Dash Away All Ornament

Dash Away All The Sampler Girl 32 ct Precious Metals Belfast Linen, CC Floss Stitched by Carol S.

Believe Ornament

Believe Ornament
The Sampler Girl
28 ct Taupe Cashel Linen, DMC Floss 115
Stitched one-over-one
Stitched by Carol S.

Christmas Eve Flight

Christmas Eve Flight
The Sampler Girl
Chart Available HERE
Unknown R&R Reproductions 40 ct Linen, GAST - Buckeye Scarlet, Blueberry, WDW - Cocoa
Stitched by Carol S.

Believe

Believe Ornament
The Sampler Girl - chart found here
36 ct Ivory Linen, HDF Silk in Dragon's Blood
Stitched by Carol

gifts for the better half

I stitched a design from The Sampler Girl (Merry Christmas My Love) this year for my DH, using VC silks on a 40 (?) count coffee-dyed linen. I just love how it came out. I made up the personalization on the backside.

Last year, I stitched a design from The Needle's Content for him. It was my first attempt at ruching, and because the ribbon was a thick velvet one, I had to improvise quite a bit but it came out looking pretty good. :)

gifts for the kids

Here are the three ornaments I've stitched for the kids for little surprise gifts. I'm going to make them a special ornament each Christmas from now on, as I also do for their wonderful Daddy.

Normally, I avoid aida but I just loved this deep, rich Victorian red. All three are stitched in either DMC or another colorfast floss for washability. ;) The talented designers are, from top to bottom: "Christmas Partridge" by Stacy Nash Primitives (Rowen's ornie), "Dash Away All" by The Sampler Girl (Max's ornie), and "Christmas Bear" by Beth Hendzlik (Nicky's ornie). Other than Rowen's ornament, I used my own choice of colors rather than those suggested, and made various other little changes.

Tree Farm ornament finish

Here I am, for one of my erratic and irregular appearances. I just finished Tanya's freebie into an ornament - forgive the hasty photo, it does look better IRL. ;) Astonishingly, I'm up to six ornaments - all thanks to this blog!