Quaker Snowman Ornament

Quaker Snowman Ornament
Designer Unknown
32 ct Amsterdam Blue Belfast Linen, DMC Color Variations Floss 4150
Stitched by Carol S.

My December ornaments

I (pretty heavily) adapted the little angel from Pat Water's A Christmas Collection leaflet (1986), and added the border.  It's stitched on a scrap of white linen.

There's no designer to credit for these - they just grew as I stitched.   They're stitched on scraps of the same grey linen (it's amazing how the floss and bead colours make it look as though they were stitched on different shades of linen).

November

Peace Joy Love

Lizzie Kate "Freebie"

stitched on 28 ct light mocha laguna

Stitched by Joyce



Noel Squared Ornament

Noel Squared Ornament
Lizzie Kate
28 ct Gingham Linen, WDW Floss
Stitched by Carol S.

The Nutcracker Ornament

The Toymaker

Pattern by The Floss Box

Stitched on 32 ct light taupe lugana

This was too fun, I think I need to do the rest in the series! :)

Have a Little Faith

Laurence (or is it Lawrence?) Fishburne was on the View this past week promoting a movie he was in this weekend. When they showed a clip of the movie, I said to myself, "Paula, that sure looks like the church in Detroit where Nedra and David were married."

I forgot I wanted to watch the movie until tonight. It was called Have a Little Faith and was written by Mitch Albom, a writer for the Detroit Free Press who has written several good books AND his articles are something to be read also.

Tonight, as I was flipping through channels, I an across it. I yelled, well, said REAL LOUD to the husband, "Watch this! I think the church is the one where Nedra was married."

The scene started out in front of the church and it looked SO like the one we were in.

When they went to the side door, it looked more familiar and inside the church they showed the balcony in front of the stained glass windows and I KNEW it was the church.

The movie was awesome. It will be re-aired on the Hallmark Channel. If you didn't see it, you must. It is another of Mitch's true life stories.

Now, I'm wondering if we might have met Mitch Albom when we were at Nedra's wedding?  He would have been attending the church the same time she was, so it is very probable. I wonder if the misister who married Nedra and her hubby was Rev Covington, the Fishburne character. We were there before the roof was patched in 2009. When we saw the church, the hole wasn't as big as it was in the movie . . but they did have buckets and pans around.

Pastor Henry Covington

Christmas Greetings

Christmas Greetings Ornament
iStitch - chart available HERE
R&R Reproductions 28 ct French Vanilla Linen
Crescent Colours Floss - Erin Go Emerald, Wild Berries
Stitched one-over-one
Stitched by Carol S.

Joy Ambigram Ornament

Joy Ambigram Ornament
Meg Shinall - The Flower Thread Company
The Gift of Stitching Magazine, November 2011
32 ct Opalescent White Belfast Linen, Victorian Motto Sampler Thread, DMC Floss
Stitched by Carol S.

Joy to the World Ornament

Joy to the World Ornament
Helga Mandl Designs - in Carolling Cards
R&R Reproductions 32 ct Creek Bed Brown Linen, Crescent Colours Floss
Stitched one-over-one
Stitched by Carol S.

Joyce's Nov ornament

A Very Merry Christmas ornament

JWB designs

stitched on 14ct green aida

stitched by Joyce

for a Christmas ornament exchange



The First Day Ornament

The First Day Ornament
Plum Street Samplers
JCS Christmas Ornament Preview Issue, July/August 2011
Lakeside Linens 40 ct Basketweave Linen, CC Belle Soie Cranberry, Valdani Floss Muddy Monet
Stitched by Carol S.

Baa Baa Birdie Ornament

Baa Baa Birdie Ornament
Miss Crescent's Crowne Designs
JCS Christmas Ornament Preview Issue, July/August 2011
Sugar Maple Fabrics 28 ct Howling at the Moon Lugana, Crescent Colours Floss
Stitched one-over-one
Stitched by Carol S.

Joyce's October ornament

All is Calm

Littlehouse Needleworks 2010 ornaments

stitched on 14 ct Aida

Joy*Love*Peace Ornament

Joy*Love*Peace Ornament
From Merry's Heart
JCS 10th Anniversary Christmas Ornament Collection
30 ct Medium Exampler Speckled 739 Jache Linen
TG SNC Silk, Caron Waterlilies, Weeks Dye Works Floss
Stitched by Carol S.

September ornaments

The design is adapted from LA's Christmas Caboodle leaflet (1986).

August ornament

                                                 Two Years of Calling Birds
                                                  Ink Circles-JCS Magazine July/August 2011 issue

This was sent to an ornament exchange partner.
this month.                               Joyce's C F / TX update

2011 catch-up post

I have been shocking at updating my ornie finishes over the last 12-18 months, so I thought I'd best kick myself in the pants and start catching up! Here are this year's finishes to date:

"Winter's Eve" by Country Cottage Needleworks

"Sapphire Star" by Patricia Ann Designs

"Frosty Fales" by Little House Needleworks

"Poinsettia" by Mill Hill

"Quaker Christmas Stocking" freebie by Tokens & Trifles

"Frosty Blue" by Blackberry Lane Designs

"All Dolled Up!" by Little House Needleworks

"Mistletoe" by Lizzie*Kate

"Noel" by Lizzie*Kate

"Christmas flip-it" by Lizzie*Kate

My August ornaments

The Santa stocking design is adapted from LA's Christmas Ornaments book #3428 produced by Kooler Design Studios. It's design 7 from the Littlest Stockings series, charted to be stitched on plastic canvas. I stitched it on 18 count Aida, made a few little changes to the shape, added a cuff, and backed it to turn it into a real little stocking. The finished stockings are just over an inch wide at the top, and a bit under 2 inches long.

Merry Moosemas Ornament

Merry Moosemas Ornament
Lizzie Kate - in Tiny Tidings
32 ct Antique Ivory Belfast Linen, DMC Floss, Kreinik blending filament and #4 braid, tiny brass starts (likely ByJupiter! or Homespun Elegance)
Stitched by Carol S.

1st Christmas Ornament

 

Design: First Christmas

(This pattern s now available.)

Designer: The Fur~Babies Momma

Cloth: Linen

Colors Used: DMC

Stitched by: Paula