Suzanne's March Ornaments

 Hello everyone! I have two themes this month. For Theme One I've stitched Jardin Prive's Twelve Days of Christmas. These took a lot of my stitching time so I think I'm going to stitch these one every two months. EDIT 4/21/22 OOPS! these are Gazette 94 freebies not Jardin Prive.

I stitched these on 18 count Oatmeal Aida with most of the called for DMC threads. I plan on making them into a banner. I want to finish stitching the first six before I make the first banner. I have an idea, I'll see if it turns out. 

My second theme is Theme Four - Nutcracker. I've continued with my Nutcracker Sampler and stitched the Mouse King and another Nutcracker that I missed stitching before. 

I'm looking forward to the little motifs each month. 

My second ornament for this theme is Rhona Norrie's Sending Hugs which she gave away at the beginning of the Pandemic. I left off the Sending Hugs words and added a little mistletoe. I thought the little mice fit the theme and are so cute hugging. This is stitched on 18 count white Aida with the called for DMC threads. Finished as a flat ornament. 

This is how I wanted to finish it, but now I think it's too blah or plain. There's too much white space at the top.  I'll have to think about it. You might see this one again next month. 

EDIT: I couldn't leave this ornament as is and had to adjust it. I added crinkle ribbon from www.dianamlarson.com. I like it better now.

Thanks for reading and I'm looking forward to everyone's stitching. 

Serendipitous Jo's March Ornament

Once again I am following the 12 Days of Christmas theme.  This year I am stitching the Jardin Prive 12 Days as my monthly project.  I am also continuing with the large Bothy Threads' design but won't be completing one block of those per month!

This is Day 3, completed 6th March, 2022:

I'm using a gorgeous 32 count linen called Millenium Blue and Anchor threads.  I have quite a few Anchor threads I inherited from a friend who gave up cross stitch when she became a professional crochet designer.  They are ideal for projects like this.

I'm planning to finish these as individual ornaments.

 

Mary's February Ornament

 For February I stitched the Sugar Plum Fairy by Satsuma Street. Isn't she sweet?

I used the kit I bought on Etsy, and backed it with gold foil scrapbook paper. I have struggled to find a glue that works for backing perforated paper ornaments with paper. I used rubber cement for this one and it is the best so far! If anyone has used anything else really successful that doesn't wrinkle the paper or seep through the holes let me know!

February SAL Finished

 Hi everyone,

I chose the theme of Sugar Plum Fairy/Fairy.  This is 1 out of 4 Fairies by Lesley Teare from the JCS December 2016 issue.  I made some changes and used some scrap piece of 28ct Monaco fabric.  The DMC metallic was a pain but was well worth it.

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Mary

January SAL Completed

 Good Morning,

I am so happy that I am returning to blogging and that I can join in on this SAL.  I am trying to play catch-up and complete 12 smalls this year.  I will be jumping around with the themes as I find projects to work around each month.

For January I decided to do the Nutcracker by Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery in the JCS June 2017 issue.  

It was a really fun project.

Thanks for letting me share.

Mary in Kentucky

Serendipitous Jo's January and February Ornaments

Once again I am following the 12 Days of Christmas theme.  This year I am stitching the Jardin Prive 12 Days as my monthly project.  I am also continuing with the large Bothy Threads' design but won't be completing one block of those per month!

As per previous years, I started the 12 Days on Boxing Day and stitched one day for the next 12 days.  Then I returned to Day 1 and finished it.

Here are the 12 starts:

This is Day 1, completed 6th January, 2022:

And this is Day 2, completed 6th February, 2022:

I'm using a gorgeous 32 count linen called Millenium Blue and Anchor threads.  I have quite a few Anchor threads I inherited from a friend who gave up cross stitch when she became a professional crochet designer.  They are ideal for projects like this.

The fabric is lovely but it can be difficult to choose the right shade of green.  I tried two different greens and the brighter, lighter one in Day 2 looks much better.  So Day 1 will be frogged and restitched.

I'm planning to finish these as individual ornaments.

DJ's February stitching...

I really should be fully finishing my stitching...I need a swift kick to get jump started in finishing.  Well I did finish earlier this month than last month so maybe the mood will strike soon.  Anyway...I was able to finish all 4 themes again this month...even though I REALLY struggled with Die Hard...haha.  So...here we gooooo.....

Theme one - The Twelve Days of Christmas...  I can't seem to get a good picture of these, probably because I finish them up later at night and the lighting isn't so good.  Here is Two Turtle Doves.  There are from a BG&H book called 2001 Cross Stitch Designs.  Stitched on 32 count ice blue over two.  

Theme Two - Christmas Movies.  This month was Die Hard.  I racked my brain over this one, and finally decided to stitch the I from a Christmas SAL by TT Designs.  Each letter was a different Christmas Movie and thank heavens one of them was Die Hard.  I left off some of the words (I just couldn't bring myself to stitch them) so I guess you'll just have to imagine they are there...haha.  Stitched on 28 count white over two.  Whew...glad that's done!  I'll finish it off and give it to someone who thinks that is a Christmas movie...LOL!!!  

Theme Three - JCS Ornament Issue 2013.  I chose Christmas Tree by Prairie Schooler.  Fingers crossed I hope to finish it as a Christmas tree with a stick trunk and hopefully find a cute little pot to plant it in as a Christmas ornament for someone.  Stitched on 32 count natural over two.  

Theme Four - Sugar Plum Fairy.  I know this is a bit of a stretch, but I thought this pattern, The Nutcracker Dancers by Naomi Kudo from the 2021 JCS Ornament Issue kind of fit the bill.  This was stitched on 32 count Blue Spruce over two.  Don't look too close, there's a little bit of personalization (ok, let's call it what it is...a mistake LOL) but I'm going with it because I would have had to frog a LOT...and I think it looks ok as is.   

And that is all that's fit to print.  I enjoy seeing what you guys are stitching!  Till next time....Happy Stitching!