Eleven Pipers Piping

December - Twelve Drummers Drumming

Theme Two: 

CHRISTMAS CAROLS: (this has also been so popular that it is also going to be a regular)

January - Blue Christmas

February - Holly Jolly Christmas

March- Angels we have heard on high

April - The First Noel

May - Joy to the world

June - Free choice

July - Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

August - Santa Clause is coming to town

September - Oh Holy Night!

October - I Saw Three Ships

November - Jingle Bells

December - Free Choice

Theme Three:

ANY ORNAMENT YOU LIKE FROM JUST CROSS STITCH CHRISTMAS ORNIE MAGAZINE FROM 2001 TO 2010

('cos I found my DVD when I was cleaning up my Girl's Nest in preparation for the BIG MOVE!)

January - 2009

February - 2008

March- 2007

April - 2002

May - 2001

June - FREE CHOICE

July - 2006

August - 2005

September - 2010

October - 2003

November - 2004

December - FREE CHOICE

Remember: You can choose Theme One, Theme Two OR Theme Three or you can do ALL THREE (if you are Christmas Crazy!) OR you can dip in and out of each one as the mood takes you - it is entirely up to you. (Also, don't forget we love, love, love a good shoehorn into a theme!)

Also, here is the new SAL badge for 2018. Please feel free to add it to your blog, if you so wish.

Hello Hello! Themes for 2019....

Yes, I am still around - I haven't dropped off the planet - just been super busy with our house building (See this post on Kitten Stitching for the latest update) and stitching-wise I have been indulging in stitching on some of my large UFOs rather than Smalls - so no activity from me on this blog, I am sad and ashamed to say!

However, I have been seeing some of the gorgeous work that you all have been doing - well done, all of you!  Keeping the Christmas tinsel glittering!

Anyway, I thought that maybe it was time to think about themes for next year - 2019!

I am proposing three themes for next year - so that there are lots of chances for people to dip in and out and be as flexible as possible.

My three themes are:

Theme One: The Twelve Days of Christmas (this has been such a big hit the last few years that I am loath to let it go.

Theme Two: Christmas Carols again - although I am looking for lots of suggestions for which ones to include this year, please.

... and a new theme, based on the fact that I have just found this whilst cleaning out my Girl's Nest....

Theme Three: Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament Magazine 2001 to 2010.

What I am proposing is that if you want to stitch Theme Three, you stitch an ornament from each Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament Magazine from 2001 to 2010, with two free choice months (in June and December) when you stitch a design from any other JCS Christmas Ornament magazine that you like.  

I will generate a random order of years for the other ten months.

(Of course, if you don't have any of these mags - which for some of you I would find hard to believe, lol! - you can just choose either Theme 1 or 2 - easy peasy).
I hope that you like the three themes but do please let me know by the end of September if there is a Christmas Carol you would like included for 2019.

HO! HO! HO!

hugs, Kaye